Assistant Nurse Manager, Preop/Recovery, FT, Days

Prisma Health•Greer, SC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing; in lieu of this requirement, a nursing diploma or Associate's Degree in Nursing may be considered if the applicant agrees to enroll in an accredited BSN or MSN program within one year and obtain a BSN or MSN degree within four years.
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 works.

Nice To Haves

Management or supervisory experience.
Certification in a nursing specialty.

Responsibilities

Oversee patient care activities in a charge nurse capacity, including staff allocation and scheduling, patient assignments, rounds, resolution of patient care issues, coordination of admissions, discharges and transfers, transitions of care between shifts, and interdepartmental coordination.
Provide direct patient care consistent with charge nurse and clinical registered nurse responsibilities, and maintain required clinical competencies.
Promote patient experience through role modeling, staff mentoring and coaching, patient rounds, service recovery, and problem resolution.
Support staff development, including clinical problem-solving and decision-making; collaborate with clinical nurse educators on new staff orientation and training; and maintain competency, certification, and licensure records.
Serve as a professional role model, coach, and resource for employees.
Support quality management and regulatory compliance, including departmental, organizational, safety, 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, evaluation, coaching, counseling, staff rounding, and performance management; may assist with payroll processing.
Help maintain the unit budget through appropriate allocation and use of resources.
Share accountability with the Nurse Manager 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 on activities designed to improve patient care outcomes.
Participate in nursing and/or hospital committees and work groups as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.