Assistant Nurse Manager - Nursing Support Services

Job Description

Description

PeaceHealth is seeking candidates for an Assistant Nurse Manager role to support Nursing Support Services at St. John Medical Center. This is a full-time exempt position that will work primarily day shift. This role will provide leadership to PICC, Wound-Ostomy, the Nursing Staffing Office, and the Telesitter department, in collaboration with the Nursing Director.  

Located just 40 miles North of Portland, Oregon, St. John Medical Center is a 150-bed acute care medical center serving a population of appx 165,000 in Southwest Washington and surrounding Oregon communities.   The Longview-Kelso area offers the best of both worlds, a peaceful lifestyle and natural beauty of a family-orientated community of 60,000, with close proximity to the Pacific Ocean, Mountains, and the urban amenities of both Portland and Seattle.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package and salary, as well as relocation assistance.  

JOB SUMMARY

The position is responsible for providing managerial assistance to the Nurse Manager. This position is directly accountable to the Nurse Manager and is responsible for support in the following areas: hiring; staffing and scheduling; orientation; performance assessment; budget monitoring; maintaining and establishing patient care standards; policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Demonstrates compassion, respect and caring while working within the scope of Registered Nurse Practice to provide individualized, safe and efficient care to patients and assistance to their families and visitors. Proactively implement measures to promote a safety climate on the unit, considering the inter-relationship of people, tools and environment in which are is provided.
• Provide leadership, management and communication skills to department.
• Assist Nurse Manager in planning, recommendation, and implementation of clinical service delivery. Recommend policy changes which enhance nursing ability to achieve top quartile performance.
• Assist Nurse Manager with the staff supervision, counseling and documentation of personnel actions.
• Assist Nurse Manager with the evaluation of work performance and performance assessments.
• Promote, establish and maintain open communication.
• Assist Nurse Manager with budget monitoring.
• Assist with the supervision and direction of the department Clinical Educator.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• BSN required or actively enrolled in a program with a targeted graduation date w/in 2 years of date of hire  
  

EXPERIENCE/TRAINING:

• Minimum of three years applicable nursing experience required.
• Two years of supervisory/leadership experience in health care organization preferred.
• Financial and budgetary experience.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION:

• Current  WA State Registered Nurse licensure.
• Specialty certification preferred.
• Current BLS (Basic Life Support) certification required at date of hire.
• ACLS and/or ENPC may be required.

OTHER SKILLS:

• Strong problem solving, decision making and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient in the use of computers including MS Office applications.

LONGVIEW PHYSICAL/COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS:

• Work requires fairly light physical exertion up to 33% of the time.
• Ability to lift objects weighing 50 lbs. or less.
• Work requires frequent exposure to minor cold, heat, poor ventilation or sharp instruments. Reasonably anticipated exposure to blood and body fluids once per month or more.
• Job duties frequently require intense concentration and attention to detail (34-65% of work time).

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