Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

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Job Title

Assistant Nurse Manager - Operating Room

Location

Canton

Facility

Mercy Hospital

Department

Surgery Unit-Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

Job Code

F28002

Shift

Days

Schedule

6:30am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Mercy Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Mercy Hospital offers a wide range of surgical services. As a Level II Trauma Center, Mercy Hospital has various service lines including Heart, Vascular, Neurology, Orthopedics, Urology, Gynecology, General, Gastroenterology, Plastics, Pulmonary, Robotics, Life Banc, Eye, Maxillofacial and traumas. Whether patients require minimally invasive procedures or major surgeries, this surgical team is dedicated to providing patients with excellent care in a safe, family-friendly environment.

By joining the team as an Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM), you will provide clinical supervision and coordinate the Operating Room’s operations with other departmental disciplines, under the direction of the Nurse Manager. In this role, 70% of your time will be spent at the control desk running the board and communicating with all areas to ensure everything is running on time with no delays. The remaining 30% of your day will have a focus on scheduling and staffing. This is a fast-paced area with strong teamwork and cohesion. If you are ready to advance your nursing career into a leadership role, this is a great opportunity to do so and be a part of an elite healthcare organization.

A caregiver in this position works days from 6:30AM – 5:00PM, plus on-call.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• 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.
• Supervise and participate in the daily delivery of patient care.
• Prepare work schedules to ensure adequate coverage on all shifts.
• Participate in and support quality improvement projects, outcomes, studies and research initiatives.
• Assist in orienting new personnel, continuing education and in-service educational programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

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)
• Two years of recent clinical nursing experience in an OR
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• If in a Critical Care area, an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment
• Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills; good oral, written and interpersonal skills, strong analytical and organization skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) certification – if you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it within one year of hire
• Previous management experience

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.

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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