Assistant Nurse Manager, Preop/Recovery, FT, Days

Prisma Health•Greer, SC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

In collaboration with the nurse manager, the Assistant Nurse Manager supervises staff and unit operations and provides direct patient care. The role ensures safe, quality patient care and adherence to professional nursing practice standards. It maintains visibility with patients, families, and staff, primarily on off-shifts, and resolves problems as needed. The position performs administrative, human resources, payroll, quality improvement, and unit coordination activities, and spends more than 50% of the time in direct patient care. The role is based at Greer Medical Campus, at Greer Memorial Hospital, in the Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Lab, and works day shift.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Two years of RN experience in a related area of nursing.
Current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State, or a license to practice as an RN in the state where the team member is working.
If qualifying in lieu of the BSN requirement with a nursing diploma or Associate's Degree in Nursing, sign a Memorandum of Understanding to enroll in an accredited BSN or MSN program within one year and obtain a BSN or MSN degree within four years.

Nice To Haves

Management or supervisory experience preferred.
Certification in a nursing specialty preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee patient care activities in a charge nurse capacity, including staff allocation and scheduling, patient assignments, rounds, resolving patient care issues, coordinating admissions, discharges, and transfers, ensuring transitions of care between shifts, and coordinating with other departments.
Provide direct patient care consistent with charge nurse and clinical registered nurse responsibilities, and maintain required clinical competencies.
Support patient experience expectations through role modeling, staff mentoring and coaching, patient rounds, service recovery, and problem resolution.
Support staff development, clinical problem-solving and decision-making, new staff orientation and training in collaboration with clinical nurse educators, and maintenance of staff competency, certification, and licensure records.
Serve as a professional role model, coach, and resource for employees.
Perform administrative and quality management activities to meet quality expectations and regulatory requirements; ensure compliance with departmental, Prisma Health, safety, regulatory, environmental, and infection control standards; maintain related records; and assist the Nurse Manager in preparing for Joint Commission visits.
Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on human resources activities, including interviewing, hiring, evaluating, coaching, counseling, staff rounding, and performance management; may assist with payroll processing.
Assist the Nurse Manager in maintaining the unit budget through appropriate allocation and use of unit resources, and share accountability for unit, department, and organizational goals.
Assist in planning, directing, and evaluating short- and long-term unit projects; develop, submit, implement, and evaluate performance objectives for self and the unit; work with healthcare team members to improve patient care outcomes; and participate in nursing or hospital committees and work groups as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.