Assistant Manager Nursing - Neurosurgery

Assistant Nurse Manager

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

UTHealth Houston Neurosciences is hiring for an Assistant Nurse Manager to join their team of professionals. The Assistant Nurse Manager will be responsible for utilizing critical thinking while supervising clinical staff and managing staffing assignments, ensuring compliance with practice plan policies and procedures, collaboration and communication to upper leadership, staff and providers, and more. The ideal candidate will have neurology experience, but it is not a must. Ambulatory care experience is preferred and a history of experience with assisting with procedures in any specialty is helpful. Prior supervisory experience is strongly preferred.

Location: 6400 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030. Requires travel to local satellite locations (MHMC, MHGH, MH Katy).

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary: Responsible for ensuring safe, effective clinical nursing care for all patients. Responsible for the management, evaluation, and coordination of nursing personnel. Provides direction to operational, clinical and administrative staff in a clinic or clinics.

Position Key Accountabilities:

1. Assists the Nurse Manager and/or the Practice Manager/Sr. Practice Manager in the management and coordination of the daily activities for an assigned clinic(s). 2. Assist in the development implementation/evaluation of unit/departmental goals. Participates in decision-making with the Nurse Manager, practice manager, medical director, and other supervisory personnel. 3. Assists in resolving interdepartmental and intradepartmental problems/concerns. Actively participates in performance initiatives. Facilitates change process. 4. Acts in-charge in the absence of the Nurse Manager, Practice Manager/Sr. Practice Manager or other supervisory personnel. 5. Investigates, communicates and follows through on concerns expressed by patients, families and/or staff. Effectively communicates with patients, families and staff. 6. Supports nursing research by participating in research activities where appropriate. 7. Participates in the continuing education process, identifies own professional needs and assists with education and orientation of clinical staff and students. 8. Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and terminations, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning. 9. Utilizes tools of quality improvement to collect and report quality data. 10. Other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Clinical specialty certification determined by the department required
• Registered Nurse (RN) State Licensure or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) by Texas Board of Nursing (BON) required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) preferred
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) by American Heart Association (AHA) preferred

Minimum Education:

Bachelor¿s degree in nursing plus three years nursing experience, OR Associates degree in nursing plus five years nursing experience, OR Nursing diploma (3-year program) plus four years nursing experience.

Minimum Experience:

Nursing experience preferably including some managerial/supervisory experience. The number of years varies depending on the education level attained.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.