Asst Nurse Manager -OR General Surgery

Assistant Nursing ManagerWork where every moment matters.Every day, over 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.Serving our community since 1998, MidState Medical Center is a vibrant and progressive organization with a genuine concern for our patients, community, and employee’s alike. We’ve earned top honors for quality stroke care, gold level recognition for organ donation, and employing leaders in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation, providing the highest quality level of care.Job DescriptionThe Assistant Nursing Manager is a Registered Nurse (RN) who has responsibility for the supervision of patient care, clinical personnel, and unit operations. This position supervises a work group to ensure that a high quality, cost-effective patient and family centered care is provided in support of the hospital’s strategic plan, and the function’s goals and objectives.This position works collaboratively with functional leadership and is responsible for the oversight of daily operations of the assigned department including off shift and weekend supervision of nursing and non-licensed staff. This position manages resources, quality improvement, payroll, creating and maintaining colleague schedules and monitors patient throughput to facilitate efficient clinical operations. In addition, this position is responsible for a safe and therapeutic unit environment, which includes working in the department as staff RN to assist as needed.This position supports leadership in ensuring standards of excellence and professional development are fostered and met. This position also participates in and may lead Performance Improvement work in their assigned department.Job ResponsibilitiesWorks with department Charge/Resource Nurse in adjusting the unit staffing pattern to reflect changes in care requirements, patient census and staffing resources.Manages and develops colleagues to include performance feedback and reviews, promotions, salary recommendations, corrective action and separations. Teaches, coaches and mentors colleagues to encourage their professional growth and development.Manages staffing schedule and payroll to include monitoring and addressing attendance issues.Promotes compliance with Joint Commission and other regulatory body standards by consistent rounding and performing tracers and audits.Assists nursing leadership with investigating and reviewing patient concerns, key performance indicators (KPI), colleague health exposures and compliance issues. Communicates department/leadership decisions and policies to colleagues. Cascades the flow of information from leadership to the clinical team.Participates on department and hospital committees.Performs other related responsibilities as required.QualificationsEducationBachelor of Science in NursingExisting incumbents as of March 1, 2024 must obtain BSN within 3 years of this datePreferred EducationMaster’s degree preferredExperience2 years of acute care nursing experience requiredPreferred ExperienceAt least one year of supervisory experience preferredLicensure, Certification, RegistrationRegistered Nurse, State of CTCertified in Basic Life Support (BLS) provider credentialed form the American Heart Association (AHA)Other certifications may be required by specialty