Assistant Clinical Manager – Med/Surg Neuro

*Relocation Assistance is Available*

Title: Assistant Clinical Manager – Med/Surg Neuro

Sites: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

450 W Highway 22

Barrington, IL 60010

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Two 12 hour night shifts as charge nurse

16 hours of non-clinical/office hours

ABOUT ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE:

Advocate Health Care is the largest health system in Illinois and a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. One of the state’s largest private employers, the system serves patients across 11 hospital locations, including two children’s campuses, and more than 250 sites of care. Advocate Health Care, in addition to Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin and Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, is now a part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

To assist the Clinical Manager in providing administrative and clinical leadership. To serve as both a staff nurse and a unit leader. To help plan, coordinate, and manage personnel and resources to provide the highest quality patient care with trained, professional, and competent staff in the most cost-effective manner. To provide for the ongoing educational and professional development of staff. In conjunction with the manager, will collaborate with physicians and other health care disciplines to assure optimal patient care.

Accountabilities:

• Performance of the principle duties and responsibilities of the RN position and serves as a role model for professional practice.
• Competent in the duties of a staff nurse.
• Performs the duties of the charge nurse.
• Educates and holds self and staff accountable for the nursing standards of practice and documentation.
• Models behaviors that demonstrate an environment of open communication and teamwork.
• Holds self and staff accountable for completion of mandatory employment requirements in collaboration with the Clinical Manager and APN/Educator
• In collaboration with the clinical manager, manages patient care delivery to optimize patient outcomes, customer satisfaction, and resource management.
• Utilizes appropriate computer systems to effectively manage staffing, scheduling, payroll, supply management, and budget reports to optimize patient outcomes while maintaining judicious use of resources.
• Enforces policies and procedures to produce positive patient outcomes, delivers timely feedback, and utilizes the corrective action process as necessary.
• Provides support to staff as well as charge nurse
• Holds staff accountable for all initiatives that improve patient satisfaction, including hourly rounding and service recovery.
• Holds staff accountable for all initiatives that improve patient safety and health outcomes.
• Fosters a Shared Governance environment by supporting staff engagement via attendance at meetings or facilitating time for project work.
• Promotion and support of an environment that is conducive to staff growth and development and autonomy.
• Promotes the STEPs program by identifying RN's who may be potential STEP's candidates and providing support to RN's who have applied for STEPs promotion, in collaboration with the Clinical Manager and APN/Educator.
• Responsible for the orientation for Charge Nurse.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach in addressing unit's shared governance structure.
• Promotes effective working relationships among team members, including facilitating discussion towards positive outcomes among individuals or the entire unit.
• Provides opportunities and encouragement for staff to recognize their peers.
• Organizes reward and recognition events for individual nurses or the entire unit.
• Periodically rounds on each staff member to informally gauge levels of associate satisfaction.
• Manages assigned projects in expected timeframe, and oversees and provides guidance to projects managed by unit staff, in collaboration with Clinical Manager and APN/Educator
• Participates in developing the strategic plan, direction for the unit, and utilizes CQI techniques, in collaboration with the Clinical Manager and others.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agency standards (i.e. federal, state, Accrediting Organization, IDPH) and all hospital policies and procedures.
• Assists with achievement of KRA goals and established benchmarks, including NDNQI.
• Collaborates with physicians and residents to facilitate compliance with regulatory and documentation requirements.
• In the absence of the clinical manager, assumes the responsibility of the clinical manager role, in collaboration with the Nursing Director.
• Implement short and long term staffing plans to include position management and staff selection, in conjunction with the clinical manager.
• Conducts assigned performance reviews.
• Identifies opportunities to facilitate Evidence Based Practice.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Education:

· Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Certification/License:

· Nurse, Registered (RN)

Experience:

· 3-4 years' clinical experience; OR RN plus five years’ clinical experience and enrolled in a bachelor’s in Nursing program within six months of appointment (completion of program within five years of appointment). Experience as a charge nurse (1 year).

WHAT WE BELIEVE:

Advocate Health is committed to diversity and inclusion every single day and in everything we do. Diversity lives in the differences, great and small, that matter to us and make each of us unique – from our age and the color of our skin to our abilities and the things we believe in. We know that empowering our differences inspires creativity that leads to innovative solutions – for our team members, consumers, and communities. And because health care is built upon relationships, it’s important for the people we serve to be able to trust us to meet their unique needs.

By cultivating an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion, we create a welcoming environment where our patients can heal, our team members can thrive, and our business can grow. As a team member, working in a diverse setting allows you the chance to grow in ways that will broaden your perspective to deliver the best possible patient care.