Assistant Nurse Manager - Pre-op/PACU Ambulatory Surgery

                    

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Job Title

Assistant Nurse Manager - Pre-op/PACU Ambulatory Surgery

                        

Location

Stuart

                    

Facility

Martin Health North

                     

Department

MMC Surgery Center-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

                      

Job Code

000880

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

7:00am-3:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Martin North Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This downtown Stuart hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Martin County on the beautiful St. Lucie River. The caregivers at Martin North Hospital have made it an excellent medical facility and a home away from home.   

 

Martin North Hospital is looking to add an Assistant Nurse Manager to the team who will help oversee the Pre-Op and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in the Ambulatory Surgery Center. The surgery center provides for various specialties including Abdominal and Hernia Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Breast Disease and Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Interventional Cardiology Surgery, Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy and Pain Management and Surgical Oncology. By taking on this role, you will provide clinical supervision and unit coordination to the Pre-Op area and PACU. With an emphasis on professional development and success, you will encourage caregivers to enhance their skills and the patient experience through improvement initiatives and incentives. 30% of your day will consist of administrative tasks such as coordinating staff scheduling, providing real-time coaching, patient management and more while the other 70% will consist of hands-on patient care. This position offers a great way to gain extensive leadership experience while continuing to provide the best support and treatment possible. 

 

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:00AM – 3:30PM. 

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Supervise and coordinate unit clinical operations.  

• Provide patient care.  

• Facilitate communication and collaboration among unit caregivers and other departments/units.  

• Ensure continuity of patient care information between shifts. 

• Coordinate patient admitting, discharges, transfers and other operational issues. 

• Review major operational patient care issues with Nurse Managers.  

• Provide ongoing clinical evaluations of caregivers, counsel caregivers on performance issues, administer initial corrective actions and monitor attendance issues. 

• Interview, select and orient new caregivers.  

• Prepare work schedules to ensure adequate coverage on all shifts.  

• Participate in and support quality improvement projects, outcomes, studies and research initiatives.  

• Assume responsibilities of the Nurse Manager in their absence.  

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing  

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross 

• Two years of recent clinical nursing experience  

• Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills  

• Good oral, written and interpersonal skills 

• Strong analytical and organization skills 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or bodily fluids.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

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