Assistant Nurse Manager; RN - In-Patient Burn @ Cobb Hospital

Work Shift:

Various (United States of America).
Shift/

Schedule:

Full-Time/Days.

Sign‑on bonus and relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

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. He/she is viewed as aspiring to be a nurse manager and through this role to learn 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 his/her role.

Together with the nurse manager, the assistant nurse manager uses his/her knowledge and skills to promote the creation of a center of excellence for staff recruitment and retention and clinical and business outcomes. The assistant nurse manager upholds the nurse manager's direction and actively leads staff in the performance of their daily activities, participates in performance reviews, and provides coaching and counseling.

He/she also plays a pivotal role in staff recruitment, mentoring and retention, fostering teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients and other departments.

• 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 his/her 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 as 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.

• 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 ensures retention and recruitment of qualified staff.

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

• 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.

• 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.
• Identifies areas of performance improvement of staff and clinical systems; supports nurse leader projects to improve the same, including ensuring service meets or exceeds 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…