Assistant Nurse Manager - Main Operating Room - North Liberty Hospital

University of Iowa • Iowa City, IA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

University of Iowa Health Care is seeking a full-time Assistant Nurse Manager for the Main Operating Room at its North Liberty Campus. The role provides managerial and clinical leadership to help ensure staff deliver safe clinical care and have the education, methods, and resources needed to meet performance objectives. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports the Nurse Manager in staffing, staff development, scheduling, budgeting, quality improvement, patient care coordination, and unit operations. The position may include some direct patient care.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Current Iowa nursing license by date of hire.
• At least 1 year of nursing experience with demonstrated leadership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with computer software applications, such as Microsoft programs.
• Demonstrated time management, workload organization, delegation, attention to detail, and thoroughness.
• Ability to collaborate and develop effective interpersonal relationships with nursing staff, medical staff, interdisciplinary teams, and other hospital departments.
• Effective teaching skills for staff and patient education.
• Professional job-related experience fostering or promoting a welcoming and respectful work or academic environment for people of all backgrounds and perspectives, or demonstrated ability to do so.
• Professional nursing certification relevant to the position within one year of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a large academic medical center.
• Experience in a union environment.

Responsibilities

• Hire or assist in hiring nursing unit staff through timely recommendations.
• Develop and manage assigned staff’s talents, strengths, and behaviors under the direction of the Nurse Manager; assist with promotions, transfers, and disciplinary matters as directed.
• Encourage staff participation in team decision-making and customer-service improvement; recognize contributions to service excellence.
• Complete timely staff evaluations with written justification and ensure staff compliance with competencies, policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Apply union contract provisions appropriately and foster recruitment and retention of qualified staff.
• Encourage staff to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations.
• Help manage unit operating expenses by monitoring budgets, reviewing financial reports and variances, recommending cost-containment strategies, and participating in operating and division-wide budget preparation.
• Assist with staffing plans and scheduling flexibility; monitor departmental expenditures, identify irregularities, and recommend corrective action.
• Collaborate with nurse leaders to identify quality-management and patient-satisfaction improvement opportunities; implement and maintain quality standards and plans.
• Identify process inefficiencies and develop improvements; make sound judgments based on factual information.
• Create a workplace that supports employee effectiveness, goal-setting, and career development; engage staff in achieving plan goals.
• Supervise care delivery, coordinate patient care teams, assist with flexible staffing and priority reallocation, and serve as a resource for patient-care problems; may provide patient care.
• Collaborate with nursing leaders to develop and implement unit, clinic, or division strategic plans and use customer feedback to guide services.
• Communicate regularly with physicians, staff, health-care providers, patients, and families to support operations and address issues.
• Use human-resources and budget information to make recommendations to the Nurse Manager and/or Directors/Clinical Functions.
• Provide evaluative feedback for staff and health-care students; coach staff on care standards, professional development, specialty and clinical certifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Work with clinical instructors and educators to facilitate clinical education experiences.
• Pursue continuous learning and skill enhancement.
• Support evidence-based practice and quality-management initiatives, and support changes in nursing care based on evidence.

Benefits

• Paid vacation.
• Sick leave.
• Health, dental, life, and disability insurance options.
• Generous employer contributions into retirement plans.
• Relocation assistance available to qualified applicants.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager