Clinical Nurse Manager (RN) - Acute Care - Cardiac Telemetry

Job Summary

The assistant nurse manager is a registered professional nurse who provides support and works in conjunction with the nurse manager of a specific unit(s) or service. This role is viewed as aspiring to be a nurse manager and learns additional knowledge and skills through experience and mentoring by the nurse manager and the hospital/system. The assistant nurse manager must possess very good skills in communication and teamwork and serve as a mentor for others while learning the responsibilities of the role.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Resources and Support

• Engages staff in decision making via shared governance processes and partners with others to promote patient centered care and service excellence.
• Supports the nurse manager as designee and provides evolving leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit(s).
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and is a member of one's professional organization.
• Serves to support the charge nurse and other nurse leaders on the unit to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended; serves as a resource for all staff and accepts additional responsibilities in the nurse manager's absence.
• Assists with budget development and supports monitoring and meeting fiscal outcomes for the work unit. Self-directed in learning how to apply lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care.

Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Collaboration

• Effectively communicates to diverse workforce and enjoys mentoring others while learning the necessary skills for progressive responsibilities in nursing management.
• Works in collaboration with the nurse manager to hold all staff at point of care accountable for performance standards.
• Creates opportunities for self and staff to grow and implements a healthy, safe, desirable work place that ensure for the retention and recruitment of qualified staff now and in the future.

Exemplary Practice and Outcomes

• Promote staff competency in clinical care delivery.
• Holds self and staff to the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring corporate compliance standards, clinical competency, etc. are met.
• Is an active member of one's professional community and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and nursing leadership.
• Successfully works with nurse managers to employ change management strategies and instills in self and others the curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas.

Professional Development

• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and as a member of one's professional organization.
• Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings to enhance understanding of how health care is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce.

Evidence Based Practice and Research

• Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Effectively identifies areas of performance improvement of staff and clinical systems. Supports nurse leader projects to improve the same - includes assuring service meets or exceed licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Advances managerial skills to effectively use data and evidence to support decision making for clinical and operational responsibilities and demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical issues related to patient and staff data, information and confidentiality.

Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.