RN Assistant Nurse Manager - Med Surg- Cardiac/Renal/Wound /Telemetry Days

Wellstar Health System • Dallas, GA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager is a registered professional nurse who provides support and works in conjunction with the nurse manager of a specific unit(s) or service. This role is viewed as aspiring to be a nurse manager, learning additional knowledge and skills through experience and mentoring. The Assistant Nurse Manager must possess strong communication and teamwork skills, serving as a mentor while learning management responsibilities. Together with the nurse manager, they promote the creation of a center of excellence for staff recruitment and retention, and clinical and business outcomes. This leader upholds the nurse manager's direction, actively leads staff in daily activities, and participates in performance reviews, coaching, and counseling. In collaboration with the nurse manager, they hold staff accountable for care delivery through effective communication, observation, and management of interventions and outcomes. This key leader assists the nurse manager in achieving clinical and financial goals, managing human/material resources, and plays a pivotal role in staff recruitment, mentoring, and retention. They model teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments. Role-specific competencies are based on the Professional Practice Model, 5 Star Nursing. It is expected that all RN Assistant Nurse Managers are licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implement the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures, and supports service excellence goals.

Requirements

• BSN and 2 years leadership required
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• National certification in nursing administration Upon Hire Preferred
• Minimum 3 years of clinical experience Required
• Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building; desires to see progressive nursing management roles and enjoys/seeks opportunities to coach and mentor others.
• Seeks to learn and demonstrate progressive skills in the business of managing a patient care unit or service by obtaining the commitment and productivity of nursing staff.
• Must be a continuous learner who seeks to better understands health care financing; strategy and operations for running a business unit(s); and effectively employ data and technology to support work processes and make decisions.
• Supports shared governance or shared decision making; manage the design and delivery of care that in based on evidence and focused on quality and safety.
• Demonstrates interest and aptitude to achieve knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Magnet with Distinction Paulding campus- leadership reworking in tandem with Nurse Manager of a 28 bed Cardiac/Telemetry/Renal and Wound care med surg floor -7th floor at Paulding campus Baldrige/Prism/Lantern/Beacon awards for excellence- Leapfrog A Plus for QI and 4 Star CMS scores for patient satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Engages staff in decision making via shared governance processes and partners with others to promote patient-centered care and service excellence.
• Supports the nurse manager as his/her designee and provides evolving leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit(s).
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and is a member of one's professional organization.
• Serves to support the charge nurse and other nurse leaders on the unit to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended.
• Serves as a resource for all staff and accepts additional responsibilities in the nurse manager's absence.
• Assists with budget development and supports monitoring and meeting fiscal outcomes for the work unit.
• Self-directed in learning how to apply lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care.
• Effectively communicates to diverse workforce and enjoys mentoring others while learning the necessary skills for progressive responsibilities in nursing management.
• Works in collaboration with the nurse manager to hold all staff at point of care accountable for performance standards.
• Creates opportunities for self and staff to grow and implements a healthy, safe, desirable work place that ensures for the retention and recruitment of qualified staff now and in the future.
• Promote staff competency in clinical care delivery.
• Holds self and staff to the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring corporate compliance standards, clinical competency, etc. are met.
• Is an active member of one's professional community and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and nursing leadership.
• Successfully works with nurse managers to employ change management strategies and instills in self and others the curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas.
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and as a member of one's professional organization.
• Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings to enhance understanding of how health care is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce.
• Promotes Evidence Based Practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing.
• Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Effectively identifies areas of performance improvement of staff and clinical systems.
• Supports nurse leader projects to improve the same - includes assuring service meets or exceed licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Advances managerial skills to effectively use data and evidence to support decision making for clinical and operational responsibilities and demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical issues related to patient and staff data, information and confidentiality.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Benefits

• Nationally ranked and locally recognized for our high-quality care and inclusive culture, Wellstar is one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems.
• Every day, 24,000+ of us work together to provide personalized care for patients at every age and stage of life – and our team members are the foundation of that care.
• Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life.
• Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level