FILLED-Assistant Nurse Manager, Full Time, Endovascular Operating Room (cath lab/Interventional Radiology), Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center

Job description

• Leadership

• Demonstrates and role models professional behavior with all staff and provider interactions.
• Serves as change agent and role model for change to assist staff in accepting and embracing the necessary change.
• Completes annual performance appraisals as assigned which includes feedback process, plan for professional development and employee self-appraisal.
• 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 check-ins with educators and staff
• Promotes and encourages nursing specialty certification in partnership with the nurse manager.
• Promotes a positive working environment and encourages employee engagement through team member / leadership rounding.
• Facilitates the interviewing and on-boarding of new hires, hire learners and peri-op fellows

• Quality & Safety

• Identifies, plans, and implements activities in partnership with the nurse manager to ensure patient care is delivered in accordance with professional standards for nursing practice and policy, is evidenced based, and meets patient safety goals and standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Monitors departmental performance in evidence-based practices, quality, and patient safety goals, meeting assigned goals.
• Creates in collaboration with NM, anticipated goals and develops action plan for any goal not met.
• Participates in regulatory readiness.
• 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.
• Collaborates with nurse manager to develop departmental plan to address any improvement needs.
• Assesses initiatives in conjunction with the nurse manager and modifies plans to achieve established organizational, departmental, financial and 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.
• Initiates & finalizes API staff self-schedule to ensure departmental staffing needs are met.
• Assists with departmental payroll.
• Collaborates with nurse manager to address premium hour criteria and use, including process for approval and documentation.
• Expense control/revenue enhancement- budget involvement

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Education:
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required
Bachelors’ Degree of Nursing required
License & Certifications:
Current NJ (New Jersey) Registered Nurse License required
Basic Life Support required
Experience:
3-5 years Interventional Radiology experience required
Leadership experience preferred