Clinical Nurse Manager

Summit ASC Silver Spring is seeking a Clinic Nurse Manager

At Summit Ambulatory Surgery Centers, we are dedicated to providing superior outpatient surgical care in state‑of‑the‑art facilities. With a team of highly skilled urological surgeons, nurses, and support staff, we strive to offer the highest level of patient‑centered care, ensuring safety, comfort, and successful outcomes for all our patients. Summit Ambulatory Surgery Centers’ Silver Spring location is conveniently located right off of Georgia Avenue near MD‑200 Intercounty Connector and Norbeck Road.

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Directs, coordinates and controls the multi‑disciplinary activities for patients undergoing surgical intervention in a safe environment. Responsible for the interpretation, direction and evaluation of nursing practice to promote safe, efficient and therapeutically effective nursing care throughout the Center. Demonstrates the primary goal of providing surgical services that exceed customer expectations and improve clinical and financial operations.

• Formulate and implement nursing philosophy and objectives consistent with the stated goals of the Center.
• Develop policies, procedures, and staffing essential to the achievement of the philosophy and objectives of the Center.
• Review and revise these in collaboration with the Administrator, the nursing staff and the professional staff, keeping up to date on current trends in nursing practice and patient care.
• Evaluation of programs and patient care activities.
• Responsible for continued compliance with government regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies.
• Assures documentation of patient care to meet criteria dictated by legal practice, state and federal health standards.

• Develop an organizational structure, assigning responsibilities and delegating authority that will facilitate safe, effective and efficient care for the surgical patient.
• Provide leadership and support in developing and maintaining effective relationships with the center staff and the medical staff.
• Establish, maintain, analyze, and evaluate standards of nursing care within the Center in compliance with professional nursing standards and recommended perioperative procedures.
• Responsible for collaborating on standards of performance with the ancillary support services.
• Recruitment, retention, evaluation and supervision of nursing personnel.
• Maintain awareness of professional issues at the local, state, and national levels that impact the delivery of nursing services and health care management.
• Initiates and/or supports activities to control costs.
• Responsible for ordering, receiving, storage and distribution of medical supplies and drugs, including monitoring usage and adjusting stock levels according to the needs of the Center.
• Make recommendations for medical supplies and equipment purchases to the Administrator, based on the evaluation of new or improved products.
• Oversees all aspects of the quarterly inventory, including counting, pricing and extending pricing.
• Delegates administrative responsibilities to another staff R.N. in his/her absence with notification to the Administrator.
• Assumes administrative responsibility of the Center in the absence of the Administrator.
• Is available for guidance, counseling and support as needed by the nursing staff.
• Provide and supervise nursing orientation programs and staff development as needed.
• Reduce chance of nosocomial infection by directing attention to infection control and environmental safety practices.
• Supervise collection of all required records and reports.
• Holds individual employees accountable for assigned responsibilities and individual goals and performance expectations through annual performance evaluations and conferences.

• Serve on the facility Quality Improvement Committee with regard to issues concerning nursing practice.
• Establish, maintain, and evaluate quality control studies within the operating room, pre‑operative area and PACU in collaboration with the Administrator to improve the services these…