Assistant Nurse Manager - 8N Gen Med/Onc (Full Time), St. Vincent

Allegheny Health Network; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare facility in Erie is looking for an Assistant Nurse Manager for their 8 North General Medical/Oncology Unit. This role involves managing staff and ensuring high-quality patient care within a supportive and collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Nursing and prior clinical leadership experience.

Qualifications

• 1 year of demonstrated clinical leadership experience.
• Current State of PA RN licensure or current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the patient care department under Nurse Manager's direction.
• Lead and supervise clinical staff, ensuring quality patient care.
• Coordinate performance evaluations and promote staff professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Patient Care

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

Assistant Nurse Manager - 8N Gen Med/Onc (Full Time), St. Vincent

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8 North General Med/Oncology Unit

8 North has 35 beds and is a general medical surgical floor with oncology and a wide variety of patient population including pulmonary, Cancer, GI, Diabetes, CHF & Mental Health

Company

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description

8 North General Med/Oncology Unit

8 North has 35 beds and is a general medical surgical floor with oncology and a wide variety of patient population including pulmonary, Cancer, GI, Diabetes, CHF & Mental Health

St. Vincent Hospital

St. Vincent Hospital is a Magnet-designated hospital for excellence in nursing, serving the people in the Lake Erie region since 1875 with a quality of care and service second to none!

Allegheny Health Network

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

General Overview

This job manages, supervises, and coordinates the daily operations of a specific patient care department under the direction of the Nurse Manager, providing clinical and administrative leadership and expertise. Contributes to the strategic planning process and attainment of goals of the department/unit, the organization and network.

Essential Responsibilities

LEADERSHIP

• Role model mission, vision, and values within their defined areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrates and role models professional behavior with all staff interactions.
• Serves as change agent and role model for change to assist staff in accepting and embracing the necessary change.
• Conducts monthly unit conferences with minutes which include discussions of both unit and organizational activities and goals when delegated
• Completes annual performance appraisals on associates which includes peer feedback process, plan for professional development and employee self-appraisal on delegated associates
• Attends meetings at the direction of the nurse manager
• Promotes unit based shared governance to include ongoing support through consultation and assistance in eliminating barriers in partnership with the nurse manager
• Promotes professional development plan and conducts quarterly check-ins with staff
• Promotes and encourages nursing specialty certification in partnership with the nurse manager
• Promotes employee engagement through leadership rounding.
  
  

QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY

• Identifies, plans, and implements activities in partnership with the nurse manager in specified clinical departments which ensures patient care is delivered in accordance with professional standards for nursing practice and is evidenced based, meets patient safety goals and standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Monitors departmental performance in appropriate evidence-based practices quality and patient safety goals, meeting assigned goals.
• Develops action plan for any goal not met which includes timeline.
• Participates in regulatory readiness
• Assists nurse manager in developing a yearly unit based quality plan with unit based clinical practice and performance improvement council based on identified unit needs.
• Participates in operational excellence projects using performance improvement methodologies related to through put and other quality improvement initiatives.
  
  

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

• Works collaboratively with patients, families, peers, and other departments in the organization/network to meet established organizational goals for patient experience..
• Investigates and provides feedback for identified patient or departmental concerns.
• Rounds daily to assess and address patient and family needs.
• Collaborates with nurse manager to Develop departmental plan to address any improvement needs.
• Assists nurse manager in meeting or show consistent progress toward meeting established patient experience goal(s) and metrics.
  
  

FINANCE

• Ensures effective implementation of financial plan in partnership with nurse manager
• Demonstrates fiscal stewardship through effective and efficient use of staff, facilities, equipment, and other resources while maintaining patient care standards.
• Maintains both FTE and Goods/Services within established budget, completes variance reports according to established guidelines.
• Utilizes established tools to monitor monthly budget performance, conducting drill down to explain variances as needed.
• Completes daily productivity tracker
• Collaborates with nurse manager to address overtime use with individuals as needed with documentation of discussion.
  
  

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Fosters the development of staff through coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment which encourages learning and use of research.
• Assures appropriate orientation and onboarding, education, credentialing, and professional development for personnel in collaboration with education development specialists
• Encourages and facilitates staff membership on councils and committees
• Encourage and facilitate attendance at nursing grand rounds and other educational programs according to educational needs assessment of unit/department or network.
• Foster peer review participation with staff an d participate in peer review with other assistant nurse managers..
• Conducts quarterly check-ins with assigned staff to review developmental goals
• Identifies one area for self-improvement annually and develops a plan to improve
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required within 3 years of hire or transfer
• 1 year of demonstrated clinical leadership experience
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• CPR certification
  
  

Preferred

• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• National Certification
  
  

Disclaimer The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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