Assistant Nurse Manager BMC PANU

Baystate Health, western Massachusetts’s premier healthcare provider, and home to Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence seeks a Assistant Nurse Manager to join our leadership team in the Preop and PACU!

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

• This unit has a highly experienced team that prepares and recovers adult and pediatric patients for the operating rooms.
• Our unit supports the main level 1 trauma OR at Baystate Medical Center which includes seventeen operating rooms.
• This is a high acuity, fast paced, patient focused, and collaborative environment.
• 80 total prep/recovery bays. 60 new bays built and 20 pre-existing
• The Nurse Managers responsibilities are centralized within five major areas: Clinical Practice and Quality Outcomes, Human Resource Leadership, Management of the Environment, Financial Growth and Stewardship, and Strategic Planning.
• CHECK OUT OUR NEW ORs HERE: http://youtu.be/H1JpcPhIvvw?si=JyjPDeTukF0xKOD4

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM. Baystate Medical Center is known as a teaching hospital that leads in surgical innovation. We use the latest minimally invasive procedures and robot-assisted techniques and offer a wide range of both general and specialty surgical care.
• PATIENT EXPERIENCE. Work with dedicated professionals committed to patient centered excellence. Act as an advocate for patients, families and significant others. Come join a team dedicated to the culture of safety, shared governance and nursing autonomy.
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Baystate Health is committed to your professional development. Baystate Health is accredited to provide continuing education programs for all members of the healthcare team, including nurses. Enjoy state-of-the-art simulation programs on campus! TNCC, ACLS, CPR and CPI classes provided. Reimbursement for AORN certification.
• COMPETITIVE BENEFITS SALARY AND SO MUCH MORE! Generous compensation package, CME Allowance and time, high quality, low cost medical/dental, robust paid time off.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Clinical Practice and Quality Outcomes The Assistant Nurse Manager administers direct nursing care to patients and serves as a clinical resource and role model of clinical excellence for staff.  Delivers service promise as evidenced by metrics in all unit practices and programs.  Provides leadership collaboratively with the Nurse Manager in proactively developing quality-driven and cost-effective initiatives. Initiates and partners with the Nurse Manager to lead and achieve outcomes in service-based performance improvement efforts.
• Human Resource Leadership:  The Assistant Nurse Manager in collaboration with the Nurse Manager leads a positive work environment that facilitates the delivery of excellent patient and caregiver experiences. Staff are highly engaged, as evidenced by relevant metrics. Individual and collective practices reflect the Core principles of Magnet. Initiates and manages necessary change, providing support and resources to staff. Seeks opportunities to build working alliances with other professional groups. Creates opportunities for Shared Governance in order to effectively solve problems. In alignment with the Nurse Manager, is responsible for recruiting & hiring; staff development; recognition; retention; establishing performance expectations for success; delivering performance appraisals, and implementing corrective actions.
• Management of the Patient Care Environment: The Assistant Nurse Manager is a leader who is highly visible in the patient care unit and is responsible for the effective management of patient progress and outcomes of care. Leads collaborative efforts with other departments and disciplines to meet patient care needs. Accountable for unit issues in collaboration with the Nurse Manager, including the adequacy of appropriate materials and equipment, until resolution occurs.
• Financial Growth and Stewardship:  The Assistant Nurse Manager is accountable for managing within budget in collaboration with the Nurse Manager as evidenced by metrics. Stewards financial resources and promotes growth by developing business plans and budgets for their unit in collaboration with the Nurse Manager per organizational goals and other relevant factors. Establishes expectations with the Nurse Manager and holds accountable staff regarding the delivery of high-quality, affordable care. Responds to budget variances in a proactive, timely manner in partnership with the Nurse Manager