Job Description
Role: Assistant Nurse Manager
Duration: Full-time/ Permanent
Location: San Jose, CA
Job Summary:
- Manages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service and utilization standards.
- Supervises the day to day shift activities.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided and is in compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures.
- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 - 60+ employees.
- Monitors the allocation and utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.
- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.
- Works with health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models of other units. Investigates and resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Client conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis.
- At any time, Client reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status.
- Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
Requirements of this position:
- Must Have Current CA RN LICENSE (not temporary)
- Must have BSN or higher Must have experience in OR
Secondary Functions:
- Administrative call rotated every 8 weeks.
- Monday thru Friday evening ANM
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum two (2) years of nursing experience required.
- Minimum two (2) years of experience as charge nurse, preceptor, quality improvement champion or other related leadership experience.
Education
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- High school diploma OR General Education Diploma (GED) required.
License, Certification, Registration:
- Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
- Evidence of training completion as preceptor or charge nurse.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.
- ACLS, PALS, NRP certification may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- ACLS certification strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
Is there additional variable compensation?
- Eligible for sign-on bonus of 10% of base salary Eligible for annual bonus up to 7.5 % of base
- Eligible for annual merit increase Full benefits package
What are the nice-to-have skills?
- Prefer advanced education at MSN or MHA or MBA level and/or CNOR designation Experience with scheduling teams helpful Strong preference for experience in union environment
- Must be calm under pressure, strong communicator, able to train newer nurses
Describe how this position fits in your organization.
- Assistant Managers have up to 30 direct reports.
- Responsible for the daily management of a shift to provide the most outstanding care.
- Assistant Managers report to Department Manager RN who reports to Director RN.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Permanent employment, Full time, Local area, Relocation bonus, Shift work, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,