Assistant Nurse Manager - Muscatine Clinic

• Human Resources Management

  • Hiring

  • Assist in hiring nursing unit staff through effective and timely recommendations.
• Staff Development
  • Develop and manage the talents strengths and behaviors of assigned staff as directed by UICC management.
  • Assists in matters of promotion transfers and disciplinary action as directed by UICC management.
  • Coaches staff to participate in team decisionmaking and actively seek participation from assigned staff on decisionmaking and customer service improvement activities.
  • Provides staff incentives/rewards for contributions towards achievement of service excellence.
• Performance Management
  • Completes staff evaluations for assigned staff on time with written solid justification.
  • Assure staff members are compliant with competencies policies procedures and regulations.
• Employee Labor Relations
  • Understand and apply appropriately the provisions in the union contracts.
  • Creates an atmosphere which provides for effective recruitment and retention of qualified staff.
• Other
  • Ensures that all employees are treated with respect and in a manner consistent with Universitys policies related to equal employment opportunity and diversity.
  • Encourages staff/employees to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations. Provide detailed job responsibilities.
• Financial Management:
  • Actively help manage operating expenses by monitoring the unit/clinics operating budget.
  • Recommend budget ideas resources and cost containment strategies through participation in the development of the unit operating budget reviewing staffing plan reviewing service contracts planning for new supply costs etc.
  • Assists the UICC management in developing a staffing plan and is open to creativity in staff scheduling/flexibility.
• Operations Standards of Care Regulatory Compliance Quality and Patient Satisfaction:
  • Collaborate with UICC management and UIHC Ambulatory Nursing department to identify Quality Management and patient satisfaction opportunities for improvement.
  • Supply and Instrumentation management.
  • Incorporates the principles of Service Excellence to ensure positive patient/customer relations.
  • Implement and maintain standards and quality plans.
  • Identifies inefficiencies in current practice/processes demonstrates tolerance for change and develops a means to enhance the process.
  • Consistently makes sound judgments after gathering factual objective information.
  • Creates and maintains a workplace of choice/ which motivates employees to work at optimal efficiency; encourages staff to regularly establish goals and objectives toward career development.
  • Engage staff in meeting plan goals.
  • Supervise and occasionally provides care delivery and assists in coordinating patient care teams to maximize customer service and continuity of care.
    
  • Develops flexible staffing and reallocating priorities to ensure optimal patient care with assistance from UICC leadership as needed.
  • Serve as a resource for patient care problems.
  • Provide patient care as needed.
  • Collaborates and develops effective interpersonal relationships with nursing staff medical staff interdisciplinary teams and other hospital departments.

    Patient Care/Service Delivery:
• Planning and Goal Management:
  • Collaborate with UICC leadership to develop and implement clinic or division strategic plans.
  • Uses customer feedback in planning and providing service.
• Communication/Collaboration Relationships:
  • Communicate with physicians staff and other health care providers on a regular basis to promote effective and efficient operations within the unit/clinic.
  • Communicate with patients families and staff to address and resolve issues.
  • Utilizes human resources data and budgetary information to formulate recommendation to UICC leadership.
• Education Programs:
  • Provide evaluative feedback for staff members and health care students.
  • Coaches the staff in implementation of standards of care professional development promotes staff specialty & clinical certifications adherence to the standards of regulatory bodies (i.e. The Joint Commission OSHA and other regulatory bodies as appropriate)
  • Work with clinical instructors/educators to facilitate clinical education experiences.
  • Invests in own continuous learning and skill enhancement
• Research Administration:
  • Support unit evidence based practice research initiatives by facilitating the incorporation of quality management and evidence based practices in nursing care.
  • Supports changes in nursing care using evidence based practice.

Job Family Technical Competencies:

• • Budgeting Knowledge of and ability to apply policies and practices for planning and administering a budget.
  • Clinical Service/Department Operations Management Knowledge of and ability to manage effective and smooth operations in a clinical service or department by utilizing various management principles and techniques.
  • Decision Making and Critical Thinking Understanding of the issues related to the decisionmaking process; ability to analyze situations fully and accurately and reach productive decisions.
  • Healthcare Regulatory Environment Knowledge and understanding of legislation and regulatory bodies affecting healthcare and clinical research practices.
  • Performance Management Ability to apply organizations performance management system practices and tools to developing and improving individual team and organizational performance.

Percent of Time:100

Pay Grade:5A 40 hours per week Monday Friday variable hours between 7:30 AM 5:00 PM. No weekends or holidays.

Availability to provide support to otherclinics within a 2hour radius required.Fleet Car provided. .

Location: Muscatine

Benefits Highlights:

Regular salaried position

Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans

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