Assistant Nurse Manager - Surgery - Full Time 8 Hour Day (Exempt) (Non-Union)

Assistant Nurse Manager

The Assistant Nurse Manager, in collaboration with and under the direction of the Department Nurse Manager, is accountable for ongoing leadership and operations of the assigned area(s) and for nursing care safety and quality. The Assistant Nurse Manager uses sound human resource and budget principles to guide the daily provision of nursing services to patients and families. The Assistant Nurse Manager participates in organizational and unit-based quality improvement activities and provides input on standard of care. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports comprehensive patient and family services through effective participation with the interdisciplinary team.

Essential Duties

• Collaborates with the Department Nurse Manager to provide leadership for nursing staff and the interdisciplinary patient care team to support high quality care of patients and families (as evidenced by increased patient satisfaction, decreased HAI, staff conversation records/disciplines, incident report follow ups completed in a timely manner and other measures as applicable).
• Collaborates with the Department Nurse Manager to provide the personnel, workplace, and technology resources necessary for the provision of safe, high Department quality patient and family care (as evidenced by competencies completed, staff satisfaction, completion and improvement of audits, decreased staff delinquencies and other measures as applicable).
• Collaborates with the Department Nurse Manager with the application of new knowledge and innovation to advance improvements at the department level (as evidenced by staff satisfaction scores, staff involvement in meetings and quality committees and other measures as applicable).
• Collaborate with the Department Nurse Manager to effectively manage the department operating budget, identifies and recommends capital expenditures, and plans new programs or services (as evidenced by HPPD, decreased overtime and doubletime, decreased missed meals and completion of DSR/variance report and other measures as applicable).
• Shows improvement in unit participation in the annual Employee Partnership Survey (Press Ganey).
• Shows improvement in unit overall Partnership Score (Press Ganey).
• Compared to UHC benchmark as applicable: CLABSI, CAUTI, HAPU, Patient Falls, Core Measures.
• HCAHPS Score Communication with Nurses
• HCAHPS Score Response of Hospital Staff
• HCAHPS Score Hospital Environment: Quietness
• HCAHPS Score Pain Management
• HCAHPS Score Communication About Medications
• HCAHPS Score Discharge Information

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Req Bachelor's Degree Nursing Degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Pref Master's degree Nursing Master's Degree in Nursing or in progress, strongly preferred* Master's Degree in Nursing may be in lieu-of Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Req 3-5 years Acute care nursing care experience as a registered nurse required in the OR.
• Req Scrub and circulate experience required; may perform when needed.
• Req Strong critical and strategic thinking, analytical and planning skills.
• Req Organization/time management skills.
• Req Excellent communication skills.
• Req Values diversity and team work.
• Req Demonstrates integrity; is ethical in conduct and decision thinking.
• Req Demonstrates initiative, creativity and flexibility and is tolerant of change and ambiguity.
• Req Demands accountability of self and others.
• Req Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as Internet access and utilization.
• Req Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing) Valid California RN License.
• Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)
• Req Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
• Pref Specialty Certification
• Pref Certified Perioperative Registered Nurse - CNOR (AORN)

Keck Hospital of USC, a 343-bed acute care hospital, provides exceptional and innovative care for complex medical and surgical conditions across a wide range of specialties. The hospital's world-renowned physicians deliver compassionate, customized, patient-centered care and treat the most acutely ill patients with highly innovative techniques and treatment plans. As a leading academic medical center, hundreds of clinical trials are currently taking place at Keck Hospital and its affiliated research institutions, giving patients access to novel and promising therapies that are generally not available elsewhere. Every day at Keck Hospital, physicians, nurses and staff go beyond the science of exceptional medicine to bring patients breakthroughs in the art of caring. Join this world-class team providing highly specialized care, up-to-the-minute research, and innovative clinical trials.The annual base salary range for this position is $138,445.00 - $228,434.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

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