Assistant Nurse Manager, CTICU, Forbes

Allegheny Health Network; Monroeville (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking an Assistant Nurse Manager for the CTICU at Forbes Hospital. This leadership position involves supervising patient care operations, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and facilitating professional development of nursing staff. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in clinical leadership and a commitment to enhancing patient care.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Flexible schedules

Qualifications

• 1 year of demonstrated clinical leadership experience required.
• Current State of PA RN licensure or multistate licensure.
• Act 34, 33, and 73 background clearances.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the CTICU under the Nurse Manager.
• Conduct monthly unit conferences and annual performance appraisals.
• Promote patient-centered care and collaborative practices among staff.

Skills

Leadership

Patient care standards

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Master’s Degree in Nursing (preferred)

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Job Description

The CTICU is an 8-bed intensive care unit specializing in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiovascular interventions and vascular surgery. We are a growing program, seeing new procedures and admitting upwards of 250 plus open heart surgery patients a year. Devices commonly utilized in this unit are IABP, Impella, EKOs, transvenous pacemakers and swan-ganz catheters. The unit is supported by Dr. El-Khatib, our primary cardiothoracic surgeon, 24/7 intensivists, and a team of interventional cardiologists. Our care is patient centered and our processes are nurse-driven. The multidisciplinary approach is vital to quality patient care with daily nurse-led patient rounds. Our ability to serve as a transitional care unit with our open heart surgery patients increases our patient satisfaction. Our CTICU is a two-time Bronze Beacon Award Unit. The management is enthusiastic about lifelong education and hands-on learning within the department and supportive of your professional development and career goals through shared governance and presence on the unit.

Company

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description

The CTICU is an 8-bed intensive care unit specializing in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiovascular interventions and vascular surgery. We are a growing program, seeing new procedures and admitting upwards of 250 plus open heart surgery patients a year. Devices commonly utilized in this unit are IABP, Impella, EKOs, transvenous pacemakers and swan-ganz catheters. The unit is supported by Dr. El-Khatib, our primary cardiothoracic surgeon, 24/7 intensivists, and a team of interventional cardiologists. Our care is patient centered and our processes are nurse-driven. The multidisciplinary approach is vital to quality patient care with daily nurse-led patient rounds. Our ability to serve as a transitional care unit with our open heart surgery patients increases our patient satisfaction. Our CTICU is a two-time Bronze Beacon Award Unit. The management is enthusiastic about lifelong education and hands-on learning within the department and supportive of your professional development and career goals through shared governance and presence on the unit.

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.

Forbes Hospital is a 315 bed, Level II trauma hospital located in the community of Monroeville. Our hospital offers the service lines of a city hospital, inclusive of trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, obstetrics and psychiatry, while also building relationships across the organization in a community setting.

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.

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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.

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