ASSISTANT MANAGER - OR

PURPOSE OF POSITION

The primary purposes of this position are to provide clinical leadership, to direct patient care for the assigned unit, and to work cooperatively with the interdisciplinary health care team to maintain standards of nursing care within the framework of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.  The Assistant Manager will meet expectations, support and collaborate with the Unit Director (UD) and serve as the first line of communication between staff and management. 

RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS

Job Requirements

• Graduate of State Board Approved School of Nursing.

• Nurse candidates: current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Ohio

• Educational and experiential qualifications with consideration of the following:

• Education- BSN preferred or enrolled in approved program with anticipated completion date within 12 to 18 months of accepting role.
• Certification required for those meeting eligibility requirements.
• Membership preferred in professional organization.

• Minimum two years OR experience

• Demonstration of strong leadership skills including critical thinking, decision analysis, collaboration, change management and strategic planning
• Ability to set priorities and reprioritize as needed.        
• Ability to use conflict resolution and negotiating skills to resolve problems. 
• Organized, analytical, and efficient in performance of duties.

• Proactively, positively deal with continual change and must work collaboratively with all disciplines.

• Prepared for an evolving healthcare environment that includes advanced technologies.

RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS:

• Maintains professionalism and confidentiality in all communications.
• Communicates effectively with medical, nursing and interdepartmental staff.
• Participates in and supports hospital safety programs and initiatives.
• Supports and enforces hospital policies and best practice measures.
• Demonstrates use of evidence applied to clinical practice to achieve improved outcomes.
• Provides clinical coverage in the absence of the Unit Director.
• Provides direct patient care when needed.
• Evaluates and ensures clinical staffing coverage 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Weekend and call rotation for management calls.
• Participates in action planning for staff development.
• Support efforts to control costs through conservation of supplies and equipment.
• Provides Unit Director with information for development of annual budget.
• Evaluate and counsel personnel.

• Manages, plans, and monitors specialty service daily clinical operations.
• Keeps Unit Director informed as to specialty service activities and issues.
• Motivates and directs specialty service personnel in use and allocation of equipment, materials and instruments for cases.
• Develops and maintains specialty service preference cards.
• Assigns staff members to cases appropriate to skill level.
• Assists with orientation of new staff to specialty service.
• Responsible for maintaining adequate number of skilled service specialty personnel.
• Collaborates with OR Unit Director in hiring and appropriate placement of personnel.
• Prioritizes specialty service capital needs; identifies other equipment and supply needs.
• Maintains accountability for case setup, flow, and room turnover.
• Makes recommendations for new procedures/protocols for specialty service.
• Identifies and coordinates the needs of specialty service physicians.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, identity, family status, gender, disability, or veteran status. 

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• 8:00am – 5:00pm M-F or hours as required by the job. Leadership call occasional weekends and off -shifts as required by duties and responsibilities for service line area.
• Subject to frequent interruptions and changes in priority of duties throughout the day.
• Sitting/standing/moving about during working hours