Assistant Clinical Nurse Manager - MedSurg

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Job Summary

**The shift for this position is Flex 1pm-9pm (hours vary)

Responsible for assisting the Clinical Nurse Manager in the operational effectiveness, efficiency, and day-to-day management of the assigned patient care area. Demonstrates awareness of internal and external factors impacting patient care delivery, staffing, quality outcomes, regulatory compliance, and resource utilization. Promotes a culture of patient-centered care, teamwork, accountability, professional practice, and continuous improvement. Collaborates closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager to ensure delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based nursing care while supporting organizational goals and nursing standards.

Assists with staff scheduling, daily operations, patient flow, staffing assignments, quality monitoring, employee engagement, orientation, competency validation, performance improvement initiatives, and patient experience activities. Serves as a clinical resource and mentor to nursing staff, fostering professional growth, accountability, and excellence in nursing practice. Provides leadership in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager and participates in departmental and organizational committees, shared governance, and strategic initiatives.

Supports recruitment, retention, onboarding, and development of nursing personnel while promoting a healthy work environment built upon respect, collaboration, diversity, equity, inclusion, and compassionate patient care. Demonstrates commitment to evidence-based practice through participation in quality improvement initiatives, patient safety activities, regulatory readiness, and professional development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing or health related field required.
  Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Ability to read, write and communicate in English.
  Required
• 4-6 years Minimum of five (5) years nursing experience, preferably in an acute care setting with at least three (1) years in a supervisory or leadership capacity preferred including charge nurse. Demonstrates sound, clinical skills, understanding of acute care standards of practice, and positive communications skills. Demonstrated participation on councils and committees. Required
• Knowledge and experience documenting patient care in an electronic medical record.
  Strong critical thinking and evidence-based clinical decision-making skills
  Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
  Ability to make knowledgeable clinical assessments and judgments based on evidence-based guidelines
  Ability to educate and develop staff
  Ability to provide counseling and emotional support with compassion and respect for the individual
  Ability to provide support and guidance to the members of the care team (teamwork)
  Ability to foster teamwork, accountability, and employee engagement.
  Ability to effectively resolve conflict and facilitate difficult conversations.
  Ability to collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.
  Ability to identify quality and patient safety opportunities and implement improvement strategies.
  Ability to monitor staffing, patient throughput, and resource utilization
  Must possess initiative, integrity, accountability, professionalism and work independently
  Ability to maintain confidentiality of medical records and personnel files
  Ability to multitask and deliver on targets set
  Has the foresight to set workflows to achieve department goals
  Supports a culture of continuous learning, shared governance, diversity, equity, inclusion, and excellence in nursing practice.
• Registered Nurse New York - New York State Board of Nursing Current New York State licensure as a registered professional nurse. Current BLS by American Heart Association and ACLS required. Required

Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.