Job Description
Assistant Nurse Manager, 7MB-MICU, Harborview Medical Center
WORK SCHEDULE
Education
The ANM performs specific leadership functions related to clinical practice, education, and/or management as delegated by and in collaboration with the Nurse Manager. The ANM provides leadership for unit and departmental activities that promote:
Effective orientation and evaluation of baseline skill level and competencies for assigned workforce.
Efficient and effective educational services and resources, which enable staff to meet patient care needs.
Timely clinical problem solving and communication of clinical issues at all levels (peer, staff, management, physician).
Effective interdisciplinary and interdepartmental communication, collaboration and service coordination using TeamSTEPPS™ methodology.
Effective educational resource for patient care.
Effective integration of new technology and organizational initiatives
Effective management of staff practice and professional behaviors using effective interpersonal skills andJust Culture™ methodology
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Clinical expertise in specialty
Strong customer service focus
Demonstrated ability to organize and teach educational offerings.
Demonstrated strong preceptor and mentoring skills
Knowledge of hospital environment and healthcare trends
Advanced written and verbal communication
Demonstrated ability to analyze practice issues.
Flexibility in meeting workload fluctuations.
Age related competencies for the populations cared for on the unit.
Staff Competency Assessment and Development
As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.
Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.
Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.
About Uw Medicine - Where Your Impact Goes Further
UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.
All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.
Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.
Compensation, Benefits And Position Details
Pay Range Minimum:
$49.23 hourly
Pay Range Maximum
$91.22 hourly
Other Compensation
$1/hour BSN premium $1.25/hour nursing cert. premium $4/hour week-ends
Benefits
For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/
Shift
First Shift (United States of America)
Temporary or Regular?
This is a regular position
FTE (Full-Time Equivalent)
90.00%
Union/Bargaining Unit
SEIU 1199NW HMC RN
About The UW
Working at the University of Washington provides a unique opportunity to change lives – on our campuses, in our state and around the world.
UW employees bring their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to building stronger minds and a healthier world. In return, they enjoy outstanding benefits, opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work in an environment known for its diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.
Our Commitment
The University of Washington is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful and welcoming community for all. As an equal opportunity employer, the University considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or veteran status consistent with UW Executive Order No. 81.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law.
Assistant Nurse Manager, 7MB-MICU, Harborview Medical Center
WORK SCHEDULE
- 90% FTE, Days
Education
The ANM performs specific leadership functions related to clinical practice, education, and/or management as delegated by and in collaboration with the Nurse Manager. The ANM provides leadership for unit and departmental activities that promote:
- Delivery of quality nursing care
- Effective problem solving and communication
Effective orientation and evaluation of baseline skill level and competencies for assigned workforce.
Efficient and effective educational services and resources, which enable staff to meet patient care needs.
Timely clinical problem solving and communication of clinical issues at all levels (peer, staff, management, physician).
Effective interdisciplinary and interdepartmental communication, collaboration and service coordination using TeamSTEPPS™ methodology.
Effective educational resource for patient care.
Effective integration of new technology and organizational initiatives
Effective management of staff practice and professional behaviors using effective interpersonal skills andJust Culture™ methodology
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Clinical expertise in specialty
Strong customer service focus
Demonstrated ability to organize and teach educational offerings.
Demonstrated strong preceptor and mentoring skills
Knowledge of hospital environment and healthcare trends
Advanced written and verbal communication
Demonstrated ability to analyze practice issues.
Flexibility in meeting workload fluctuations.
Age related competencies for the populations cared for on the unit.
Staff Competency Assessment and Development
- Partners with appropriate CNE/CNS to plan, implement and evaluate unit based orientation program for permanent, temporary, and contract staff utilizing a performance based development approach. Promotes continuity in competency development from core to PCS central to unit specific orientation.
- Facilitates individualized orientation process for newly hired staff (RN and support staff)
- Evaluates orientees’ baseline attention to training, demonstrated skills, attitude and philosophy fit with HMC missions and values; records and reports concerns to unit managers.
- Registers, tracts, and records the completion of unit orientation and competency completion for various staff levels using the LMS as designed.
- Collaborates in the development/revision of clinical competencies.
- Collaborates with unit leadership and CNE/CNS in the development and validation of unit specific competencies.
- Acts as Master Preceptor: trains, mentors, and evaluates effectiveness of unit based preceptors
- Evaluates assigned staff at prescribed intervals (6 months, annual) after approval by manager
- Provides “just in time” feedback to staff regarding clinical, interpersonal, and communication performance
- Involves manager for staff who resist feedback or who fail to improve performance
- Participates in interviewing and makes recommendations on candidates for hire being mindful of baseline clinical, behavioral, and communication competencies.
- Acts as a resource for CEU interpretation and guidance
- Promotes and supports a high functioning environment that fosters continuing learning and professional development.
