Assistant Nurse Manager - LLOncology

Assistant Nurse Manager – LL1 Oncology – Full Time (Day)

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better — advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a professional, registered nurse who is a skilled communicator, collaborator and authentic leader. The ANM supports the organization in the execution of the nursing strategic plan and priorities, actively participates in unit and hospital decision‑making and provides meaningful recognition to others. The ANM provides operational and administrative support to nurse leadership, coordinates staffing, supports throughput, quality and safety outcomes, staff competency, hiring, clinical and staff corrective actions, unit efficiency, quality care and other departmental activities to support the mission, vision and values of Hackensack Meridian Health.

The ANM, in collaboration with the Nurse Manager, assesses, plans, implements, monitors and evaluates nursing practice and the nursing care delivery system with direct supervision of front‑line staff.

• Participate with recruitment and retention strategies.
• Assist with unit huddles and leader rounding with employees.
• Participate with unit goal creation which are reflective of the hospital goals as well as the mission and vision of Hackensack Meridian Health.
• Participate or lead when appropriate: evidenced‑based practice projects or research.
• Participate or lead when appropriate: unit‑based or hospital‑based shared governance committees or councils.
• Resolve conflicts and facilitate constructive resolutions and positive outcomes.
• Complete employee corrective action plans/counseling as necessary.
• Adhere to HMH’s Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Prepare and conduct periodic performance evaluations for assigned staff members.
• Contribute to and/or monitor the unit orientation process of all roles as necessary.
• Participate with and model the importance of employee recognition.
• Model cultural competence, social justice and fairness, and capitalize on generational diversity to foster highly effective work groups.
• Where applicable, escalates nursing labor/management issues.

• Participates in payroll, staff scheduling and daily staffing needs.
• Assists in the management of the department budget; monitors business intelligence for the unit.
• Maximizes care efficiency and throughput.
• Understands the relationship between value‑based purchasing and quality outcomes with revenue and reimbursement.
• Monitors unit staffing productivity and flexes staff accordingly.

• Optimize the patient and family experience of care.
• Lead multidisciplinary rounds.
• Ensure unit‑based performance improvement monitoring is completed, trended and reported internally and externally to the unit.
• Lead or participate with quality improvement projects.
• Lead or conduct root cause analysis investigations.
• Assure unit regulatory compliance.
• Participate in staff education and competency.
• Serve as a role model to others and mentor new employees and new charge RNs.

• Interprets, supports, and communicates policies, standards and procedures.
• Serves as a role model for staff in all aspects of nursing (i.e. professionalism, quality care).
• Assists in identifying cost containment measures by identifying alternative measures of product utilization within the department.
• Serves on‑call basis on unit requirements.
• Assumes special projects as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned by leadership.
• Adheres to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required.
• Minimum of an associate in Nursing or diploma in Nursing. BSN in progress and/or…