Assistant Nurse Manager - Ortho Trauma Stepdown 11 DCT

Duke University Hospital Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area. Inaddition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

 

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

 

Occ Summary

The Assistant Nurse Manager, RN (ANM) is a role d eveloped to work incoordination with the nursing leadership in an assign ed unit, departmentor service to ensure the work is accomplished safely and effectively.The ANM serves as leadership support for staff, physicia ns and otherrelated providers on service- specific clinical issues. The ANM requiresdemonstration of leadership, clinical, and interpersonal ski lls. The ANMcollaborates with the manager on clinical and non-clinical operationsrelated to the designated service area. The ANM serves as the l eadersupport for the unit/department/service when the manager is unavail able.The ANM is responsible for supervising, directing, coaching andment oring staff under the supervision of the nurse manager of operations(NMO ).

 

Work Performed

 

Duties and responsibilities include those required of the clinicalnurse, preceptor, and charge nurse role. In conjunction with nursemanager, the assistant nurse manager will plan, coordinate clinicalrequirements for staff and ensure all CBO and CBE re quirements for staffare current.Plan and assist with coordination of uni t staff schedules and submit formanager approval.Coordinate clinical tra ining requirements with staff regarding equipmentand supplies.Consult wi th preceptors and orientees on a regular basis to providesupport and det ermine how orientation should proceed on an individualbasis.Assist NMO i n preparation, oversight, maintenance and monitoring ofbudget utilizatio nCollaborate with the manager for issue resolutions and projects toimpro ve work flow processes throughout the department utilizing aproactive ap proach.Collaborate with different departments (pharmacy, radiology, lab, registration) to resolve issues and improve work flow processesthroughou t the department.Participate with the nurse manager in the interview pro cess andselection of new staff.Oversee various personnel actions includi ng, but not limited to, hiring,performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, terminations and otherrelated activities.Mentor/coach staff to enha nce their professional development.Assess the performance of assigned ne w hires and orientees includingentry level nurses, nursing care assistan ts and health unitcoordinators; provides ongoing feedback and coaching.U nderstand and communicate potential clinical equipment or supply issuest o appropriate support team members (Materials, Biomed, SterileProcessing , etc).Mentor and monitor the preceptors for all new employees.Facilitat e provision of clinical/education updates and skill check-offsto entire staff on a regular basis.Provide immediate support or education on polic y, procedures, equipmentand supplies as needed.Responsible for learning, implementing and teaching newtechnology/procedures.Provide clinical con sultation and guidance as needed to facilitatepatient care.Round on pati ent and families to validate services are providedconsistently within ex pected standards; provide service recovery asneeded.Model and support the value of diver