Assistant Nurse Manager Medicine Unit

About the role

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a clinical leadership position at Stamford Health. This position is a full-time, 4 ten-hour shifts Monday through Friday.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical supervision and coordinates unit clinical operations with other departmental disciplines under the direction of the Nurse Manager.
• Oversees patient care and nursing practice on assigned shift and unit(s).
• Delivers high quality clinical outcomes, positive patient experience, and engages with staff in a consistent and financially responsible manner.
• Acts as a leadership extension of the Nurse Manager and collaborates with leadership to support employee engagement and retention.
• Makes recommendations on cost savings opportunities.
• Prepares schedule of work assignments ensuring appropriate coverage on all shifts.
• Consistently uses sound financial judgment in managing labor and non-labor resources.
• Provides ongoing clinical evaluations of nurses and other direct and indirect patient care providers on assigned unit /area as designated by the Nurse Manager.
• Supports new personnel on orientation, continuing education, and in-service educational programs.
• Participates in interviewing, selecting, and appraising the performance of employees.
• Participates in and supports quality improvement projects, outcomes studies, and research initiatives; participates in committees as assigned.
• Supports and promotes hospital-wide and unit-specific initiatives & goals (e.g., Planetree, Magnet, Joint Commission, Disease specific certifications).
• Facilitates communication and collaboration among unit staff and other departments regarding issues related to patient care.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of recent clinical experience.
• Recent leadership experience.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required, Master’s Degree preferred.
• Current CT RN License.
• At least 3 years of recent clinical experience.
• Recent leadership experience.
• Certification in BLS, ACLS required.
• NIHSS (obtain by the end of the orientation period).
• Clinical specialty or leadership certification strongly preferred.

Benefits

Competitive salary, comprehensive, low-cost health insurance plans (including GLP-1 coverage options), wellness programs, paid time off accruals, tax-deferred annuity and (403b) pension plan, tuition reimbursement, free on-site parking and train station shuttle, childcare partnership with Children’s Learning Center.