Assistant Ambulatory Nurse Manager - Outpatient Surgery Center
About The Position
The Assistant Ambulatory Nurse Manager supports nursing operations in the operating room at Premier Surgery Center. This role promotes respectful, culturally competent, patient-centered care and protects patient and staff privacy, confidentiality, and security. The assistant manager advocates for patients and staff, works with patients and families to align care with expectations, and supports quality improvement, safety, infection control, and operational efficiency. In collaboration with the Nurse Manager, the role helps oversee personnel activities, staffing and work distribution, staff practice, supplies, management reporting, and budget recommendations. The position also performs and maintains assigned point-of-care testing competency and ensures compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Current Registered Nurse license in the applicable state required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to organize and supervise clinical nursing care delivery.
- Negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.
- Knowledge or application of performance improvement, practice innovation, and professional nursing practice theory.
- Resilience and flexibility in a changing environment; ability to function effectively in stressful and difficult situations and work effectively with a team.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of acute care nursing experience within the past 10 years preferred.
- Previous supervisory or management experience preferred.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) may be required within one year in select clinical areas.
Responsibilities
- Promote respectful, culturally competent, patient-centered care, service recovery, and the nursing professional model.
- Maintain privacy, confidentiality, and security for patients and staff.
- Advocate for staff and patients and interface with patients and families to ensure care is consistent with expectations.
- Support quality improvement and systems thinking; communicate the clinic and organization’s mission and collaborate on policies and procedures to improve care quality and operational efficiency.
- Promote safety and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, quality control, safety, quality control and performance improvement, environmental, and infection control requirements.
- Coordinate appropriate quality control and performance improvement activities with staff.
- Audit and maintain clinic metrics for unit and organizational goals.
- Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on hiring and performance management.
- Help plan, schedule, and organize work; distribute and delegate assignments; and use personnel, space, and facilities efficiently.
- Monitor staff utilization in relation to credentials, education, experience, and patient population; assess, coach, and monitor staff practice.
- Maintain unit inventory and supplies.
- Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on management reports and budgetary recommendations.
- Perform and maintain assigned point-of-care testing competency and ensure compliance with WFBH policies and applicable state and federal regulations.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
- Competitive compensation and premium pay such as shift and on-call pay, where applicable
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
