Asst Manager Nursing: C3E: General Med/Surg - Nights

About the role

The Assistant Nurse Manager has responsibility, authority, and accountability for the delivery of patient care within the defined patient care area on the assigned primary shift of work. The Assistant Nurse Manager contributes to goal setting and the defining of opportunities for each patient care area for which they are responsible, consistent with the organizational goals and strategic nursing initiatives. The Assistant Nurse Manager mentors staff for the development of a patient care team that demonstrates nursing leadership, professionalism, competency, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership for direct patient care provided by specialty nursing unit staff on the assigned primary shift of work.
• Ensures competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided to customers including referring facilities, hospital staff, and patients in the inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings.
• Supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, programs, and services consistent with the hospital’s mission and departmental/unit vision and philosophy.
• Provides direction and support to unit-based staff and collaborates with other service and department leaders toward attainment of short- and long-term goals and objectives.
• Articulates clear expectations with staff and members of the patient care team.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for decisions.
• Utilizes problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Coaches and mentors staff.
• Identifies problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions.
• Improves job performance through continuing education.

Requirements

• A Baccalaureate in nursing degree is required.
• A Master’s of Nursing is preferred.
• Must hold current New York State Registered Nurse registration or be eligible for licensure in New York State.
• Management experience is preferred.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels within the organization and with external customers and agencies.
• Creates a collegial and collaborative environment among all members of the healthcare team.

Physical demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to probe, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, and speak and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment

The employee may be subject to infectious materials and chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This job requires as an essential function that the majority of the time the employee be physically on-site as the work cannot be done from a remote location.