Clinical Assistant Nurse Manager - Progressive Care Unit

Position Summary

Department: LMH PCU

Status: Variable Full-time | 3x12s

Schedule: Day | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Title: Clinical Assistant Nurse Manager, Acute Care

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health’s continued commitment to the Seminole County community, which we have proudly served for 40 years. As a comprehensive acute care facility, the hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women’s services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU. Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds. State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department.

For labor and delivery, the hospital features six private suites thoughtfully designed to make you feel at home while providing exceptional medical care. Each suite includes a hydrotherapy tub for laboring, shower, recliner, adjustable bed with a squat bar, wireless and waterproof heart rate monitors for mom and baby, a smart board that integrates patient and nurse information from Epic, WiFi, and televisions. These modern amenities ensure a comfortable and supportive environment for every patient.

Features include:

• Center for Women and Babies
• Six state-of-the-art operating rooms
• Three catheterization labs with a dedicated interventional radiology and vascular lab
• Comprehensive cardiovascular care
• 16 ICU beds
• Observation unit
• Imaging
• Lab
• Orlando Health Scripts pharmacy
• Dining and café
• Chapel

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health – Lake Mary Hospital:

• BEST Place to Work for 6 years!
• As a new hospital, Orlando Health Lake Mary offers unique opportunities for career advancement, leadership roles, and professional development.
• Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
• Flexible Schedules
• Tuition Reimbursement of up to $5,000 a year.

Position Summary:

The Clinical Assistant Nurse Manager (CANM) is responsible for leading the shift operations within the clinical setting to ensure delivery of high-quality care, exceptional customer experience, and optimal patient flow. In conjunction with the Department Nursing Operations Manager and the Assistant Nursing Operations Manager (ANOM); the CANM provides guidance, fosters collaboration, and is responsible for the unit's clinical operations including patient care assignments, customer experience, productivity, and quality outcomes in settings where an acute care patient receives active treatment for an injury, episode of illness, a medical condition, or post intervention with assessment.

Responsibilities

What you will do

• Exemplar of the mission, vision, and values of Orlando Health.
• Participates in shared leadership structure.
• Manages staffing assignments for oncoming and off going shifts, based on patient acuity and skill set of team members to ensure patient care needs are met.
• Coordinates patient flow by working directly with the Administrative Supervisors, Care Coordinators, and Discharge Planners to achieve expected outcomes.
• Monitors overall status of patients within area of responsibility and closely monitors status of seriously ill patients.
• Coordinates and/or participates in the delivery of patient care ensuring compliance with physician orders and established policies, procedures, and standards of practice.
• Serves as a resource supporting frontline team members and providers as appropriate.
• Supports clinical collaboration focusing on expected patient length of stay.
• Performs direct patient care activities as required to meet operational needs.
• Interfaces with patients and families to enhance customer experience by conducting Nurse Leader rounds and investigating and responding to patient/family and physician complaints.
• Participates in and/or leads safety huddles.
• Embraces, communicates, and promotes change and problem solving.
• Assesses equipment needs to ensure staff have the needed equipment for patient care, and they can appropriately utilize equipment.
• Supports and sustains all leader-driven initiatives.
• Assists with retention strategies for new team members that fosters a best place to work environment.
• Maintains a regulatory ready environment of care.
• Ensures the appropriate allocation/adjustment of staff, assignment of meal breaks, relief of team members as indicated, etc.
• Utilizes effective fiscal management skills and financial resources with decision-making.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Leadership • Supports strategic imperatives by attending leadership huddles, assisting in new nursing/clinical initiatives, and fostering positive multidisciplinary partnerships through collegial collaboration. • Serves as a coach and mentor for the nursing team. • Expresses ideas clearly and effectively in verbal and written communication to team members and groups. • Fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion. • Promote a safe working environment; support and/or coordinate any follow-up related to WPV occurrences.
• Appropriate Clinical Practice Knowledge • Performance supports the Professional Practice Model. • Superior clinical and critical thinking skills for assigned unit/department. • Clinical expert and liaison ensuring care is provided congruent with Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Performance/Quality Improvement • Participates in the collection of unit/department information via audits to identify opportunities for improvement and trends. • Promotes high-quality nursing practice supported by evidence base practice, research, organization, and national standards.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Nursing Degree (BSN) preferred. Preferred
• 1 Year as a Registered Nurse; acute care setting preferred. Preferred
• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). Required and
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Required and
• Certification in area of expertise; preferred. Preferred and
• May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population: o Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) o Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) o Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) o Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) Required