Job Description

Certification Details

• BLS
• New Jersey State Registered Nurse License

Job Details

• The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a professional, registered nurse who is a skilled communicator, collaborator and authentic leader.
• Supports the organization in the execution of the nursing strategic plan and priorities.
• Participates in unit and hospital decision-making and provides meaningful recognition to others.
• Provides operational and administrative support to Nurse leadership.
• Coordinates staffing, supports throughput, quality and safety outcomes, staff competency, hiring, clinical and staff corrective actions, unit efficiency, quality care and other departmental activities.
• Assesses, plans, implements, monitors and evaluates nursing practice and the nursing care delivery system with direct supervision of front-line staff.
• Interprets, supports, and communicates policies, standards and procedures.
• Serves as a role model for staff in all aspects of nursing (professionalism, quality care).
• Assists in identifying cost containment measures by identifying alternative measures of product utilization within the department.
• Serves on-call based on unit requirements.
• Assumes special projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Participates with recruitment and retention strategies.
• Assists with unit huddles and leader rounding with employees.
• Participates with unit goal creation reflective of hospital goals and mission and vision of Hackensack Meridian Health.
• Participates or leads evidenced-based practice projects or research when appropriate.
• Participates or leads unit-based or hospital based shared governance committees or councils when appropriate.
• Resolves conflicts and facilitates constructive resolutions and positive outcomes.
• Completes employee corrective action plans/counseling as necessary.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Prepares and conducts periodic performance evaluations to assigned staff members.
• Contributes to and/or monitors the unit orientation process of all roles as necessary.
• Participates with and models the importance of employee recognition.
• Models cultural competence, social justice and fairness, and capitalizes on generational diversity to foster highly effective work groups.
• Escalates nursing labor/management issues where applicable.
• Participates in Payroll, Staff Scheduling and daily staffing needs.
• Assists in the management of the department budget.
• Monitors business intelligence for the unit.
• Maximizes care efficiency and throughput.
• Understands the relationship between value-based purchasing and quality outcomes with revenue and reimbursement.
• Monitors unit staffing productivity and flexes staff accordingly.
• Optimizes the patient and family experience of care.
• Leads Multidisciplinary Rounds.
• Ensures unit-based performance improvement monitoring is completed, trended and reported internal and external to the unit.
• Leads or participates with quality improvement projects.
• Leads or conducts root cause analysis investigations.
• Assures unit regulatory compliance.
• Participates in staff education and competency.
• Serves as a role model to others and mentors new employees and new Charge RNs.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 3 years recent nursing experience in respective specialty or equivalent.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs.
• Strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of patients and their caregivers.
• Exceptional focus on teamwork.
• Dedication to ongoing education.
• Ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus.

Additional Details

• Working Conditions:
• Long periods of sitting with frequent standing, walking or moving.
• Requires periods of keying on computer terminal to input information.
• Requires constant verbal communication in person or using the phone.
• Requires frequent reading of correspondence, email, reports, material, etc.
• Exposure to communicable diseases.
• Lifting 35 pounds.
• Extended wearing of PPE.
• Application of surgical mask for long periods of time.

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