Full-Time
Assistant Nurse Manager
Jefferson Health
Academic health system
No salary listed
Philadelphia, PA, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Master's
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Medication Administration
Nursing
Patient Care
PALS
Care Coordination
OSHA
ACLS
Basic Life Support (BLS)
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Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree in nursing is required.
- At least 2 years of acute care experience are required.
- Candidates must demonstrate effective communication, including the ability to transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through appropriate communication behaviors.
- Candidates must understand patient- and family-centered practice and collaborate respectfully with patients, families, and designated care partners.
- Candidates must demonstrate cultural awareness and the ability to connect effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Candidates must understand care coordination across medical, social, economic, and other services provided by departments or facilities.
- Candidates must understand patient safety risks in healthcare environments and how to reduce those risks.
- Candidates must understand medication administration and prescription practices, including medications used to treat patients and continuing treatment outside the hospital.
- Candidates must understand discharge planning and patients' post-discharge needs, including follow-up care.
- Candidates must understand patient assessment and nursing diagnosis or clinical judgment, including analyzing symptoms and generating resolutions based on available drugs, facilities, and techniques.
- Candidates must understand health information documentation, including recording medical histories, symptoms, vital signs, medications, diagnoses, treatment plans, procedures, tests, and medical results in written or electronic form.
- Candidates must hold Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
- Candidates must hold Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
- Candidates must hold Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
- Candidates must hold a Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license.
Responsibilities
- Work with the nurse manager and provide oversight for patient care and nursing services on the assigned unit and shift.
- Promote quality evidence-based care and patient satisfaction in a fiscally responsive manner.
- Collaborate with the nurse manager in assessing and planning nursing care.
- Assist in leading the daily operations of the unit.
- Act as a resource, leader, and clinical role model for the patient care team.
- Advance and oversee patient care standards for the designated shift.
- Facilitate and coordinate patient care delivery and flow through the continuum of care.
- Carry out the nurse manager's responsibilities in the nurse manager's absence with guidance from the Administrative Director.
- Participate in hiring and evaluation of staff.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective nursing unit operations.
- Support nursing professional development, Magnet, and Shared Governance through participation in councils and the Clinical Ladder program and by mentoring colleagues.
- Interact with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with Jefferson's values.
- Recognize patients and their families or designated care partners when providing safe, compassionate, and coordinated care based on personal preferences, priorities, needs, cultural beliefs, and values.
- Plan, direct, and coordinate nursing care for a specific patient care area in collaboration with the nurse manager and appropriate nursing staff.
- Recruit, interview, and select staff for the patient care unit.
- Provide leadership and direction in implementing strategic goals and objectives.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate unit policies, procedures, and goals consistent with department and organizational goals.
- Assist with regular performance evaluations for each staff member and serve as a clinical resource regarding policies and procedures, patient standards, performance improvement, and risk management issues.
- Assist with evaluations for new staff before completion of the probationary period, with input from appropriate nursing staff.
- Demonstrate effective conflict resolution skills.
- Counsel employees and use the disciplinary process as appropriate.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate a staffing plan to meet patient and family care needs.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate improvement areas to increase the quality of patient and family care in collaboration with the nurse manager.
- Identify patient-care quality issues and develop, implement, and evaluate unit improvement programs or projects within a Shared Governance model.
- Manage continuous quality and regulatory directives, including Joint Commission and Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements.
- Design, implement, and evaluate the unit patient satisfaction plan.
- Act as a resource and clinical role model for members of the healthcare team.
- Assist professional development staff in creating and implementing educational programs.
- Recommend, participate in developing, and implement policies and procedures.
- Provide leadership and direction in accordance with organizational and departmental goals and objectives.
- Seek opportunities for nursing research.
- Collaborate with professional development staff and the nurse manager to set minimum competencies and oversee ongoing staff professional development.
- Manage available resources so the patient care area's operations remain within budget limitations.
- Assist in developing cost-saving activities and collaborate with the nurse manager on budget forecasting.
- Educate healthcare team members on cost-efficient care, appropriate staffing, and efficient use of material resources.
- Monitor staff schedules to ensure adequate staffing and quality patient care.
- Authorize overtime or scheduling changes to fill shifts as necessary.
- Complete payroll in collaboration with the nurse manager.
- Provide staffing volumes and adjustments reflecting staffing-need variances in Smart Square.
- Maintain 24/7 responsibility for the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit and other units as needed, including responsibility for staff call-outs.
Desired Qualifications
- A Master's Degree in nursing is preferred.
- One year of experience in a similar or comparable unit is preferred, along with demonstrated leadership and management potential.
- Critical Care and/or Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse experience is preferred.
Jefferson Health is an academic health system serving Philadelphia, South Jersey, and surrounding communities. The system delivers hospital, specialty, primary, emergency, outpatient, research, and professional education services across its care network. It serves patients, families, clinicians, students, researchers, and regional communities. Its operating model centers on clinical care integrated with university education, research, physician practices, and shared health-system operations. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, research, education, technology, facilities, administration, and patient access. This structure supports consistent delivery across the organization.
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