Assistant Nurse Manager Surgical Services

Position Summary:

Plans, integrates, controls, and evaluates staff, material, and fiscal resources required to provide patient care in the Operating Room. Facilitates, coordinates, and manages staff, material, and financial resources to achieve patient outcomes/care and to promote professional development/practice of staff.

Position Specific

Competencies:

• 1. Able to deal with frustration and stress appropriately. Remains calm under pressure.
• 2. Effectively and professionally communicates with other staff, physicians, shift supervisor and ancillary departments
• 3. Uses appropriate problem-solving approach to plan performance of services.
• 4. Provides services with consideration of the physical, psycho-social, cultural/spiritual, and age specific needs of those served.
• 5. Use equipment/supplies correctly.
• 6. Uses appropriate safety and infection control measures.
• 7. Teaches/directs/advises/informs others in an appropriate manner.
• 8. Reports/records information correctly.
• 9. Ensures critical services are provided during inclement weather disasters.
• 10. Able to rotate in clinical role as staff when needed.
• 11. OR Administrative Call Schedule with other nurse assistants as needed.

Qualifications:

The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this position. Education/formal training/licensure/certification experience:

• 1. Current North Carolina RN license or RN multi-state licensure privilege through the Nurse Licensure Compact required.
• 2. BSN degree preferred.
• 3. Minimum of three years OR experience required
• 4. Minimum of one year experience in specialty area
• 5. BCLS required
• 6. CNOR preferred
• 7. RNFA experience recommended
  
  Additional skills:

Additional skills:

• 1. Communicates effectively with a wide range of age groups, ethnic, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• 2. Demonstrates physical assessment skills. Displays effective organizational skills, with ability to prioritize with accuracy and speed.
• 3. Illustrates efficient computer skills within service provided.
• 4. Shows effective problem solving and can develop critical thinking skills. Maintains clinical and professional competency levels required of age-specific populations.
• 5. Must be an effective team-oriented leader, assisting and mentoring others to facilitate patient and/or customer satisfaction.
• 6. Able to identify appropriate staffing, supply, maintenance, and equipment needs and adjust as necessary within budgetary guidelines.
• 7. Able to serve as a positive role model, be flexible/open to change, function effectively under pressure.
• 8. Collaborates with Nurse Manager to complete staff evaluations/counseling/disciplinary actions