Assistant Nurse Manager Telemetry Unit

MUSC (Med. Univ of South Carolina) • Orangeburg, SC

72d

About The Position

With limited supervision, the Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) reports to the Nurse Manager. The ANM assists the Nurse Manager in overall assessment, strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care in assigned areas. The ANM supports the achievement of optimal department, Integrated Clinical Centers of Excellence (ICCE) and Medical Center goals and promotes shared governance structure and process. This will be achieved through the creation and maintenance of a practice environment that leads to the achievement of desired clinical, staffing, quality, financial outcomes and operational efficiency, as well as well as individualized, age specific needs of patients. The ANM fosters an environment of collaboration and respect all members of MUSC Health System and will provide departmental call coverage as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) degree from an accredited college/university required; for staff hired with ADN, Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) must be obtained within 2 years of hire.
• Three years related work experience as a registered nurse required.
• Extensive knowledge of the unit's patient population, health care trends, community and regional resources and service availability to these populations.
• An ability to establish working relationships with diverse groups and individual, medical staff and other health care disciplines.
• Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required, either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in specialty area preferred or completion within one year of eligibility strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to achieve desired outcomes for the department, ICCE, and MUSC Health.
• Promote excellence in nursing practice.
• Assess outcomes to evaluate effectiveness of care.
• Facilitate departmental and/or organizational educational opportunities.
• Assure that areas of responsibility adhere to relevant safety, quality, PI, regulatory, certification and/or accreditation standards.
• Maintain timely completion of job competencies including but not limited to organizational mandatory competencies and job/population specific competencies.
• Adhere to MUSC Standards of Behavior

Benefits

• Employee status with regular hours
• Scheduled weekly hours: 40
• Pay rate type: Salary
• Pay grade: Health-31

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
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• Education Level: Associate degree