Assistant Nurse Manager ASU​/Endo​/PACU

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Under the direction of individual assigned service leaders, the Assistant Nurse Manager assumes responsibility and accountability for optimal clinical outcomes. The Assistant Nurse Manager ensures optimal patient/client and family care is being delivered through a fiscally sound and safe process. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports the shared governance process and staff involvement in cooperation with the service line leaders. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports a healthy workplace environment and empowers collaborative decision making through a multidisciplinary approach.

• Utilizes team members by skill levels to assure high quality outcomes for patients and staff members.
• Assures the proper persons complete all assignments.
• Plans assignments with appropriate coverage.
• Communicates with the appropriate resources as staffing needs change.
• Anticipates potential problems and assists in problem solving.
• Supports staff in prioritization of work to be done.
• Uses staff input to solve problems involving patient care.
• Is a resource for new staff assigned to units.
• Acts as a unit resource for complex patients.
• Takes a leadership role in giving expedient, high quality care to both patients and families.
• Follows staffing needs during assigned shifts to insure appropriate coverage.
• Strongly adheres to budget guidelines.
• Supports and participates in shared governance.

• Identifies system’s problems and coordinates resolution utilizing multidisciplinary resources.
• Gives constructive feedback to staff and models leadership behaviors.
• Leads and motivates others to achieve team, unit, and Bristol Hospital goals.
• Encourages accountabilities with individual team members.
• Collaborates effectively with physicians, supervisors, and other departments.
• Uses constructive feedback to all team members.
• Will become a liaison between team members when needed.
• Participated in patient care rounds with the multidisciplinary team regularly, with consideration for effective clinical/fiscal management of care.
• Works closely with all team members in delivering swift quality care to patients and their families.
• Provides effective collaboration as required in order to ensure safe patient care is being delivered at all times.

• Communicates effectively and acts as an information resource regarding unit specific policies and procedures.
• Acts as a role model for team members in supporting and complying with evidence based policies and procedures.
• Investigates incident reports that occur during assigned shifts and relays this information to the service line leaders.
• Participates in instituting changes in policies based on literature and research findings.
• Takes a lead position in quality improvement.
• Collects data and participates with appraisals under assistance and direction of the operations manager.
• Actively participates in Q.A. projects and promotes and integrates NDNQI data into the clinical operations of the department.
• Investigates any disciplinary issues and reports issues to the service line leader.

• In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, leads the intra and interdepartmental communication and collaboration.
• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships.
• Is a role model in improving the care delivery process.
• Fosters an environment of teamwork,…