Assistant Nurse Manager, E6 Postpartum/Newborn Nursery, West Penn Hospital

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager role offers a unique opportunity to remain actively involved in patient care while developing and expanding your leadership experience. While the position is designed to combine clinical and leadership responsibilities, the balance may vary based on the needs of the department, allowing Assistant Nurse Managers to maintain a strong presence at the bedside while supporting unit operations and staff development. As an Assistant Nurse Manager, you will serve as a visible leader and trusted resource on the unit, providing guidance, support, and coaching to team members while promoting a culture of collaboration, accountability, and clinical excellence. Working alongside nursing leadership, you will help support quality initiatives, staff engagement, operational effectiveness, and exceptional patient outcomes. This position is ideal for experienced nurses who have demonstrated leadership through their clinical practice and day-to-day contributions to the team. Whether through serving as a charge nurse, preceptor, mentor, committee member, clinical resource, or other opportunities to influence and support colleagues, successful candidates are those who are actively engaged in patient care and recognized as leaders by their peers. Ideal candidates bring strong clinical expertise, sound judgment, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for supporting the growth and success of both patients and team members while advancing along the nursing leadership pathway. West Penn’s Postpartum and Newborn Nursery Unit, also known as Mother/Baby, consists of 33 couplet care rooms, in addition to a 36 bed Level I Nursery staffed by one RN per shift. West Penn Hospital has four-time Magnet® recognition, private patient rooms, free employee parking and a generous benefit package (for full-time and part-time status employees). They are nationally recognized for their burn care, and the only pediatric burn center in western Pennsylvania to be verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons. They are also ranked in the nation's top-50 hospitals for OB-GYN care by the US News and World Report. At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees. This job manages, supervises, and coordinates the daily operations of a specific patient care department under the direction of the Nurse Manager, providing clinical and administrative leadership and expertise. Contributes to the strategic planning process and attainment of goals of the department/unit, the organization and network.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required within 3 years of hire or transfer
1 year of demonstrated clinical leadership experience
Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state 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
3+ years of inpatient Postpartum/OB nursing experience

Responsibilities

Role model mission, vision, and values within their defined areas of responsibility.
Demonstrates and role models professional behavior with all staff interactions.
Serves as change agent and role model for change to assist staff in accepting and embracing the necessary change.
Conducts monthly unit conferences with minutes which include discussions of both unit and organizational activities and goals when delegated
Completes annual performance appraisals on associates which includes peer feedback process, plan for professional development and employee self-appraisal on delegated associates
Attends meetings at the direction of the nurse manager
Promotes unit based shared governance to include ongoing support through consultation and assistance in eliminating barriers in partnership with the nurse manager
Promotes professional development plan and conducts quarterly check-ins with staff
Promotes and encourages nursing specialty certification in partnership with the nurse manager
Promotes employee engagement through leadership rounding.
Identifies, plans, and implements activities in partnership with the nurse manager in specified clinical departments which ensures patient care is delivered in accordance with professional standards for nursing practice and is evidenced based, meets patient safety goals and standards and regulatory guidelines.
Monitors departmental performance in appropriate evidence-based practices quality and patient safety goals, meeting assigned goals.
Develops action plan for any goal not met which includes timeline.
Participates in regulatory readiness
Assists nurse manager in developing a yearly unit based quality plan with unit based clinical practice and performance improvement council based on identified unit needs.
Participates in operational excellence projects using performance improvement methodologies related to through put and other quality improvement initiatives.
Works collaboratively with patients, families, peers, and other departments in the organization/network to meet established organizational goals for patient experience.
Investigates and provides feedback for identified patient or departmental concerns.
Rounds daily to assess and address patient and family needs.
Collaborates with nurse manager to Develop departmental plan to address any improvement needs.
Assists nurse manager in meeting or show consistent progress toward meeting established patient experience goal(s) and metrics.
Ensures effective implementation of financial plan in partnership with nurse manager
Demonstrates fiscal stewardship through effective and efficient use of staff, facilities, equipment, and other resources while maintaining patient care standards.
Maintains both FTE and Goods/Services within established budget, completes variance reports according to established guidelines.
Utilizes established tools to monitor monthly budget performance, conducting drill down to explain variances as needed.
Completes daily productivity tracker
Collaborates with nurse manager to address overtime use with individuals as needed with documentation of discussion.
Fosters the development of staff through coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment which encourages learning and use of research.
Assures appropriate orientation and onboarding, education, credentialing, and professional development for personnel in collaboration with education development specialists
Encourages and facilitates staff membership on councils and committees
Encourage and facilitate attendance at nursing grand rounds and other educational programs according to educational needs assessment of unit/department or network.
Foster peer review participation with staff an d participate in peer review with other assistant nurse managers..
Conducts quarterly check-ins with assigned staff to review developmental goals
Identifies one area for self-improvement annually and develops a plan to improve