RN Assistant Nurse Manager, Operating Room Surgical Institute/Orthopedics - Allegheny General Hospital

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

24d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager manages, supervises, and coordinates daily operations of a specific patient care department under the direction of the Nurse Manager, providing clinical and administrative leadership and expertise. The role contributes to strategic planning and attainment of goals for the department or unit, organization, and network. This position is in the Operating Room Surgical Institute/Orthopedics department at Allegheny General Hospital, a 550+ bed hospital in Pittsburgh with Magnet recognition for nursing excellence and Level 1 Trauma Center accreditation. The position is full time, with a stated schedule of 40 hours every two weeks. The Assistant Nurse Manager models organizational values and professional behavior, supports staff through change, shared governance, development planning, engagement, coaching, and mentoring, and helps ensure appropriate onboarding, education, credentialing, and professional development. In partnership with the Nurse Manager, the role supports quality and patient safety, regulatory readiness, patient experience, operational improvement, and effective use of departmental resources. Financial duties include monitoring budgets and productivity, managing resources within established plans, completing variance reporting, and addressing overtime use. The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing within three years of hire or transfer, one year of demonstrated clinical leadership experience, current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC), CPR certification, and the listed background clearances. A Master’s Degree in Nursing and national certification are preferred.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required within 3 years of hire or transfer.
1 year of demonstrated clinical leadership experience.
Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Nursing.
National Certification.

Responsibilities

Model the organization’s mission, vision, and values and demonstrate professional behavior in staff interactions.
Serve as a change agent and role model to help staff accept and embrace necessary change.
Conduct monthly unit conferences with minutes when delegated, covering unit and organizational activities and goals.
Complete delegated annual performance appraisals, including peer feedback, professional development plans, and employee self-appraisals.
Attend meetings at the direction of the Nurse Manager.
Promote unit-based shared governance and help remove barriers in partnership with the Nurse Manager.
Promote professional development plans, conduct quarterly staff check-ins, and encourage nursing specialty certification in partnership with the Nurse Manager.
Promote employee engagement through leadership rounding.
Partner with the Nurse Manager to plan and implement activities that ensure evidence-based care, professional nursing standards, patient safety goals, and regulatory guidelines are met.
Monitor departmental quality and patient safety performance against assigned goals and develop action plans with timelines for unmet goals.
Participate in regulatory readiness and help develop the annual unit-based quality plan with the clinical practice and performance improvement council.
Participate in operational excellence and performance improvement projects related to throughput and other quality initiatives.
Collaborate with patients, families, peers, and other departments to meet organizational patient-experience goals.
Investigate and provide feedback on patient or departmental concerns, and round daily to assess and address patient and family needs.
Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on plans to address patient-experience improvement needs and progress toward established goals and metrics.
Partner with the Nurse Manager to implement the financial plan and use staff, facilities, equipment, and other resources effectively and efficiently while maintaining patient care standards.
Maintain FTE and goods-and-services spending within budget, complete variance reports, and use established tools to monitor monthly budget performance and explain variances.
Complete the daily productivity tracker and collaborate with the Nurse Manager to address and document discussions about overtime use.
Coach and mentor staff, foster learning and use of research, and support appropriate orientation, onboarding, education, credentialing, and professional development in collaboration with education development specialists.
Encourage and facilitate staff membership on councils and committees and attendance at nursing grand rounds and other educational programs according to identified needs.
Foster staff participation in peer review and participate in peer review with other assistant nurse managers.
Identify one area for personal improvement annually and develop a plan to improve.