Emergency Department Unit Assistant Director of Nursing Job Overview
The Emergency Department Assistant Director of Nursing is the ED Unit Manager’s right-hand person, a member of the MedStar St. Mary's Hospital’s Division of Nursing and leadership team. The assistant nurse manager performs some of the following: supports and collaborates with the nurse manager in providing leadership and oversight for a specific unit/department; directs and coordinates the nursing and patient care delivery of the unit-based professional and support personnel; ensures the provision of holistic, culturally competent, and person-centered, quality, safe, and cost-effective evidence-based nursing care for patients/families. Applies the nursing process within the context of the organization's shared/collaborative decision-making framework; collaboratively manages the patient's transitions across the continuum of care to assist patients and populations in achieving or maintaining an optimal level of health and functioning.
Emergency Department Unit Overview

• 30 bed general ED.
• We see an average of 125patients/ day or about 45,000/ year.
• About 20% of our population consists ofpediatric patients.
• We are a certified stroke center.
• Our nurses average 1:4patients.
• We follow a team based care delivery model. 

MedStar Health Nursing Benefits

Generous benefit plans which start the 1st of the month following start date
Free parking for associates
Increased tuition assistance
Relocation assistance up to $5000 if you live 50 miles away from your location