Assistant Clinical Manager Surgical ICU

Summary:
The Assistant Clinical Manager/Program Administrator is a first line manager who in collaboration with the Clinical Manager directs nursing care and coordinates resources for a specified unit and performs administrative activities while providing leadership and support to staff.

Responsibilities:
Areas of major responsibility include: Patient Focus; Human Resource Management; Financial Management; Departmental/Organizational Support; and Clinical Practice Management/Development. The related values of each major area of responsibility are:

Patient Focus Core Behaviors:

The Assistant Clinical Manager collaborates and supports the health care team in the delivery of quality and fiscally responsible patient-focused care as evidenced by:

- Providing/directing nursing care throughout the life span with consideration of the aging process developmental and cultural patterns in each step of the nursing process.

- Identifying and allocating environmental technical personnel resources needed to meet the need of patients family and colleagues.

- Participation in quality assessment and improvement programs in order to evaluate effectiveness of care delivered.

- Enhancement of unit behaviors through encouragement of education implementation of new concepts and technology.

- Providing leadership in the development of policies procedures standards of care and critical paths to promote positive patient outcomes.

Human Resource Management Core Behaviors:

The Assistant Clinical Manager is responsible to facilitate stimulate and evaluate human resources to provide quality cost efficient patient care as evidenced by:

- Staffing the patient care unit to meet patient's needs based on the patient classification system and resources available.

- Documentation and communications of staff performance with recommendations for quality and growth.

- Interdisciplinary collaboration to foster staff development.

- Development of unit staffing schedule to provide a fiscally sound and safe staffing pattern which meets patient and family needs and expectation.

- Conducting informational staff meetings to provide a positive environment conducive to change and progress in the health care field.

- Identifying staff educational needs and works with the Clinical Manager and Unit Teacher to promote learning.

- Identifying and resolving nursing care conflicts related to the unit.

- Contributing to unit staff appraisals and developmental goals.

- Assist in the credentialing process and assesses compliance to unit standards.

- Collaborates with Nursing Faculty and students to meet educational needs.

- Respect for Rhode Island Hospital policies procedures including union contracts and standards of practice.

- Participating in staff recruitment and retention.

- Implementation of disciplinary action with respect to Rhode Island Hospital Personnel Policies and Procedures.

Financial Management Core Behaviors:

The Assistant Clinical Manager effectively utilizes resources to develop cost efficient delivery of high quality services as evidenced by:

- Critical Path development and utilization that provides quality cost-efficient guide to patient care.

- Encouragement of financial conscientious staff with stimulation to participate in development of cost-effective ideas and plans.

- Assist in the development of capital and operational budgets defined for the unit.

- Encouragement of staff to develop and implement new concepts and technology into nursing practice.

- Develop unit staffing and scheduling to maximize personnel talent and potential.

- Monitoring staff compliance to schedule through weekly payroll.

Departmental/Organizational Support Core Behaviors:

The Assistant Clinical Manager is responsible to contribute to the organizational plan for development of short and long-term goals as evidenced by:

- Providing unit management coverage in collaboration with the Clinical Manager.

- Directing and supervising unit staff.

- Identify and resolve nursing care conflict and problems related to the unit.

- Communicating the status of unit operations activities and issues to the Clinical Manager or appropriate discipline.

- Participating in unit management meetings and recommending fiscal/patient care objectives standards and goals.

- Chairing unit staff meetings in collaboration with the Clinical Manager.

- Collaboration with nursing faculty to facilitate students to meet educational needs.

- Participation in the formation of policy procedures standards.

- Participation on organizational committees.

- Compliance to Joint Commission standards.

Clinical Practice Management/Development Core Behaviors:

To insure the highest standards of patient-focused care the Assistant Clinical Manager will assist in the advancement of team participation by assisting the health care team to achieve and maintain clinical excellence as evidenced by:

- Remaining current on the latest concepts techniques and methods relative to areas of responsibility.

- By demonstrating flexibility and recognizing the needs for the overall organization.

- Collaborating with the health care team to foster communication with patients sand family members to facilitate positive patient outcomes and discharge planning.

- Participation in professional organization.

In the role of Specialty Coordinator is responsible for the operational financial and communication efforts as in the performance of:

- Reviews daily schedule of surgical procedures assesses patient care needs and assigns staff accordingly.

- Collaborates with anesthesia floor coordinator to provide timely appropriate care to add-on patients based upon acuity.

- Coordinates with specialty coordinators to support development/implementation of department specific improvements/goals.

- Ensures that cases start at scheduled time and turnover times are within defined parameters. Provides report to OR Committee on a monthly basis.

- Responsible for efficient utilization of clinical and ancillary staff; monitors overtime and sick time.

- Participates in development of department operational and capital budgets with specific emphasis on "global" needs of department.

- Keeps coordinators staff and PACU apprised of schedule changes and pertinent information in a timely fashion.

- Keeps anesthesia floor coordinator informed about staff as it relates to completion of surgical schedule.

- Inform surgeons about schedule changes impacting their scheduled time.

- Communicates frequently with patient significant others in the waiting room.

- Responsible for communicating relevant schedule information with off shift and weekend staff.

- Verbal/written communication is simple direct and clear.

- Meets daily/or as needed with Clinical Manager to communicate daily plan and to discuss issues/needs: i.e. equipment personnel surgeon needs.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

- Ensures equipment is maintained in proper working order and that malfunctioning equipment is removed from use and repaired or replaced.

- Ensures compliance with departmental and regulatory standards i.e. AORN Joint Commission.

- Ensures safety checks are done on schedule i.e. crash carts autoclave testing etc.

- Daily clinical assignment based upon staff level of experience and patient acuity.

- Assignment of staff to projects/committees to support department strategic and quality plans sand follows through to ensure completion.

- Investigates and documents concerns regarding personnel.

- In collaboration with Clinical Manager counsels staff when requested/indicated and implements disciplinary steps when appropriate.

- Has input into and/or hires/terminates staff; performs performance reviews for all ancillary staff and has input into clinical staff evaluations.

- Is responsible for ensuring appropriate timely and accurate use of incident reports collating reports and developing a monthly report.

- Assists with developing/maintaining policy and procedures.

- Is able to recognize trends and discusses trends with Clinical Manager.

- Management Commitment is visible accessible and credible builds positive working relationships. Is actively involved in supporting staff i.e. by assisting with room turnover coffee and lunch breaks etc.

- Morning report; timely schedule information sharing.

Other information:
Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

QUALIFICATIONS-EDUCATION:

Must have current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required. Candidates matriculated into a BSN program will be considered. Maintains an active CEU/Education file.

QUALIFICATIONS-EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of 3 years relevant experience with demonstrated clinical and leadership skills. Maintains mandatory skills; remains current in practice and technology

SUPERVISION:

Supervisory responsibility for up to 40 FTEs.

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