Assistant Ambulatory Nurse Manager - Outpatient Surgery Center

Carolinas Medical Center; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 57,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is recruiting an Assistant Nurse Manager for the operating room at the Wake Forest Ambulatory Ventures: Premier Surgery Center in North Carolina. The role is 40 hours per week, full time, with a pay range of $41.10 to $61.65 per hour.

A Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required, with preferred supervisory or management experience in acute care within the past 10 years. Mandatory RN licensure in the state, BCLS, and ACLS/PALS/PEARS as applicable.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, Bachelor's degree required.
• Two years of acute care nursing experience within the past 10 years preferred.
• Previous supervisory or management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patient rights and culturally competent care.
• Advocate for staff and patients to ensure optimal care.
• Promote quality improvement and policy implementation.
• Promote safety and infection control; coordinate QC/PI activities.
• Audit clinic metrics for unit and organizational goals.
• Collaborate on personnel activities including hiring and performance management.
• Plan, schedule, and delegate assignments to optimize staffing and resources.
• Maintain unit inventory and supplies.
• Prepare management reports and budget recommendations.
• Perform competency for point-of-care testing as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Team supervision

Negotiation

Quality improvement

Resilience

Stress management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Department: 70100 Wake Forest Ambulatory Ventures: Premier Surgery Center - Surgery Center

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hou rs Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information: Assistant Nurse Manger for the operating room. 40 hours per week.

Pay Range: $41.10 - $61.65

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, Bachelor's degree required. Two years of acute care nursing experience within the past 10 years preferred. Previous supervisory or management experience preferred.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of applicable state required. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) may be required within one year in select clinical areas.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensures care delivered is with respect for patient's rights and culturally competent. Facilitates Patient Centered Care, promotes service recovery and the nursing professional model. Maintains privacy, confidentiality and security for patients and staff.
• Serves as a staff and patient advocate to ensure optimal patient care. Interfaces with patient and families to ensure that care is consistent with expectations.
• Promotes quality improvement and systems-thinking by openly supporting and consistently communicating the mission of the clinic and organization. Collaborates with management team on the development, implementation and evaluation of policies and procedures designed to improve quality of care and operational efficiency.
• Promotes a culture of safety by ensuring compliance with established hospital policies, procedures, objectives, quality control, safety, QC/PI, environment and infection control. Coordinates appropriate QC/PI activities with staff.
• Audits and maintains clinic metrics for unit and organizational goals.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager on personnel activities including hiring and performance management.
• Collaborates with the Nurse Manager to plan, schedule, and organize work for group ensuring proper distribution and delegation of assignments and efficient utilization of personnel, space and facilities. Monitors the appropriate utilization of staff based on credentialing, education and experience with consideration to the patient population. Assesses, coaches, and monitors staff level of practice.
• Maintains unit inventory and supplies.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager on management reports and budgetary recommendations.
• Performs and maintains competency for point of care testing as assigned, ensuring compliance with WFBH Point of Care policies and with applicable state and federal regulations.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent and effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to organize and supervise clinical nursing care delivery
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Performance Improvement Practice Innovation Professional Nursing Practice Theory
• Resilient and flexible in a changing environment
• Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
• Ability to work effectively with the team

Our Commitment to You

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 milli