Assistant Nurse Manager
Jefferson County Health Center
POSITION OVERVIEW:
Reports to Medical Surgical Nurse Manager. Has shared 24-hour responsibility with Medical Surgical Nurse Manager and accountability for planning, organizing, and coordinating staffing for patient cares on the Medical Surgical Unit DIRECT REPORTS:
Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Unit Clerks, Certified Nursing Assistants and Nursing Staff Secretary POSITION-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
- Assists Medical Surgical Nurse Manager in providing leadership for planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating all the activities on Medical Surgical Unit to achieve the organization's mission, vision and values.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, current Iowa license, ACLS, PALS and BCLS.
- Mandatory Reporter per hospital policy.
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills for a minimum of three years.
- Assumes responsibility for professional growth and continuing education.
- Must exhibit excellent customer service relations with patients, visitors and co-workers.
- Computer skills required.
Reports to Medical Surgical Nurse Manager. Has shared 24-hour responsibility with Medical Surgical Nurse Manager and accountability for planning, organizing, and coordinating staffing for patient cares on the Medical Surgical Unit DIRECT REPORTS:
Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Unit Clerks, Certified Nursing Assistants and Nursing Staff Secretary POSITION-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
- Coordinates with Medical Surgical Manager and providers in formulating departmental goals and designing, implementing, directing, monitoring, and evaluating nursing care and delivery of services in designated departments.
- Assists in formulating department goals and participates in the review, revision, implementation, and assists in evaluation of nursing and department-specific policies and procedures.
- Coordinates the activities of the Med Surg department intra-departmentally and
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- interdepartmentally with other service areas of the organization.
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- Meets with Medical Surgical Nurse Manager to discuss unit issues and plan unit strategies.
- Acts as liaison between administration, providers, care team members, the patient and family members, and staff. Serves as patient advocate as necessary.
- Facilitates and assists with daily rounding on all patients.
- Listens to customer concerns, investigates the concerns, communicates these concerns to the appropriate staff; institutes appropriate counseling and disciplinary measures if needed.
- Provides follow-up to customers and reports all unresolved concerns to Medical Surgical Nurse Manager or CNO.
- Manages personnel in the most effective and cost-efficient manner.
- Assists in recruitment, selection, transfer, training, scheduling and
- performance management of Med Surg nursing department personnel.
- Is visible and makes self available to staff.
- Demonstrates clinical expertise and serves as a clinical resource to the Med Surg staff.
- Participates in rounding on all Med Surg and other designated staff at designated times.
- Completes follow-up to rounding and stop light reports for staff.
- Actively participates in the development and educational needs of staff.
- Assists in maintaining staff records, monitors staff care and documentation, completes evaluations in a timely manner which provide staff with insight into their strengths and opportunities and identifies goals for staff to work towards in the evaluation period.
- Maintains current BCLS, PALS, and ACLS certification.
- Assists in the development and education of new nurses through participation in student nurse clinicals and preceptorships with surrounding nursing institutions.
- Assists in Communicating and Supporting organizational and departmental goals and initiatives to staff.
- Supports, enforces and positively models the principles of Championship Culture.
- Role model for staff related to dress code, call light initiative, use of managing others up
- principles, etc.
- Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
- Supportive of Medical Surgical Manager, administration and the decisions made by administration.
- Assists in achieving financial objectives in the preparation of, recommendations, and administration of Med Surg.
- Plans, directs, and monitors quality management activities in designated departments to identify, study and address nursing care challenges.
- Apply evidence-based healthcare practices and nursing standards.
- Accountable for achievement of quality, safety, and customer satisfaction goals.
- Ensures adherence to policy and standards set forth by state, federal, and health center
- regulatory agencies.
- Oversees delegation, completion, and submission of all reports in a timely manner.
- Manage and enforce the information security policies and procedures to safeguard confidentiality and integrity of all organizational protected healthcare information.
- Fill in on unit as needed.
- Serves as a liaison between personnel, administration, providers and other departments to ensure optimal patient care.
- Contacts may include but are not limited to co-workers, other JCHC employees, providers, public, families and patients.
