RN Assistant Nurse Manager
About The Position
West 6 is a 38-bed unit serving general medical patients with acute care needs. This Assistant Nurse Manager position will serve as the Unit Orientation Coordinator. The role provides professional nursing services, leadership of nursing staff, leadership within the organization, and management of operational processes to serve patients and their families and/or serve the nursing department. It collaborates with other health care providers and health care team members to achieve expected patient and organization outcomes, with work efforts focused on improvement of the care environment. Nurse leaders and managers use the nursing process, appropriate leadership and management theory and practices, and evidence-based nursing practice to coordinate and provide direct care and services that support care. All positions listed perform their role within five (5) core performance domains: Clinical Practice, Service Excellence, Professional Development and Professional Communication and Behaviors, Research and Evidence Based Practice, and Organization Contributions and Growth. The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is accountable for supporting standards of care and providing consultation and expertise in the delivery of patient care. The ANM is involved in activities at the unit, service, nursing department, and institutional level. The ANM contributes to goal achievement through personal action and the facilitation of others. He/she participates in community and professional organizations, demonstrating commitment to the promotion of nursing's visibility and future. The ANM provides expert patient care, serves as a resource, consults as requested, and role models communication effectively in all situations. He/she also participates in the management of human resources, the development and evaluation of recruitment and retention strategies, and the monitoring of patient and operational outcomes. The focus of the ANM responsibilities reflects the expectations for appointment at unit, program, or service level. The ANM assumes expanded functional roles within the nursing unit as assigned by the Nurse Manager to include, but not limited to: Education, Orientation, Precepting, Quality Management and Improvement, Business Operations, Safety, Standards Development and Recruitment and Retention efforts. The Level IV ANM may assume an expanded unit role as available and assigned by Nurse Manager.
Requirements
- 3-5 years recent RN expertise in an acute care setting.
- Licensed by New York State to practice as a Registered Nurse.
- Current CPR certification (American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare providers preferred).
Nice To Haves
- BS in Nursing preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Unit Orientation Coordinator.
- Provide professional nursing services.
- Provide leadership of nursing staff.
- Provide leadership within the organization.
- Manage operational processes to serve patients and their families and/or serve the nursing department.
- Collaborate with other health care providers and health care team members to achieve expected patient and organization outcomes.
- Focus work efforts on improvement of the care environment.
- Coordinate and provide direct care and services that support care using the nursing process, leadership and management theory, and evidence-based nursing practice.
- Support standards of care.
- Provide consultation and expertise in the delivery of patient care.
- Be involved in activities at the unit, service, nursing department, and institutional level.
- Contribute to goal achievement through personal action and the facilitation of others.
- Participate in community and professional organizations.
- Provide expert patient care.
- Serve as a resource.
- Consult as requested.
- Role model communication effectively in all situations.
- Participate in the management of human resources.
- Participate in the development and evaluation of recruitment and retention strategies.
- Monitor patient and operational outcomes.
- Assume expanded functional roles within the nursing unit as assigned by the Nurse Manager, including Education, Orientation, Precepting, Quality Management and Improvement, Business Operations, Safety, Standards Development, and Recruitment and Retention efforts.
- Assume an expanded unit role as available and assigned by Nurse Manager.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
