Associate Nurse Manager - Neuro Surgery Stepdown - Full Time

University of Miami•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Nurse Manager (ANM), Inpatient plans, oversees, and directs patient care, ensuring standards of quality, service, and safety are met within the philosophy and objectives of the University of Miami Hospitals and Clinics. The ANM acts as the day-to-day supervisor, directly overseeing the healthcare team to ensure safe and effective clinical operations and outcomes. They assist management with strategic operations of the unit, conduct staff meetings, and fulfill other responsibilities. With management oversight, the ANM leads and/or provides input for performance improvement processes. The role involves analyzing, organizing, and prioritizing work accurately while meeting deadlines, and overseeing daily operations of the nursing unit and personnel. Direct patient care may be provided as needed, with 24/7 responsibility assumed when necessary. The ANM collaborates with Nurse Leaders on short- and long-term goals aligned with organizational priorities, consistently monitoring and overseeing nursing care and documentation to ensure Standards of Practice are followed. They are responsible for reporting issues or concerns appropriately and timely, keeping leadership informed of unusual patient or staff occurrences, changes in staffing requirements or patient acuity, and potential risk-related incidents. The ANM assists in developing roles and responsibilities of direct reports by fostering talent management and development within their specialty area. They work with leaders to identify, develop, and retain high-potential employees through delegation, stretch assignments, supervision, and educational programs. Encouraging nursing staff to advance through the Professional Development program, monitoring productivity, flexing appropriately, and meeting or exceeding financial targets are key aspects of the role. Improving employee engagement through collaboration, holding staff accountable, conducting one-on-one meetings, and acknowledging team members for great performance are also important. The ANM participates in and initiates the corrective action process when necessary, ensuring policies are fairly and consistently followed and enforced. They demonstrate active support of the hospital's Process Improvement (PI) philosophies and align departmental goals with PI initiatives. Working closely with leaders, the ANM develops quality improvement/PI processes to ensure safe, quality patient outcomes, implements Evidence-Based Best Practices, and is actively involved in at least one policy or process improvement committee. The role includes consistently rounding on patients, monitoring bedside handoff, and assuring staff responsiveness to call lights. Establishing and continuously assessing the effectiveness of internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures, and ensuring employees are trained on controls and University policy and procedures are also responsibilities. This list of duties is not exhaustive and may be expanded as needed.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, Bachelor’s degree (BSN).
Valid Florida Registered Nurse License.
ACLS certification from the American Heart Association required.
BLS certification from the American Heart Association required.
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Ability to set performance goals, provide feedback, conduct evaluations, and effectively delegate tasks.
Providing employee training and motivation to enhance skills.
Ability to create and maintain a cohesive and productive team environment, build positive working relationships and work collaboratively with others.
Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey ideas clearly and persuasively.

Responsibilities

Plans, oversees, and directs patient care assuring standards of quality, service and safety are met.
Acts as the day-to-day ANM and directly supervises the healthcare team to ensure safe and effective clinical operations and/or outcomes.
Assists management with strategic operations of the unit, conducting staff meetings, and all other responsibilities.
Leads and/or provides input and completes performance improvement processes.
Analyzes, organizes, and prioritizes work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines.
Oversees daily operations of the nursing unit and personnel.
Provides direct patient care as needed per entity standard.
Assumes 24/7 responsibility, when needed.
Collaborates with the Nurse Leaders in formulating and implementing short- and long-term goals that align with organizational priorities.
Consistently monitors and oversees expectations of nursing care and nursing documentation and assures that Standards of Practice are being followed.
Reports issues or concerns appropriately and timely and keeps leader informed of unusual patient or staff occurrences; changes in staffing requirements/patient acuity or complexity; and any possible risk-related incidents.
Assists in developing roles and responsibilities of all direct reports by fostering a culture of talent management & development within area of specialty.
Works with leaders to identify, develop & retain high potential employees by actively engaging them through delegation, stretch assignments, supervision & educational programs.
Encourages nursing staff to advance through the Professional Development program.
Monitors productivity and flexes appropriately and meets or exceeds financial targets.
Works to improve employee engagement through collaboration; holds staff accountable, meets one-on-one with staff, and acknowledges team members for great performance.
Participates in and initiates the corrective action process when necessary and ensures that policies are fairly and consistently followed and enforced.
Demonstrates active support of the hospital Process Improvement (PI) philosophies and aligns departmental goals to support PI initiatives.
Works closely with Direct or Indirect leaders in developing quality improvement/PI processes to assure safe, quality patient outcomes and implements Evidence-Based Best Practices.
Is actively involved in at least one policy or process improvement committee.
Consistently rounds on patients, monitors bedside handoff, and assures responsiveness of staff to call lights.
Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures.
Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.