Emergency Department Assistant Nurse Manager, Nights; Columbia

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Work Shift Evening (United States of America)

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. 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 possesses very good skills in communication and teamwork and serves as a mentor for others while learning the responsibilities of his/her role.

Together with the nurse manager, the assistant nurse manager uses knowledge and skills to promote 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 coaches and counsels as appropriate. In collaboration with the nurse manager, holds staff accountable for the delivery of care and services through effective communication, observation, and the management and measurement of specific interventions/practices and their outcomes.

This key leader assists the nurse manager in achieving clinical and financial goals along with management of human/material resources as delegated. He/she plays a pivotal role in staff recruitment, mentoring and retention, and models teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients and other departments. Role-specific competencies, responsibilities, roles and functions are based on the Professional Practice Model, 5 Star Nursing.

It is expected that all RN Assistant Nurse Managers are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

• 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 his/her designee and provides evolving leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit.
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and being a member of professional organizations.
• Supports the charge nurse and other nurse leaders on the unit to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures 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. Applies 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 a diverse workforce and mentors others while learning progressive responsibilities in nursing management. Works 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 supports 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 compliance with standards and competency; active member of professional community and a role model for professional nursing practice and leadership. Works with nurse managers to employ change management strategies and fosters curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas.

• Professional Development:
  Represents the organization positively to the community and seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings to enhance understanding of health care financing and managing 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 and identifies areas of performance…