Registered Nurse Assistant Manager Medical Progressive Care Unit

Ascension•Indianapolis, IN

14d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves supervising, coordinating, and providing leadership for the Medical Progressive Care Unit. The assistant manager will assess daily patient access needs, ensure appropriate patient care is delivered, and oversee all aspects of nursing department operations. Key responsibilities include delivering quality patient care, ensuring the implementation of clinical objectives, delegating duties to clinical staff, collaborating with department leadership, participating in quality initiatives, and conducting staff hiring, training, development, and evaluation.

Requirements

Registered Nurse credentialed from the Indiana Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
BLS Provider preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
Required professional licensure/certification AND 1 year of cumulative job specific experience required.
Critical Care, ICU or previous Step Down experience required.

Nice To Haves

recent experience in Progressive Care/Step Down experience preferred
leadership experience strongly preferred
BSN strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Supervise, coordinate, and provide leadership while directing activities of associates.
Assess daily patient access needs and ensure that appropriate patient care is provided.
Provide oversight involving all aspects of nursing department operations.
Deliver quality patient care and ensure implementation of clinical objectives.
Delegate appropriate duties to clinical staff based on their assessed skills and abilities, maintaining proficiencies related to job functions and processes through ongoing monitoring of daily operations.
Collaborate with department leadership to ensure processes are up to date and followed.
Participate with ongoing quality initiatives, auditing projects and development of plans for improvement.
Conduct hiring, training, directing, development and evaluation of staff.