Assistant Nurse Manager UW Medical Center - Northwest Surgical Services Main Operating Room

Job Description UW Medical Center–Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for an Assistant Nurse Manager/RN3 to join us in our Main Operating Room, Surgical Services.

WORK SCHEDULE:

100% FTEDays
40 hours/week POSITION HIGHLIGHTSAssists with Assistant Nurse Manager operational and leadership duties as applicable

Collaborates closely with the Nurse Manager, RN3 peers, and Surgical Services staffDEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION This individual will serve as a clinical expert of perioperative nursing, coordinate and participate in the orientation of new RN team members, establish and facilitate processes which enable team members to acquire new skills, knowledge and clinical competencies and serve as a role model of perioperative nursing excellence. This candidate will assist the Nurse Manager of Surgical Services in maintaining high customer service standards for the surgical team by updating and maintain provider resource maps, adherence to and implementing quality measures, and serve as supervisor over hospital assistant staff .BASIC

FUNCTION Provide professional nursing care; provide leadership for specific program areas and unit functions such as developing education programs, acting as clinical resource for staff, and coordinating daily operations; assist the Nurse Manager to develop, maintain, and evaluate the on-going operations of a clinical area.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICSUnder general supervision, perform specific leadership functions related to clinical practice, education and management such as developing unit goals, orientation programs, and standards of care;

Under general direction, provide patient care and coordination of services through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe therapeutic care.

TYPICAL WORK Provide a role model for staff by demonstrating and documenting for assigned patients completion of:

Assessment and nursing diagnosis of patients;
Care planning;
Implementation of safe nursing care;
Evaluation of patient responses to nursing care;
Patient teaching;
Patient advocacy;
Discharge and transfer planning;
Admission, discharge and transfer processes;

Coordinate patients’ care with other hospital departments and disciplines;

Promote effective communication among staff and patients to assure optimal patient outcomes;

Assist with the planning and/or implementation of educational programs for staff and patients;

Identify patient care, staff, and resource problems and take necessary steps toward problem resolution;

Provide feedback and guidance to staff; observe, review, and evaluate staff performance;

Assist in the development, maintenance and evaluation of systems to support nursing care delivery such as patient care documentation and emergency response procedures;

Provide input into the development and implementation of the budget;

Serve as the unit charge nurse as assigned;

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Current WA RN license or valid multistate RN license AND two years of professional surgical nursing experience.

Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration. ACLS and BLS required.

ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWESTUW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses:
Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion.

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