Assistant Manager Patient Care Services - Inpatient Units

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Nurse Manager to support Patient Care Services across units. You will assist with establishing standards, coordinating staffing, and ensuring quality care.

Ideal candidate is a graduate of an accredited nursing program with 3 years of clinical experience, Michigan RN license, and BLS certification; ACLS preferred, supervisory experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Three years of professional nursing experience providing broad clinical exposure.
• Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Assist with establishing standards of performance, quality improvement and care delivery model; monitor for effectiveness.
• Collaborate with department staff to resolve inter- and intradepartmental issues; delegate as appropriate.
• Assist manager with personnel management and promote high staff performance.
• Coordinate scheduling and staffing patterns to meet productivity benchmarks.
• Develop and communicate department policies, procedures, and regulations; support budget and cost effectiveness.
• Maintain communication channels and promote patient satisfaction through education and engagement.
• Participate in service line committees and mentor staff representatives.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Communication

Budgeting/cost control

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse (RN)

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Assists Manager of Patient Care Services with 24-hour accountability for the management of multiple patient care units/functions. In this capacity, will accomplish the mission and vision of McLaren Greater Lansing through effective utilization of all resources, constantly striving to increase quality patient care and maintain a high degree of patient satisfaction.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Assists with ensuring a process is in place for the establishment of standards of performance, quality improvement and care delivery model for their areas of responsibility. Monitors the process to ensure it is working.
• Assists coordinator/contact nurse/staff with problems related to the functioning of the department, both interdepartmental and intradepartmental. Involves staff in this process. Ensures process moves to desirable outcome. Delegates to coordinator/contact nurse/staff as appropriate.
• Assists manager in all aspects of personnel management of department employees. Demonstrates collaborative interpersonal and communication skills. Facilitates high performance from staff.
• Assists with determining and coordinating departmental needs and operations regarding schedules and staffing patterns. Assists manager in establishing and meeting productivity benchmarks.
• Instrumental in developing, interpreting, administering and communicating department policies, procedures, protocols and regulations.
• Assists with analyzing, planning, forecasting and reporting department activities.
• Assist with developing, coordinating, implementing and justifying the department’s budget. Displays knowledge and action plan to ensure cost effectiveness.
• Maintains and enhances communication channels.
• Implements, promotes and reinforces employee performance relating to patient satisfaction.
• Participates as requested on service line committees.
• Communicates with and mentors staff representatives on committees. Supports and facilitates staff involvement in meeting attendance. Promotes staff development within and outside the department.
• Collaborates with physicians and other health care team members.
• Assists manager to ensure that all evaluation, competencies are current. Reviews content of evaluations if not completed by manager.
• Maintains compliance with all required accreditation standards.
• Reviews patient satisfaction feedback on a regular basis and assists manager to develop a plan to address issues and improve overall rating.
• Ensures that a quality improvement and education plan are in place for units.
• Demonstrates unit ownership through maintenance, cleanliness and lack of clutter of unit.
• Investigates and identifies department capital needs, and reports to manager for follow through.
• Remains current in new advancements and changes in patient treatments and technologies.
• Facilitates and promotes opportunities for the professional development of staff.
• Identifies and works towards own professional growth.
• Works with manager to identify basic competencies for the patient population of their unit, ensuring the standard of care is met.
• Cooperates as a member of the management team. Advocates system goals, programs and image.
• Cooperates with other education and service agencies in meeting the health care needs of the community.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Three years of professional nursing experience providing broad clinical exposure. Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).

Preferred:

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing.
• ACLS certification.
• Supervisory experience.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26003854
• Daily Work Times: 12p-8p
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.