Clinical Nurse Manager (RN) - Acute Care

Wellstar Health System • Douglasville, GA

7h

About The Position

The assistant nurse manager is a registered professional nurse who supports and works with the nurse manager of one or more units or services. The position is intended to develop future nurse managers through experience, mentoring, and progressive responsibility. The assistant nurse manager leads staff in daily activities, supports performance reviews, coaching, and counseling, and collaborates with the nurse manager to maintain accountability for care and service delivery.

The role contributes to clinical and financial outcomes and supports management of human and material resources as delegated. It assists with staff recruitment, mentoring, and retention; promotes teamwork among physicians, staff, patients, and departments; and supports patient-centered care and service excellence. The assistant nurse manager upholds the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association’s Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, and Wellstar policies and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse license: single-state RN or RN compact multistate license.
• BLS certification, or an accepted American Red Cross BLS or BLS Instructor credential.
• At least 3 years of clinical experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills.
• Interest in progressive nursing-management roles and ability to coach and mentor others.
• Ability and willingness to develop skills in managing a patient-care unit or service, including obtaining nursing staff commitment and productivity.
• Continuous learning orientation, including interest in healthcare financing, business-unit strategy and operations, and using data and technology to support processes and decisions.
• Support for shared governance or shared decision-making and for evidence-based care focused on quality and safety.
• Interest and aptitude in risk management and accreditation, regulatory, and licensing requirements.

Nice To Haves

• National certification in nursing administration, preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Engage staff in decision-making through shared governance and support patient-centered care and service excellence.
• Support the nurse manager as a designee and develop leadership and management skills for a clinical or business unit.
• Represent the organization positively in the community and participate in a professional organization.
• Support charge nurses and other nurse leaders, help ensure effective operation of the care delivery system, serve as a resource for staff, and assume additional responsibilities in the nurse manager’s absence.
• Assist with budget development and support monitoring and achievement of fiscal outcomes.
• Learn and apply lean and other quality-improvement skills to reduce waste and improve operational and clinical systems.
• Communicate effectively with a diverse workforce and mentor others while developing skills for progressive nursing-management responsibilities.
• Collaborate with the nurse manager to hold point-of-care staff accountable for performance standards.
• Create opportunities for staff development and support a healthy, safe workplace that helps recruit and retain qualified staff.
• Promote staff competency in clinical care delivery and uphold professional, ethical, corporate-compliance, and clinical-competency standards.
• Serve as a role model for professional nursing practice and leadership and work with nurse managers on change-management strategies.
• Pursue formal and informal education to improve knowledge of healthcare financing and management of a diverse nursing workforce.
• Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value-analysis activities for patient-care products.
• Identify opportunities to improve staff performance and clinical systems, and support nurse-leader improvement projects.
• Help ensure services meet or exceed licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
• Use data and evidence to support clinical and operational decisions while maintaining awareness of legal and ethical issues involving patient and staff information and confidentiality.
• Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

What This Job Offers

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