Assistant Nurse Manager, ED, Forbes

Allegheny Health Network

Level 2 Trauma unit with 34 beds, 2 trauma bays and 2 resuscitation rooms. We are the designated OB trauma center in Pittsburgh.

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

Forbes Hospital is a 315 bed, Level II trauma hospital located in the community of Monroeville. Our hospital offers the service lines of a city hospital, inclusive of trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, obstetrics and psychiatry, while also building relationships across the organization in a community setting.

Job Overview

This job manages, supervises, and coordinates the daily operations of a specific patient care department under the direction of the Nurse Manager, providing clinical and administrative leadership and expertise. Contributes to the strategic planning process and attainment of goals of the department / unit, the organization and network.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership :

• Role model mission, vision, and values within their defined areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrates and role models professional behavior with all staff interactions.
• Serves as a change agent and role model for change to assist staff in accepting and embracing the necessary change.
• Conducts monthly unit conferences with minutes which include discussions of both unit and organizational activities and goals when delegated.
• Completes annual performance appraisals on associates which includes peer feedback process, plan for professional development and employee self-appraisal on delegated associates.
• Attends meetings at the direction of the nurse manager.
• Promotes unit based shared governance to include ongoing support through consultation and assistance in eliminating barriers in partnership with the nurse manager.
• Promotes professional development plan and conducts quarterly check-ins with staff.
• Promotes and encourages nursing specialty certification in partnership with the nurse manager.
• Promotes employee engagement through leadership rounding.

Quality and Patient Safety :

Customer Satisfaction :

Finance :

Professional Growth and Development :

Qualifications

Minimum :

Preferred :