- Partners with CNE and CNS to plan, implement and evaluate educational offerings designed to enhance the delivery of quality care and safe practices. (In-services, CE, equipment education).
- Partners with CNE to plans, implements and evaluates educational offerings designed to enhance staff leadership and operational decision making (Charge, Preceptor)
- Assists nursing staff in identifying and meeting their ongoing educational goals.
- Utilizes theories of adult education and interactive learning in formal and informal trainings.
- Participates in programs that support staff education and development (CPR instructor, core curriculum, ANM orientation, and consortium).
- Participates in the development of educational modules and training plans.
- Participates in ongoing area specific training (e.g. skills days)
- Registers, tracks and records staff’s participation in mandatory continuing education using the LMS as designed.
- Promotes the use of central educational, quality, and patient safety resources (CNE/CNS consultants) to support quality patient care
- Participates in departmental policy/ procedure development and interpretation for members of the heath care team
- Chairs unit based Best Practice Committee and promotes evidenced based nursing practice
- Coordinates unit based student placement
- Performs charge nurse duties
- Role models collaboration and best practice communications.
- Assists in staff schedule in collaboration with ANM - Operations
- Ensures staff are trained on time card completion
- Supports unit based efforts for operation, HR, payroll initiatives
- Promotes a healthy work environment
- Resolves conflicts tactfully, flexibly and diplomatically
- Demonstrates ability to compromise, cooperate, and negotiate appropriately.
- Demonstrate maturity, poise, responsiveness and judgment in day to day activities.
- Collaborates and promotes team building with all disciplines and departments.
- Inspires teams and individuals to give their best to achieve desired patient, team and organizational outcomes
- Creates an environment that is conductive to staff growth, development, and satisfaction
- Has a strong reputation as a competent, quality resource.
- Respects and welcomes diversity in staff and team.
- Establishes effective work priorities, methods and project flow
- Meets deadlines, project goals, and follows up on staff/clinical/customer satisfaction issues in a timely manner.
- Displays resourcefulness and innovation in decision making, problem solving, and trainings
- Maintains accessibility, response and follow through to off shift and weekend staff
- Assumes responsibility for own professional learning needs including attendance at relevant educational offerings, completion of annual evaluation and competencies.
- Participates and provides leadership to organizational committees, taskforces, and work groups.
- Demonstrates ability to consider the impact of decisions and actions on the overall organizational mission and goals
- Models service excellence in daily practice.
- Maintains a safe environment, identifies and reports all safety related issues to the proper departments.
- Uses HMC policy and procedures, reference manuals and qualified resources for guidance
- Responds appropriately to emergency situations and drills
- Ensures related practices and teachings are compliant with regulatory agencies and standards.
- Intervenes to address illegal /unethical /unprofessional professional practice of any member of the health care team
- Promotes practices and decisions that reduce human error and promote staff/patient safety
- Participates in development and implementation of quality assessment and improvement programs within the department and across units/specialties
- Identifies and explores ways to support a cost –effective environment
- Participates in the preparation and process of regulatory surveys
- Participates in unit and organizational emergency preparedness
- Maintains expert clinical knowledge base related to clinical area and practice standard for assigned areas.
- Maintains appropriate age related competencies for assigned areas.
- Support, practices and teaches research based nursing practice.
- Acts as a timely resource to staff in problem solving involving clinical issues
- Participates in clinical benchmarking, studies, and projects that promote improvement of patient rights, safety, and comfort
- Collaborates with relevant other clinical disciplines to assess and address the needs of patient population served.
- Maintains professional relationship through memberships in professional organizations, networking, and high professional visibility (certification, speaking, publishing, etc).
- Licensed to practice registered nursing in the state of WA.
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- Two – three years of professional ICU nursing experience.
- Nursing certification in specialty desirable (such as CCRN).
- Leadership experience desirable (charge; preceptor, etc.).
As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.
Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.
Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.
About Uw Medicine - Where Your Impact Goes Further
UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.
All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.
Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.
Compensation, Benefits And Position Details
Pay Range Minimum:
$49.23 hourly
Pay Range Maximum
$91.22 hourly
Other Compensation
$1/hour BSN premium $1.25/hour nursing cert. premium $4/hour week-ends
Benefits
For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/
Shift
First Shift (United States of America)
Temporary or Regular?
This is a regular position
FTE (Full-Time Equivalent)
90.00%
Union/Bargaining Unit
SEIU 1199NW HMC RN
About The UW
Working at the University of Washington provides a unique opportunity to change lives – on our campuses, in our state and around the world.
UW employees bring their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to building stronger minds and a healthier world. In return, they enjoy outstanding benefits, opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work in an environment known for its diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.
Our Commitment
The University of Washington is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful and welcoming community for all. As an equal opportunity employer, the University considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or veteran status consistent with UW Executive Order No. 81.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law.
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