What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN-Assistant Nurse Manager position at Baptist Memorial Health Care?
Overview
Job Summary
The Assistant Nurse Manager provides leadership through collaboration with the Nursing Manager of the Department in planning, organizing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating the care provided for patients in the unit. Responsibilities include fiscal, human resource, risk management, and operational functions. The Assistant Nurse Manager contributes to strategic planning and program development and maintains 24-hour accountability. The Assistant Nurse Manager performs delegated duties and functions within the philosophy and overall scope of responsibility.
Responsibilities
Experience
Minimum Required
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Minimum Required
Special Skills
Minimum Required
Licensure
Minimum Required
Job Summary
The Assistant Nurse Manager provides leadership through collaboration with the Nursing Manager of the Department in planning, organizing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating the care provided for patients in the unit. Responsibilities include fiscal, human resource, risk management, and operational functions. The Assistant Nurse Manager contributes to strategic planning and program development and maintains 24-hour accountability. The Assistant Nurse Manager performs delegated duties and functions within the philosophy and overall scope of responsibility.
Responsibilities
- Contributes to the development, and manages the implementation and improvement of care delivery models and services that supports the continuous enhancement of care delivery and patient/family, employee and provider satisfaction for area of responsibility.
- Applies the values of the nursing organization and assures compliance of the nurse practice acts abiding by nurses' rights and compliance with regulatory and professional standards for area of responsibility.
- Fosters transparency, interdisciplinary collaboration, and accountability in area of responsibility.
- Enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, nursing services administration, and the delivery of services.
- Optimizes resource allocation to support current and potential objectives and initiatives for area of responsibility.
- Manages a multidisciplinary work force that provides clinically competent, efficient, and compassionate care and services in a professionally challenging environment.
Experience
Minimum Required
- ? Ability to utilize the nursing process in the provision of nursing care including, but not limited to, administering treatments and medications, interpreting diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care, collaborating with other health care providers and providing education to patients and/or significant others ? Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively ? Possess personal computer skills ? Ability to multi-task, delegate and prioritize ? Possess problem solving and critical thinking skills ? Ability to collaborate with other health care providers ? Ability to educate patients and/or significant others ? Ability to supervise regular staff and float staff on shift ? Ability to coordinate staffing for shifts ? 3 years in acute care setting with demonstrated leadership skills.
- Acute care experience.
Minimum Required
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program
- Bachelor's degree
Preferred/Desired
Minimum Required
Special Skills
Minimum Required
- ? Possess skills in: patient care documentation systems and bed placement systems. ? Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively ? Possess personal computer skills ? Ability to multi-task, delegate and prioritize ? Possess problem solving and critical thinking skills ? Ability to collaborate with other health care providers ? Ability to educate patients and/or significant others ? Ability to supervise regular staff and float staff on shift ? Ability to coordinate staffing for shifts
Licensure
Minimum Required
- RN;BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE