Asst Mgr Pt Care Svcs Inpatien
About The Position
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), located in Nashville, Tennessee, is a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care. VUMC is a community dedicated to changing the world, where expertise is valued, knowledge expanded, and abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health fosters an environment where everyone can thrive, celebrating uniqueness and encouraging pride in work, always striving for improvement. The mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. The Assistant Manager, Patient Care Services, within the VUH Nursing Workforce, is a direct supervisory leadership role and a key member of the Nursing leadership team. This role involves leading staff members and actively participating in the overall management of the area, development of clinical practice, and provision of patient care. Accountabilities include people leadership, quality, service, compliance, finance, throughput, and scheduling. The Assistant Manager ensures optimal unit performance through effective problem-solving for staff, patients, and families, and by developing and leading assigned staff. This position provides feedback and coaching, recognizes contributions, and fosters a high-performance culture. Under the guidance of a manager, the Assistant Manager develops, implements, and evaluates systems to promote cost-effective, quality patient care. Vanderbilt's nursing philosophy emphasizes highly skilled and specialized nursing care as essential to its mission, viewing nursing as an applied art and science focused on helping people, families, and communities achieve excellent health and well-being. VUMC aims to be the world leader in advancing personalized health, personalizing the patient experience through a caring spirit and distinctive capabilities, and making health care personal. As the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, VUMC employs over 28,000 people across various clinical, research, and supporting roles, operating numerous hospitals and outpatient facilities, and is recognized for its specialized services and research enterprise.
Requirements
- LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others
- Relevant Work Experience Experience Level: 2 years
- Bachelor's degree
- Quality Management (Novice)
- Business Results (Fundamental Awareness)
- Operations Planning (Novice)
- People Management (Novice)
- Leadership (Novice)
- Compliance (Novice)
- Develops Self and Others
- Builds and Maintains Relationships
- Communicates Effectively
- Serves Others with Compassion
- Solves Complex Problems
- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support
- Performs Excellent Work
- Ensures Continuous Improvement
- Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements
- Demonstrates Accountability
- Stewards Organizational Resources
- Makes Data Driven Decisions
- Generates New Ideas
- Applies Technology
- Adapts to Change
Responsibilities
- Under guidance of manager, implements area specific quality planned linked to the organizations goals.
- Develops, manages and evaluates area based on work team performance.
- Manages projects/on-going work activities (timelines, work plans, deliverables) and maintains alignment with strategic plan and vision.
- Acts as clinical leader and facilitates education for staff on clinical standards; routinely provides guidance/coaching to subordinates/peers within clinical specialty(ies).
- Ensures that clinical assignments are based on patient care needs and demonstrated staff competencies.
Benefits
- Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
- Dental and /or vision plan
- 403 (b) retirement plan
- Paid Time off (flex PTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
- Short-Long term disability
- Subsidized backup childcare
- current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
