Assistant Nurse Manager - PACU - Full Time Days/Even - Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia

Albert Einstein Medical Center; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement plans

Job summary

Albert Einstein Medical Center is seeking an Assistant Nurse Manager dedicated to patient-centered care. Responsible for overseeing nursing services on assigned shifts, this role entails promoting quality care, participating in staff hiring, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Key qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and a minimum of 2 years of acute care experience.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, and tuition assistance, supporting professional development and employee wellness.

Qualifications

• 2 years acute care experience required.
• Knowledge of various medications and their administration.
• Experience in managing nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate nursing care for a specific patient care area.
• Recruit, interview, and select staff for the patient care unit.
• Participate in hiring and evaluation of nursing staff.

Skills

Effective Communication

Patient-and Family-Centered Practice

Cultural Awareness

Care Coordination

Patient Safety

Medication Administration and Prescription

Discharge Planning

Assessment and Diagnosis

Health Information Documentation

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Licensed Registered Nurse - PA

Job description

Job Overview

With a commitment to patient- and family-centered care, the assistant nurse manager works with the nurse manager and provides oversight for patient care and nursing services on their assigned unit and shift. They promote quality evidence-based care and patient satisfaction in a fiscally responsive manner. The assistant nurse manager collaborates with the nurse manager in assessment and planning for nursing care. She/he assists in leading the daily operations of the unit. Acts as a resource, lead, and clinical role model for the patient care team. Advances and oversaw patient care standards of the unit for the designated shift. Facilitates and coordinates patient care delivery and flow through the continuum of care. She/he carries out the responsibilities of the nurse manager in her/his absence with guidance from the Administrative Director. The Assistant Nurse Manager participates in hiring and evaluation of staff. The Assistant Nurse Manager collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective operations of the nursing unit. She/he supports nursing professional development, Magnet, and Shared Governance through participation in, and mentoring of colleagues, on councils and the Clinical Ladder program.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.(Do not delete, move or over-write this statement)
• Recognizes the patients, their family/designated care partner(s) in providing safe, compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s personal preferences, priorities, needs, and cultural beliefs and values.
• Plans, Directs and Coordinates nursing care for a specific patient care area in collaboration with the nurse manager and other appropriate nursing staff.
• Recruits, interviews and selects staff for the patient care unit.
• Provides leadership and direction in implementation of strategic goals and objectives.
• Develops, implements and evaluates unit policies, procedures and goals, which are consistent with department and organizational goals.
• Assists with the completion of regular performance evaluations for each staff member and serves as a clinical resource regarding policies and procedures, patient standards, performance improvement, and risk management issues.
• Assists with the completion of evaluations for new staff prior to completion of probationary period with input from appropriate nursing staff.
• Demonstrates effective conflict resolution skills.
• Councils employees and utilizes the disciplinary process as appropriate.
• Develops, implements and evaluates staffing plan to meet the patient and family care needs.
• Develops, implements and evaluates areas of improvement to increase quality of patient and family care in collaboration with the nurse manager.
• Identifies issues related to quality of patient care, and develops, implements and evaluates unit improvement program/projects within a shared governance model.
• Accountable and responsible for continuous quality and regulatory management directives including JCAHO, OSHA, etc.
• Designs, implements and evaluates the unit patient satisfaction plan.
• Acts as a resource and serves as a clinical role model to members of the health care team.
• Assists professional development staff with the creation and implementation of educational programs.
• Recommends, participates in the development of and implements policies and procedures.
• Provides leadership and direction in accordance with organizational and departmental goals and objectives.
• Seeks opportunities for nursing research.
• Collaborates with professional development staff and nurse manager to set minimum competencies and oversees ongoing professional development of staff.
• Manages available resources insuring that the operation of the patient care area occurs within the limitations of the budget.
• Is knowledgeable about costs and revenue opportunities.
• Assists in the development of cost saving activities.
• Collaborates with nurse manager in budget forecasting.
• Educates healthcare team members on cost efficient care and appropriate staffing, and on the efficient use of material resources.
• Monitors staff schedules to ensure adequate staffing to meet patient care needs and maintain quality patient care.
• Authorizes overtime or scheduling changes to fill shifts as necessary.
• Completes payroll in collaboration with Nurse Manager.
• Provides volumes & adjustments to reflect variances in staffing needs within Smart Square.
• Will have 24/7 responsibility for PACU & other units as needed (responsibility for staff call outs).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing
• 2 years acute care experience
• Effective Communication – Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Patient-and Family-Centered Practice – Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient, family and/or designated care partner in care.
• Cultural Awareness – Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
• Care Coordination – Knowledge of the medical, social, economic, and other services provided by other departments or facilities, and the ability to integrate these multidisciplinary treatments for optimal patient care.
• Patient Safety – Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
• Medication Administration and Prescription – Knowledge of various medications used to treat patients, ability to apply this knowledge to the administration of medications and to the prescription of drugs for continuing treatment outside of the hospital.
• Discharge Planning – Knowledge of the patient's post-discharge needs and the ability to consider these needs in planning for discharge and arranging for follow‑up care.
• Assessment and Diagnosis – Knowledge of various tools and techniques for patient assessment and nursing diagnosis or clinical judgment, ability to explore and analyze reasons behind symptoms and generate resolutions according to available drugs, facilities and techniques.
• Health Information Documentation – Knowledge of the relevance of health information and appropriate documentation methods, ability to record medical histories, symptoms, vital signs, medications, diagnoses, treatment plans, procedures, tests, and medical results in written or electronic form.
• ACLS – Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support – American Heart Association and PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support – American Heart Association and BLS – Basic Life Support AHA – American Heart Association.
• RN – Licensed Registered Nurse_PA – State of Pennsylvania

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in nursing
• 1 year experience in a similar or ‘like’ unit is preferred: demonstrated leadership and management potential.
• Critical Care and/or PACU RN experience

Decision-Making Authority

Decisions are made requiring limited interpretation of policies, procedures, or instructions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Instructing, Reviewing Work, Hiring/Terminating, Assigning Work, Assessing Performance. Not applicable for discipline. Degree of Supervision Received: General Supervision Positions Supervised or Directed (Titles and Approximate Numbers) RN, PCT, Cardiac Monitoring techs, unit secretaries, Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Classification (A).

Benefits

Medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.