ANM II, Education: Adult Services Full Time Exempt

JOB SUMMARY

CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC) is an acute care facility that has been caring for the Hollywood community and surrounding areas since 1924. The hospital is committed to serving local multicultural communities with quality medical and nursing care. With more than 500 physicians representing virtually every specialty, HPMC strives to distinguish itself as a leading healthcare provider, recognized for providing quality, innovative care in a compassionate manner.

HPMC is part of a global healthcare enterprise which owns and operates general hospitals throughout Korea, numerous research centers in the U.S. and Korea including a medical university, and CHAUM (a premier anti-aging life center).

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Position Summary:

The Assistant Nurse Manager Educator (ANM Educator) – Medical-Surgical / Oncology / Telemetry combines clinical leadership, operational support, and education functions across Medical-Surgical, Oncology, Telemetry, and Medical-Surgical Telemetry services. The role serves as an extension of nursing leadership and is accountable for specialty orientation, competency validation, ongoing clinical education, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, regulatory readiness, and real-time clinical leadership. The ANM Educator supports standardized practice across assigned services while maintaining specialty-specific oncology and telemetry competencies.

The role requires flexible presence across shifts to assess practice, provide coaching, validate competencies, support clinical escalation, and ensure education reaches day, evening, night, and weekend staff as operationally required.

Duties:

Education, Orientation & Competency

• Develop, implement, and evaluate structured orientation pathways for newly hired RNs and applicable ancillary clinical staff across assigned services.
• Assess learning needs using quality data, regulatory findings, competency results, staff feedback, new technology, and evidence-based practice changes.
• Conduct routine in-services based on identified quality gaps, regulatory updates, policy changes, new procedures/equipment, and emerging evidence.
• Coordinate annual competency validation, skills fairs, return demonstrations, remediation plans, and specialty-specific competency requirements.
• Provide advanced education in telemetry interpretation, alarm management, progressive-care concepts, early recognition of deterioration, escalation protocols, oncology safety, and high-risk medication practices.
• Lead or coordinate Code Blue, Rapid Response, and Stroke Alert simulation activities.
• Develop and support preceptors and coach staff in clinical judgment, communication, documentation, escalation, and professional development.
• Participate in hospital-wide new employee orientation and maintain accurate education and competency records.

Medical-Surgical / Oncology / Clinical & Quality Accountability

• Coordinate and support assignments based on census, acuity, patient complexity, and staff competency.
• Monitor falls, pressure injuries, infection prevention, sepsis, mortality, LOS, readmission risk, discharge barriers, and care-transition performance.
• Ensure safe chemotherapy/biotherapy administration and compliance with applicable oncology standards, neutropenic precautions, and high-risk medication safety practices.
• Audit chemotherapy handling, medication verification, oncology documentation, and specialty-specific policy compliance.
• Provide coaching and education related to medical-surgical and oncology clinical practice, documentation integrity, and patient safety.

Telemetry Clinical & Quality Accountability

• Coordinate and support assignments based on acuity, census, telemetry requirements, and staff competency.
• Validate telemetry rhythm interpretation accuracy, alarm-management compliance, escalation protocols, and monitor-order appropriateness.
• Support early recognition of deterioration and timely activation of Rapid Response, Stroke Alert, and Code Blue processes.
• Monitor cardiac patient throughput, LOS, discharge barriers, readmissions, and levelof-care appropriateness.
• Conduct telemetry documentation and monitoring-practice audits and provide targeted education and remediation.

Clinical Leadership & Operational Support

• Serve as a visible clinical leadership resource across assigned units and provide realtime coaching during complex or high-risk patient-care situations.
• Support staffing decisions based on census, acuity, skill mix, competency, productivity expectations, and patient-safety needs; escalate unsafe conditions.
• Conduct focused audits, identify clinical variances, initiate corrective education within scope, and escalate trends and risks to nursing leadership.
• Collaborate with physicians, Nursing Education, Quality, Infection Prevention, Pharmacy, Case Management, and ancillary departments.
• Support onboarding, retention, performance coaching, cross-training, and professional development.
• Provide input regarding staff competency, clinical performance, and development needs to the appropriate Nurse Manager/Director.

Regulatory, Evidence-Based Practice & Stewardship

• Maintain readiness for Joint Commission, CMS, CDPH, and other applicable accreditation and regulatory reviews.
• Ensure education reflects approved organizational policies, specialty standards, regulatory requirements, and current evidence-based practice.
• Participate in incident review, root cause analysis, performance improvement, and practice-standardization initiatives.
• Support reduction of avoidable readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions and improve throughput and appropriate level-of-care utilization.
• Support documentation accuracy, resource stewardship, competency-based onboarding, and workforce flexibility.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education

• Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse (RN) program.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.

Preferred Education

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or master’s degree in related healthcare discipline preferred.

Minimum Work Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum three (3) years of acute-care Registered Nurse (RN) experience in the applicable specialty area.
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams in a unionized healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated ability to educate, coach, influence clinical practice, communicate effectively, and collaborate within a unionized healthcare environment.

Preferred Work Experience and Qualifications

• Demonstrated clinical leadership experience as a Charge Nurse, Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Supervisor, Preceptor, Educator, or in an equivalent role preferred.
• Prior experience in nursing education, competency validation, simulation, performance improvement, orientation, nurse residency, precepting, staff development, and clinical leadership strongly preferred.

Required Licensure, Certification, Registration or Designation

• California Registered Nurse (RN) License.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
• Basic EKG Certification
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) (required within 30 days of hire)
• Chemotherapy Certificate (required within 90 days of hire).
• Los Angeles County Fire & Safety Card (required within 30 days of hire).
• Assault Response Competency (ARC) (required within 30 days of hire).
• Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) certification from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) (required within 12 months of hire).
• Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) may be considered as an alternative for candidates with applicable progressive care or telemetry experience.