Assistant Nurse Manager, Acute Specialty Care PCU, 7p-7a

Norton Healthcare; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Norton Healthcare is seeking an Assistant Nurse Manager to oversee a patient care area, ensuring safe, effective, patient- and family-centered care. The role partners with the Nurse Manager to maintain a financially stable unit and promotes staff development through evidence-based practice and education within a Governance framework.

The successful candidate will supervise diverse staff, assess and implement care plans, mentor team members, and contribute to interdisciplinary collaboration while

Qualifications

• One year as a Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree Nursing
• Registered Nurse (KY)
• License to practice in Kentucky

Responsibilities

• Provide daily operational leadership for a patient care unit
• Collaborate with Nurse Manager to ensure safe, patient-centered care
• Supervise licensed and non-licensed staff and mentor others
• Develop and evaluate plans of care and allocate resources

Skills

Nursing leadership

Team supervision

Evidence-based practice

Patient-centered care

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master of Science in Nursing

Doctorate in Nursing

Job description

Responsibilities

The Assistant Nurse Manager is a professional nurse leader who has daily operational responsibility for a patient care area/department and focuses on safe effective patient and family centered care, customer satisfaction and quality outcomes. The Assistant Nurse Manager works collaboratively with the Nurse Manager to create and maintain a financially stable unit, and to promote self and staff development with an emphasis on evidence based practice and education supported by a Practice Governance framework. The Assistant Nurse Manager supervises licensed and non-licensed staff members and when assuming a direct care role has the responsibility to assess, develop, implement and evaluate plans of care. He/she applies his/her educational and professional experiences in the delivery of quality care and mentoring/precepting staff. The Assistant Nurse Manager ensures that the Swanson Theory of Caring and patient/family centered care are the foundation for nursing practice and that staff at all levels are involved in allocation of resources, interdisciplinary activities and collaboration.

Qualifications

Required:

• One year as a Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree Nursing
• Registered Nurse (KY)

Desired:

• Bachelor Degree Nursing
• Master Degree Nursing
• Doctorate Degree Nursing