Assistant Nurse Manager Cardiology Full Time 36 hours

BRISTOL HOSPITAL GROUP•Bristol, CT

9d•$90,000 - $126,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Bristol Health, the Assistant Nurse Manager supports optimal clinical outcomes and ensures patient, client, and family care is delivered safely and in a fiscally sound manner. Under the direction of assigned service leaders, the role supports shared governance, staff involvement, a healthy workplace, and collaborative multidisciplinary decision-making. The Assistant Nurse Manager provides clinical leadership, helps coordinate staffing and assignments, supports staff with complex patient care, and promotes quality care for patients and families. The position promotes evidence-based nursing practice and leadership, quality improvement, professional development, and effective integration of system-wide and patient-care initiatives. The Assistant Nurse Manager works with physicians, service leaders, supervisors, and other departments; serves as a resource for staff; and supports communication, accountability, teamwork, and professional nursing practice. This is a full-time position at Bristol Hospital’s main campus in Bristol, Connecticut. The listed salary range is $90,000–$126,000. The role requires graduation from an accredited nursing school, a BSN or current enrollment in a BSN program, a Connecticut RN license before the start date, at least two years of behavioral health RN experience, and charge or supervisory experience. Specialty certification is required within two years of hire.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing school.
BSN or current enrollment in a BSN program.
Current Connecticut Registered Nurse license before the start date.
At least 2 years of behavioral health RN experience.
Charge or supervisory experience.
Specialty-area certification within 2 years of hire.
Strong team skills.
Successful completion of the unit-based competency package and unit-specific requirements.
Ability to critically think, work independently, and adapt to change.
Desire to manage the service line, lead people, and demonstrate personal and professional accountability.
Ability to perform repetitive physical activity including walking, running, bending, stooping, climbing stairs and ladders, kneeling, crouching, crawling, balancing, reaching, standing, sitting, and twisting.
Ability to repeatedly lift more than 50 pounds throughout the workday.
Ability to look at a computer monitor for up to two hours daily.
Vision correctable to normal with normal color perception, hearing correctable to normal, and normal perception of smell.
Ability to verbalize so the average person can comprehend.
Completion of general orientation at hire, annual fire/safety/infection-control education, and training programs required by the Education & HRD department.

Responsibilities

Ensure patient-centered care is delivered at the highest level of practice by direct-care providers.
Assign and plan work according to staff skill levels, ensure assignments are completed, and arrange appropriate coverage.
Communicate with appropriate resources as staffing needs change and monitor staffing needs during assigned shifts.
Anticipate potential problems, assist with problem-solving, support staff in prioritizing work, and use staff input to address patient-care issues.
Serve as a resource for new staff and for complex patients, and lead the delivery of timely, high-quality care to patients and families.
Adhere to budget guidelines and support shared governance.
Integrate system-wide and patient-care initiatives into care delivery and management.
Identify system problems and coordinate their resolution using multidisciplinary resources.
Give constructive feedback, model leadership behaviors, motivate staff toward team and organizational goals, and encourage individual accountability.
Collaborate with physicians, supervisors, other departments, and team members; serve as a liaison when needed.
Participate regularly in multidisciplinary patient-care rounds, considering effective clinical and fiscal management.
Base nursing judgment on evidence-based practice and leadership, communicate unit policies and procedures, and model compliance with evidence-based practices.
Investigate incident reports arising during assigned shifts and relay information to service line leaders.
Participate in policy changes based on literature and research findings and take a lead role in quality improvement.
Collect data and participate in appraisals under the assistance and direction of the operations manager.
Participate in quality assurance projects and promote and integrate NDNQI data into department clinical operations.
Investigate disciplinary issues and report them to the service line leader.
Model professionalism and lead intra- and interdepartmental communication and collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
Build trusting collaborative relationships, promote teamwork, and support improvements to care delivery.
Facilitate staff participation in educational programs and participate in a professional organization.
Submit posters or abstracts related to nursing leadership at regional or national conferences.
Apply expert knowledge and skill to promote excellence in care for patients and staff.
Evaluate patient-status data and interpret information for staff to support effective care delivery.
Share knowledge with the health-care team and advocate by providing patients, families, and staff with information to manage health problems and the health-care system.
Use nursing judgment to implement or delegate care specific to the practice area and evaluate outcomes.
Facilitate clinical resources according to patient and family needs.
Lead and participate in community activities and professional development activities.