Assistant Nurse Manager Job at American Nursing Care (Bakersfield)

Job Description

As our Assistant Nurse Manager, you will be a visionary leader, setting the standard for exceptional patient care and empowering our teams to achieve unparalleled clinical excellence. Every day, you will passionately advocate for your team, translating their insights into actionable strategies that uplift both staff and patient experiences. To be successful in this pivotal role, you will embody confident leadership, master tough conversations with grace, and excel as an educator at heart. Your exceptional communication will transform every interaction into a powerful opportunity to elevate understanding and drive our shared mission for superior patient outcomes.

Job Responsibility

Maintains standards for professional staff behavior in the department
Provides staff with constructive feedback on performance in a timely manner
Utilizes HR policies on progressive corrective action to address unresolved staff issues
Models professional behavior and collaboration for staff
Actively creates a fair and just culture
Actively supports leadership in shared goals
Monitors staff adherence to assignments and duties
Delegates appropriate activities to responsible staff
Uses acuity tracking system for staffing and patient care assignments
Seeks opportunities for staff development in a variety of aspects in the clinical setting
Assesses staff knowledge level
Identifies learning needs of staff
Coordinates education opportunities for staff and schedules appropriately
Promotes the delivery of new processes for staff and ensures compliance
Influences and supports staff to expand professional development in their area of practice
Able to effectively manage personnel relating to productivity
Flexes staff to meet census levels and productivity goals
Proactively anticipates staffing needs and plans appropriately
Assigns breaks and lunches to staff and ensures compliance
Takes actions to assure staff is able to complete patient care within limits of shift
Maintains overtime approval process
Reviews and maintains supply utilization
Knowledgeable of all regulatory agency standards for patient and staff requirements
Provides staff education to standards
Monitors for staff compliance and adherence to requirements
Conducts or assigns audits/observation to ensure compliance
Ensures the unit remains 'survey ready' at all times
Uses applicable computer programs to enhance patient and employee communication
Proficient in Microsoft & Google Workspace applications
Demonstrates competency in utilization of the EHR
Demonstrates breadth and/or depth of professional/technical skills and capabilities required for position
Shares authority and responsibility with others to move decision making and accountability downward through the organization
Keeps the organization's mission, vision and values at the forefront of decision making and actions
Knowledge of the decision making process and associated tools and techniques
Shared responsibility for staff/employee appraisal process in the department
Contributes to the evaluation of staff performance through written and verbal input
Provides direct feedback to staff regarding performance issues
Evaluations are submitted timely, prior to the due date
Maintains communication standards in the department
All verbal and written communication is professional and respectful towards staff, physicians and all disciplines
Assures staff members demonstrate appropriate communication techniques and corrects behavior if needed
Is timely and thorough in communicating with Nurse Manager regarding unit and employee issues
Utilizes the Chain of Command for any unresolved staff or unit issues
Demonstrates ability to effectively manage internal & external conflict
Demonstrates leadership role in staff engagement
Feedback is provided on a consistent basis for staff
Participates in multidisciplinary processes
Assumes the role of Patient Experience lead for the department
Rounds on patients to assess needs
Provides clinical direction and serves as a resource for problem solving
Provides service recovery for identified problems
Manages department staffing, scheduling, and timecard issues
Schedules are submitted balanced to Nurse Manager to facilitate departmental needs
Assigns patient care to staff appropriate to skill and competency levels
Uses approved staffing standards to staff the department according to patient need
Proficient in timecard editing and authorizes overtime and paid time off in a timely manner

Requirements

Associate Of Nursing (ADN) with progression towards obtaining Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing within three (3) years of hire or minimum of two (2) years experience as a registered nurse
Registered Nurse: CA (RN)
Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Nice to have

Bachelors Of Nursing (BSN)
One (1) year leadership experience

What we offer

medical
prescription drug
dental
vision plans
life insurance
paid time off
tuition reimbursement
retirement plan benefit(s) including but not limited to 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings

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