Job Summary and Responsibilities
The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) provides clinical and operational leadership support for assigned perioperative and procedural patient care areas, including Pre-Op / ACC and GI / Endoscopy services. The role is responsible for daily operations, staffing coordination, patient flow, patient care delivery, quality outcomes, regulatory readiness, and staff support across the pre-procedure, intra-procedure, post-procedure, recovery, and discharge phases of care.
- Coordinates daily operations and staffing support across Pre-Op / ACC and GI procedural areas.
- Supports patient throughput, recovery progression, discharge readiness, and add-on procedural workflow.
- Collaborates with anesthesia, GI physicians, surgeons, nursing staff, and ancillary departments to support safe and efficient procedural operations.
- Supports competency-based staffing assignments and assists with operational coverage across multiple procedural areas as needed.
- Functions as a clinical and operational resource for pre-procedure, intra-procedure, post-procedure, and discharge workflows.
- Participates in quality, regulatory readiness, patient safety, and departmental performance improvement activities.
- Assists with incident review, patient complaints, service recovery, and operational escalation processes.
- Enforces high patient care standards.
- Promotes a professional practice environment that supports staff engagement, teamwork, accountability, retention, and ongoing professional development.
- Prepares and directs patient‑care assignments based upon patient acuity and competency of available personnel.
- Thoroughly understands and monitors financial performance.
- Follows daily staffing targets and manages per guidelines and functions independently.
- Communicates effectively with the department director and/or supervisor regarding productivity variance or staffing concerns.
- Monitors staffing decisions to adhere to the established productivity standards for the department.
- Accurately completes missed meal and rest period log.
- Collects staff scheduling requests and assists with staffing and schedule coordination in accordance with applicable CNA/CHEU bargaining unit agreements, hospital policy, patient care needs, and operational requirements.
- Supports departmental goals, operational initiatives, patient care standards, and organizational priorities.
- Facilitates teamwork, unit pride and follow through on assigned projects/activities.
- Performs leadership rounding to support patient experience, patient safety, staff engagement, service recovery, and compliance with departmental and organizational standards.
- Collaborates with physicians, anesthesia, procedural staff, and leadership to address operational concerns, support patient flow, resolve barriers to care, and elevate issues through the appropriate chain of command.
- Provides ongoing feedback to employees regarding performance expectations.
- Works collaboratively with department director.
- Assists in meeting department budget targets.
- Participates in the annual evaluation of the department and leadership direction in collaboration with the Department leaders. Conducts employee performance evaluations on a timely basis so that at least 90% are complete by the due date.
- Contributes to process improvement activities demonstrating appropriate skills.
- Demonstrates ability to mentor others in department to meet department goals.
- Demonstrates ability to problem solve and achieve effective solutions.
- Actively supports the organization’s mission, philosophy and strategic plan.
- Demonstrates good time management and priority setting.
- Complies with safety, infection control, CHW Integrity Program, and other organizational policies. (90 day evals - department specific orientation checklists completed; annual evals - annual competency checklists completed)
Job Requirements
Required
- Associate Of Nursing and 1-3 years Minimum two (2) years of relevant RN experience in perioperative, PACU, Pre-Op/Post-Op, GI/procedural, ambulatory surgery, upon hire and
- 1-3 years Minimum one (1) year of leadership experience, upon hire
- Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
Preferred
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire
- CAPA CPAN CGRN or other relevant perioperative/perianesthesia certification preferred
Where You'll Work
Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital, Glendale, CA.
Pay Range
$60.65 - $92.23 /hour