Emergency Department Assistant Nurse Manager, Nights (Columbia County)

Wellstar Health System•Magnolia, AR

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager is a registered professional nurse who supports and collaborates with the Nurse Manager of a specific unit or service. This role is designed for individuals aspiring to become Nurse Managers, offering opportunities to gain knowledge and skills through experience and mentorship. The Assistant Nurse Manager is expected to possess strong communication and teamwork skills, serving as a mentor to others while learning the responsibilities of the role. In conjunction with the Nurse Manager, they utilize their expertise to foster a center of excellence for staff recruitment, retention, and clinical and business outcomes. They uphold the Nurse Manager's directives, actively lead staff in daily activities, participate in performance reviews, and provide coaching and counseling. This key leader assists the Nurse Manager in achieving clinical and financial objectives, managing human and material resources, and plays a crucial role in staff recruitment, mentoring, and retention. They are expected to model teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments. The role's competencies and responsibilities are based on the Professional Practice Model, 5 Star Nursing, requiring adherence to the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and the American Nurses Association's Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards. As part of the patient services team, the individual is expected to advocate for the patient, adhere to system policies and procedures, and support service excellence goals.

Requirements

Bachelors Nursing or Masters Nursing
RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
Minimum 3 years of clinical experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building
Desires to see progressive nursing management roles and enjoys/seeks opportunities to coach and mentor others
Seeks to learn and demonstrate progressive skills in the business of managing a patient care unit or service by obtaining the commitment and productivity of nursing staff
Must be a continuous learner who seeks to better understands health care financing; strategy and operations for running a business unit(s); and effectively employ data and technology to support work processes and make decisions
Supports shared governance or shared decision making; manage the design and delivery of care that in based on evidence and focused on quality and safety
Demonstrates interest and aptitude to achieve knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements

Nice To Haves

National certification in nursing administration

Responsibilities

Engages staff in decision making via shared governance processes and partners with others to promote patient centered care and service excellence.
Supports the nurse manager as his/her designee and provides evolving leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit(s).
Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and is a member of ones professional organization.
Serves to support the charge nurse and other nurse leaders on the unit to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended serves as a resource for all staff and accepts additional responsibilities in the nurse managers absence.
Assists with budget development and supports monitoring and meeting fiscal outcomes for the work unit.
Self-directed in learning how to apply lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care.
Effectively communicates to diverse workforce and enjoys mentoring others while learning the necessary skills for progressive responsibilities in nursing management.
Works in collaboration with the nurse manager to hold all staff at point of care accountable for performance standards.
Creates opportunities for self and staff to grow and implements a healthy, safe, desirable work place that ensure for the retention and recruitment of qualified staff now and in the future.
Promote staff competency in clinical care delivery.
Holds self and staff to the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring corporate compliance standards, clinical competency, etc. are met.
Is an active member of ones professional community and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and nursing leadership.
Successfully works with nurse managers to employ change management strategies and instills in self and others the curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas.
Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings to enhance understanding of how health care is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce.
Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing.
Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
Effectively identifies areas of performance improvement of staff and clinical systems.
Supports nurse leader projects to improve the same - includes assuring service meets or exceed licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards.
Advances managerial skills to effectively use data and evidence to support decision making for clinical and operational responsibilities and demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical issues related to patient and staff data, information and confidentiality.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Benefits

Support to do more meaningful work and enjoy a more rewarding life
Opportunity to connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia
Work for a nationally ranked and locally recognized organization for high-quality care and inclusive culture
Be part of one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems with 24,000+ team members
Work in an organization committed to exceeding patients’ and team members’ expectations, while transforming healthcare delivery
Be part of a Culture of Excellence that consistently receives attention and accolades from national organizations
Benefit from a system-wide practice of safety principles, assessing and addressing errors and seeking feedback
Work for an organization recognized for advances in safety and quality
Work for a company featured on the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and Seramount 100 Best Companies list
Work in a Great Place to Work culture