Assistant Nurse Manager - Surgery Exempt); Non-Union

The Assistant Nurse Manager, in collaboration with and under the direction of the Department Nurse Manager, is accountable for ongoing leadership and operations of the assigned area(s) and for nursing care safety and quality. The Assistant Nurse Manager uses sound human resource and budget principles to guide the daily provision of nursing services to patients and families. The Assistant Nurse Manager participates in organizational and unit-based quality improvement activities and provides input on standard of care.

The Assistant Nurse Manager supports comprehensive patient and family services through effective participation with the interdisciplinary team.

• 1. Collaborates with the Department Nurse Manager to provide leadership for nursing staff and the interdisciplinary patient care team to support high quality care of patients and families (as evidenced by increased patient satisfaction, decreased HAI, staff conversation records/disciplines, incident report follow ups completed in a timely manner and other measures as applicable). a. Acts as a role model and steward to the shared vision, mission, values, and service excellence standards of the organization and the Department of Nursing, demonstrating application of the Professional Practice Model.
  
  b. Instill the Keck values in staff and holds them accountable to the standards set for service excellence and the professional practice of nursing. c. Maintains positive and collaborative professional relationship with peers, management, physicians and patients/families to ensure patient-centered care. d. Shares responsibility for nursing process and outcomes, providing staff performance coaching for process and quality improvement, including the development of action plans through shared-governance committees/councils.
  
  e. Encourages staff to provide input and make decisions supported by evidenced-based practice to improve patient and family care and the work environment. f. Provide opportunities to Involves staff in projects, conferences, professional certification, and educational advancement that encourage and provide professional growth and development. g. Oversees performance management, including developing individualized action plans to support staff development to meet or exceed quality, performance and organizational goals.
  
  h. Promotes cohesive work teams and constructive conflict resolution, actively supporting intra- and inter-professional teamwork, within the department. i. Maintains knowledge of federal, state and local regulatory requirements that impact clinical services and professional practice to ensure efficient quality of care is provided and is in compliance with established organizational goals. j. Maintains clinical competence (serve as Super user as needed) k.
  
  Addresses quality of care concerns and Intervenes to ensure a safe environment for patients and staff up to and including comprehensive review of reportable events. l. Supervises care provided by maintaining high visibility and accessibility to patients/families and staff in the clinical area(s) through purposeful staff and patient rounding with timely follow-up on quality, performance and behavioral issues. m. Monitors staff compliance with bedside reporting.
  
  n. Information for patients and staff is delivered in a manner that is supportive, timely, and understandable. o. Provides coverage for department manager in addition to coverage for other departments in their absence. p. Timely completion of incident report follow ups (SRMs)
• 2. Collaborates with the Department Nurse Manager to provide the personnel, workplace, and technology resources necessary for the provision of safe, high Department quality patient and family care (as evidenced by…