What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Nurse Manager: Elective Orthopedics position at Albany Medical Center?
Job Summary: The Assistant Nurse Manager plays a critical role in ensuring that competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided to customers, including referring facilities, hospital staff, and patients in inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings.
About the Role: In this position, you will be responsible for providing direction and support to unit-based staff, collaborating with other service and department leaders to attain short- and long-term goals and objectives, and supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, programs, and services consistent with the hospital's mission and departmental/unit vision and philosophy.
Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include:
- Providing leadership for direct patient care provided by specialty nursing unit staff on the assigned primary shift of work
- Mentoring professional caregivers in the delivery of patient care
- Facilitating patient access, communication, and transitions throughout the acute care stay
- Collaborating with other service and department leaders to attain short- and long-term goals and objectives
