Registered Nurse Assistant Manager Specialty NICU

Ascension•Indianapolis, IN

5h•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves supervising, coordinating, and providing leadership for associates in nursing specialty areas, specifically focusing on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The position requires assessing daily patient access needs, ensuring quality patient care, and overseeing nursing department operations. The Assistant Manager will delegate duties, collaborate with leadership on process updates, participate in quality initiatives, and conduct staff hiring, training, development, and evaluation.

Requirements

BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Cross Accepted.
Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
Required professional licensure/certification AND 1 year of cumulative job specific experience required.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Life Support preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross Accepted.
Approved Local Exception preferred. Approved Local Exception for TN to add STABLE. Do not use if not TN.
Certification specializing in Neonatal Resuscitation preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervise, coordinate, and provide leadership while directing activities of associates in one or more of the following nursing specialty areas: Emergency/Triage, Adult or Pediatric/NeoNatal Critical Care Departments, Labor & Delivery/Women & Family.
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.