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.

Nursing Process:
Ensures patient centered care is being delivered at the highest level of practice from each direct care provider.

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.

Nursing Leadership:
Promotes effective integration of system wide and patient care service initiatives into the delivery and management of patient care.

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.

Nursing Research:
Bases nursing judgment on evidence based practice and evidenced based leadership.

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…