Assistant Nurse Manager - Emergency Department
Company: UNC Health Care
Location: Rocky Mount
Posted on: April 19, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Description
Description Become part of an inclusive organization with over
40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health
and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:The Assistant Nurse Manager practices at the level of an
expert practitioner of nursing, as defined by Benner, P. (1984).
From Novice to Expert. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. The nurse
at this level demonstrates expertise in caring for patients with
multiple and complex problems. In addition to demonstrating
clinical leadership on the unit, the Assistant Nurse Manager serves
as a role model, resource, and hospital-wide consultant to staff
and participates in endeavors to increase nursing knowledge.
Provides professional nursing care to patients assigned to a
specific Nursing Unit. Provides patient care within the parameters
of this assignment of responsibility, according to prescribed,
delegated medical regimen, and the hospital policies. Incumbents
are accountable to the North Carolina Board of Nursing for
practicing nursing within the scope of the North Carolina Nursing
Practice Act. Responsibilities: 1. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT - Coordinates, designs and implements educational
programs to meet identified learning needs of staff, patients and
families. Promotes and ensures staff participation in continuing
education, orientation, competency, in-service and staff
development offerings. Participates in development and
implementation of competency initiatives. Serves as an area of
specialty consultant in the design of educational programs.
Participates in development of and provides clinical expertise for
patient education materials. Promotes professional growth of self
and staff. Promotes a conducive environment for learning and
provides educational experiences for students. 2. EVALUATION -
Evaluates patient progress and revises plan accordingly. Maintains
accountability for carrying out components of the plan. Works with
manager to ensure care on unit is accordance with policies and
procedures. 3. IMPLEMENTATION - Promotes an environment that values
diversity, open communication, teamwork and exceptional service.
Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to
patients, clients and families for assigned shift. Facilitates
interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning to
achieve desired patient outcomes. Coordinates care with
interdisciplinary team members. Demonstrates and role models
clinical expertise in specified patient population and shares
expertise with other staff. Promotes and ensures the use of the
nursing process to provide quality patient care. Assesses and
anticipates patient and family learning needs and organizes
resources to ensure that they are met. Performs bedside point of
care testing as required for patient care plan. 4. LEADERSHIP -
Creates and promotes an environment conducive to recruiting and
retaining staff. Provides feedback to Manager/Supervisor and
Director to assist in hiring, promoting, transferring and
terminating staff. Assists Nurse Manager by providing assigned
staff with performance feedback and opportunity to set professional
goals. Models and promotes behaviors that effectively give
continual feedback to staff and colleagues. Integrates best
practice standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of
practice. 5. ASSESSMENT - Synthesizes data from complex situations
to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical,
psychosocial and educational needs. Synthesizes assessment data
into meaningful whole prior to communication with others. Assesses
and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and
families. Develops relationships with families that promote their
ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs. Works with
manager to demonstrate specialization needs to serve the patient
population. 6. PLANNING - Establishes and promotes standards of
excellence for areas of responsibility and ensures consistent
implementation by staff. Provides input about trends related to
program development, space needs and fiscal realities. Ensures
appropriate and adequate clinical staffing and skill mix to meet
patient care needs on own shift and upcoming shift. Effectively
uses clinical and financial information to assist Nurse Manager to
establish and meet budgetary goals. Collaborates with Nurse Manager
to implement strategies to increase revenue and cost-effectively
manage personnel, supply and equipment resources. Evaluates the
impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes. Assists
Nurse Manager to ensure that internal and external regulatory
standards are met or exceeded. 7. RESEARCH AND PERFORMANCE
IMPROVEMENT - Collaborates with Nurse Manager to evaluate research
that is applicable to practice and promotes changes in standards of
care as appropriate. Guides research development and
implementation. Utilizes resources in asking research questions and
applying appropriate research methods. Shares knowledge with
colleagues through publication, presentations or other means.
Develops, implements and evaluates new and creative approaches to
meeting goals. Leads, participates and promotes performance
improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or
quality of care opportunities.
Other information: Bachelor's of Science in Nursing Current license
to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina. Current BCLS
certification. 3-5 years of RN experience in an acute care
setting.
Job DetailsLegal Employer: Nash HospitalsEntity: Nash UNC Health
Care
Organization Unit: NGH Emergency Room Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00Work Assignment Type: OnsiteWork
Schedule: Night JobLocation of Job: NASH HCExempt From Overtime:
Exempt: No
Keywords: UNC Health Care, Rocky Mount , Assistant Nurse Manager - Emergency Department, Healthcare , Rocky Mount, North Carolina
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