- Other duties as assigned
- Knowledge of the policies and procedures sufficient to direct department operations
- Assists with writing, reviewing, revising, and implementing policies and procedures
- Disseminates information, professional knowledge to department members, and hospital staff
- Travels to meetings to represent Jefferson County Health Center and acquire necessary information
- Participates in the development and achievement of established hospital and divisional goals
- Manages problems and discrepancies as they present themselves and documents appropriately
- Investigates patient, family, provider complaints, and follows appropriate risk management and grievance process guidelines to resolve the situation
- Is a catalyst for conforming to quality and accrediting standards
- Remains current on regulatory compliance, educates staff, and ensures compliance in department
- Ensures standards of behavior, operational strategies and practice efficiencies are achieved
- Participates in the development of annual budgets and operates within the approved budget
- Reviews departmental financial statements on a monthly basis
- Safeguards the assets of JCHC by applying effective internal control practices and audits
- Ensures JCHC's continued non-profit status by maintaining awareness of changes in the law
- Assists with review and maintenance of charge master rates and codes
- Implements cost management and LEAN strategies to ensure maximum efficiencies and productivity
- Assists with selection, use, maintenance, repair of department equipment
- Is responsible for ordering department inventory
- Prepares internal department invoices for Accounts Payable
- Prepares and validates statistical data in a timely manner
- Ensures that the responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities of all direct reports and appointed positions are defined and understood
- Coordinates and participates in in-service programs, committees, and staff meetings as appropriate
- Provides for orientation of new employees
- Utilizes a team base approach by seeking suggestions and input from staff and colleagues
- Assigns administrative and operational responsibilities to department members
- Is responsible for staffing/scheduling, assuring safe and competent staffing patterns
- Maintains required reports, records and documents appropriate information regarding patient care and employee performance
- Conducts performance appraisals
- Participates in team-based interviews of applicants
- Consults with human resources regarding employee concerns in a proactive manner
- Leads staff by example
- Actively participates in professional affiliations as assigned by the CEO
- Assumes personal responsibility for professional growth and continuing education
- Remains informed of current and relevant trends and practices affecting healthcare
- Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, providers, and co-workers
- Presents a positive/professional hospital image
- Establishes and maintains effective and professional working relationships with employees,
- Uses discretion to retain information that is confidential
- Applies effective communication skills and keeps lines of communication open with staff and other managers to ensure high employee morale and a professional, healthful atmosphere
- Fosters an environment that values continuous quality improvement
- Promotes initiatives in care delivery and practice that focus on patient safety
- Coordinates the monitoring of medical and clinical activities to ensure the fulfillment of the community's needs for quality with leadership, the board, medical staff, and other personnel
- Facilitates development and monitoring of appropriate departmental quality improvement initiatives
- Ensures the provision of affordable and quality health care services by the acquisition, utilization, and organization of resources (human, financial, and physical)
- Communicates safety issues and their interventions to the safety committee
- Monitors department incident reports and conduct safety evaluations
- Documents department minutes and in-service records on safety
- Initiates corrective action in response to safety surveillance findings, to include equipment repair/adjustment and employee education
- Conducts and/or participates in departmental education based on quality improvement/safety equipment safety surveillance findings
- Communicates verbally and/or in writing to appropriate staff regarding safety issues, documenting such communication; i.e., department minutes, in-service records
- Ensures appropriate completion of incident reports relating to the safety of the employee, patient, or visitor
- Notifies Maintenance when new electrical equipment is integrated into department
- Reviews, completes, and reports any notification of equipment recalls by manufacturer to the QI Manager
- Works in a well-illuminated, climate-controlled environment
- May come in contact with hazardous chemical or treatment modalities
- Possibility exists of exposure to communicable diseases
- Involvement in inpatient care may result in unavoidable work-related illness or injury
- Work environment is comfortable, with minimal exposure to physical hazards
- Moderate to loud noise environment when machines/equipment in use
- Involvement in checking in/moving of supplies may result in unavoidable work-related injury
- Must be constantly alert for patient/family emergency situations
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