Assistant Nurse Manager Resource Pool

Job Description:

This position assists a nurse manager in managing daily nursing activities within a nursing department. The role involves providing leadership and performing management functions delegated by the nurse manager, such as resource allocation, ensuring a safe working environment, and optimizing patient care. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit. The job duties are distributed as follows: 60% Tactical (day-to-day activities e.g. staffing and equipment availability), 35% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 5% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals).

Assistant Managers must be in a department that has 100 caregivers and must have direct reports.
Nurse Managers must receive approval if circumstances warrant an assistant manager, but do not meet defined criteria.
Essential Functions

• This role encompasses a range of responsibilities that supports a nurse manager. This role is characterized by a higher level of accountability, which includes conducting employee evaluations, participating in the hiring process, and managing budgetary responsibilities.

• Assists and supports the nurse manager in the creation or maintenance of an environment in which clinical nursing is practiced.

• Contributes through delegation by the nurse manager to the strategic planning process, day-to-day operations, standards of care, interdepartmental disciplines, and attainment of organizational goals.

• Advocates for and allocates available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice.

• Facilitates collaborative decision-making and upholds professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level.

• Assists with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit. Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department.

• Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.

• Coordinates with nurse manager to ensure enough competent staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction.

• As delegated, ensures that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities.

• Evaluates staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews.

• Coordinates performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies.

• Assists with the achievement of clinical program goals and may implement action plans to improve performance as delegated.

• Effectively uses professional and organizational best practices to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.

• Facilitates use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles.

• In conjunction with Nurse Manager, monitors and improves patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes.

• Acts as a role model for staff in every aspect of patient care delivery.

• Partners with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals.

• Supports the Nurse Manager in overseeing, organizing, and facilitating the activities of student nurses.

• Supports staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations.

Skills

• Leadership

• Communication

• Problem-solving

• Financial acumen

• Clinical knowledge

• Resource management

• Patient safety

• Mentorship

• Community outreach

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in…