Job Description

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Job Title

Assistant Nurse Manager

Location

Warrensville Hts

Facility

South Pointe Hospital

Department

Surgery-South Pointe Hospital

Job Code

F2801E

Shift

Days

Schedule

9:00am-5:30pm

Serving the needs of Garfield Heights and the Southeast communities of Cuyahoga County since 1949, Marymount Hospital is a 269-registered bed acute care, faith-based hospital and became the first regional hospital to become a member of the Cleveland Clinic Healthcare System in 1995. This Magnet-recognized hospital maintains a strong commitment to the communities it serves through blending compassionate patient care with exceptional medical expertise. At Marymount Hospital, caregivers are guided by the Christian values of service, compassion, dignity and respect and live by the mission of providing world-class healthcare.

South Pointe Hospital provides comprehensive surgical services to meet the needs of patients above the age of 14. As Assistant Nurse Manager, you will support the nurse manager by providing clinical supervision and unit coordination. 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 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. + on-call, weekend and holiday rotation requirements

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.

• 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 degree in nursing (BSN)

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) OR the American Red Cross

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon hire or within one year of employment
• Two years of recent clinical nursing experience
• Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Leadership experience
• Critical care experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours. Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body 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.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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