Assistant Nurse Manager, Operating Room - Forbes

Allegheny Health Network; Monroeville (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network in Monroeville, PA is seeking a Nurse Manager to organize and supervise the daily operations of a patient care department under the Nurse Manager's direction. This role provides clinical leadership and strategic input to improve patient outcomes and department performance.

You will lead staff through governance, performance appraisals, and professional development, ensure compliance with safety standards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize care

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise daily operations of the designated patient care department.
• Conduct annual performance appraisals and develop staff for professional growth.
• Promote unit-based governance and staff development initiatives.
• Monitor quality and patient safety in line with standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Assist in budgeting and financial monitoring of the unit.

Skills

CPR certification

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

PA RN licensure / eNLC

Job description

Company

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description

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 evidence 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 throughput 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 showing 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.
• Encourages and facilitates attendance at nursing grand rounds and other educational programs according to educational needs assessment of unit/department or network.
• Fosters peer review participation with staff and 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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