Assistant Nurse Manager - Surgical Services

Job Description

Description

At PeaceHealth, we’re more than a healthcare system. We’re a mission-driven community dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate care with every interaction. As an Assistant Nurse Manager at St. John Medical Center, you’ll join a collaborative nursing leadership team focused on supporting, developing, and empowering caregivers so they can provide exceptional care to every patient.

Consider joining our Surgical Services leadership team in a full-time Assistant Nurse Manager role. In this 1.0 FTE Day shift position you'll provide managerial assistance and clinical education for the surgery and procedural departments at St. John Medical Center.

The salary range for this full-time exempt position is $134,264 - $201,406.

We also offer a competitive benefits package including: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage 
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer contributions and matching opportunities 
• Generous paid time off 
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance 
• Excellent Tuition Assistance 
• Wellness programs and resources
• Professional development and leadership growth opportunities

Located in Longview, Washington, PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center is a 177-bed acute care medical center that is part of PeaceHealth, a non-profit mission driven healthcare system in the Pacific Northwest. The area’s sole community hospital and level III trauma center, along with our multi-specialty Medical Group, provides dozens of medical specialty services and programs including emergency, trauma, heart, behavioral health, bone and joint, cancer, birthing and women’s services.

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Position Details:

The position is responsible for providing managerial assistance and clinical education for the Surgical Services departments at St. John Medical Center. This position is directly accountable to the Nurse Manager and is responsible for support in the following areas: hiring; staffing and scheduling; orientation; performance assessment; budget monitoring; maintaining and establishing patient care standards; policies and procedures.

• Lead and coordinate education, training, and competency programs.
• Assist Nurse Managers with staffing oversight, quality initiatives, and workflow optimization.
• Demonstrates compassion, respect and caring while working within the scope of Registered Nurse Practice to provide individualized, safe and efficient care to patients and assistance to their families and visitors. Proactively implement measures to promote a safety climate on the unit, considering the inter-relationship of people, tools, and environment in which are is provided.
• Provide leadership, management, and communication skills to department.
• Assist Nurse Manager in planning, recommendation, and implementation of clinical service delivery. Recommend policy changes which enhance nursing ability to achieve top quartile performance.
• Assist Nurse Manager with the staff supervision, counseling and documentation of personnel actions.
• Assist Nurse Manager with the evaluation of work performance and performance assessments.
• Promote, establish and maintain open communication.
• Assist Nurse Manager with budget monitoring.
• Lead and coordinate education, training, and competency programs
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing required
• BSN required or actively enrolled in a program with a targeted graduation date w/in 2 years of date of hire.
• Minimum of 3 years' Operating Room RN experience, may consider experience in other perioperative and procedural departments.
• Minimum of 2 years supervisory/leadership experience in healthcare organization (Charge Nurse, Clinical Nurse Educator, Lead, Supervisor, etc) 
• Preferred: Financial and budgetary experience

Credentials

• Required: Upon Hire Basic Life Support Certification
• Required: WA RN license

Skills

• Strong problem solving, decision making and time management skills (Preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal (Preferred)
• Proficient in the use of computers including MS Office applications (Required)

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Working Conditions

Lifting

• Consistently operates computer and other office equipment.
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Sedentary work.

Environmental Conditions

• Predominantly operates in an office environment.
• Some time spent on site in medical/hospital setting.

Mental/Visual

• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

PeaceHealth is committed to the overall wellbeing of our caregivers: physical, emotional, financial, social, and spiritual. We offer caregivers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. Some of the many benefits included in this package are full medical/dental/vision coverage; 403b retirement plan employer base and matching contributions; paid time off; employer-paid life and disability insurance with additional buyup coverage options; tuition and continuing education reimbursement; wellness benefits, and expanded EAP and mental health program.

See how PeaceHealth is committed to Inclusivity, Respect for Diversity and Cultural Humility .

For full consideration of your skills and abilities, please attach a current resume with your application. EEO Affirmative Action Employer/Vets/Disabled in accordance with applicable local, state or federal laws.