Assistant Nurse Manager - Perianesthesia at St. Charles Health System Bend

Assistant Nurse Manager – Perianesthesia

Bend, OR

Full Time, Days

Salary: $ – $ per year

Eligible for full benefits

Nurse Manager

The Assistant Nurse Manager works on various units throughout St. Charles Health System. These departments provide 24/7 specialized care to patients throughout their hospitalization and discharge.

The Assistant Nurse Manager is responsible for providing support and managerial assistance to the Nurse Manager by managing daily unit operations that include staffing and scheduling; orientation and onboarding; education and competency assessment; budget monitoring; maintaining patient care standards; promoting evidence‑based practice; implementing quality and safety initiatives; engaging in process improvement; ensuring adherence to bargaining unit agreements and HR management. The role applies standards for professional nursing practice, focusing clinical care to enhance the experience for patients and caregivers, while sustaining a safe, compassionate, productive, and engaged caregiver environment.

This position directly manages caregivers in acute care departments throughout the system.

• Develops staffing schedules and ensures adherence to staffing plan in accordance with established regulations.
• Oversees unit assignments based on patient needs, caregivers' skills/abilities, department resources and operational requirements.
• Participates in hiring, coaching and monitoring the performance of all direct reports, to develop and maintain a high performing team that meets organizational and department goals.
• Makes recommendations and provides opportunities for growth and development of caregivers and arranges for appropriate education and training.
• Collaborates and assists leadership of the department with staff meetings and agendas.
• Maintains and demonstrates an in‑depth knowledge of nursing principles, practices, standards, and techniques and applies this knowledge in accordance with St. Charles Health System policies and procedures and within laws and regulations governing nursing practice in the State of Oregon.
• Participates in budget development and maintains operations within budget in areas such as managing staffing, productivity, patient flow, bed management and triaging to meet patient needs.
• Develops measures and monitors unit operational performance metrics inclusive of LOS, agency and overtime costs, vacancy and turnover rates.
• Provides and oversees teams' delivery of customer service in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
• Assists with planning, recommendation and implementation of clinical service delivery.
• Recommends policy changes which enhance nursing ability to achieve top performance.
• Assists with the development of unit goals and objectives to support the St. Charles Health System values and goals, with input from caregivers.
• Monitors and ensures all direct reports are current with compliance and safety requirements.
• Implements and manages all organizational safety directives and goals.
• Communicates (both written and orally) effectively and maintains professional relationships with caregivers, medical staff, patients, guests and other hospital departments while providing 2‑way communication of the St. Charles Health System mission and strategic plan.
• Fosters teamwork with all shifts and other units/departments.
• Stimulates and facilitates change in a positive manner.
• Involves caregivers in planning processes to obtain valuable input and to assure positive outcomes.
• Works harmoniously with and effectively supervises caregivers by building trust and demonstrating effective decision making.
• Rounds daily on the unit to interact with caregivers, families and patients in order to obtain feedback on the functioning of the unit.
• Responds to patient and family concerns or complaints with sensitivity and compassion in a timely fashion.
• Promotes empowerment of the staff by utilizing collaborative approaches and encouraging new ideas.
• Utilizes findings from patient satisfaction survey and with input from the caregivers, to develop unit‑based customer services goals.
• Utilizes findings…