ASSISTANT NURSE MANAGER & EDUCATOR at North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo

Job description

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' "True North" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love. Department: 10806310 Four South Progressive Care Work Shift: Salary, with 40 hours a week. Job Description: The Assistant Nurse Manager at North Mississippi Health Services (NMMC-Tupelo) plays a critical leadership role, overseeing daily clinical operations in the nursing unit and helps with educator role. They exhibit effective leadership skills, ensure high-quality patient care, and compliance with regulatory standards. Additionally, the role involves managing staffing levels, supporting staff development, implementing performance improvement projects, and maintaining positive customer relations in a dynamic healthcare environment. As a manager of people, this role is responsible for supervising a team and optimizing operations within a designated department or area, ensuring productivity and effective team management. JOB FUNCTIONS Competencies for supervisors: • Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. • Customer focus- Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. • Communicates effectively- Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. • Optimizes work processes- Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. • Builds effective teams- Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. • Develops talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals. • Ensures accountability- Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments. Staff Development and Management: • Coordinate and Oversees the daily clinical operations for a nursing unit. Ensures that staffing levels and coverage are adequate to meet patient care and regulatory requirements. • Serves as educator, trainer, mentor and lead for nursing staff. • Responsible for assisting Nurse Manager with performance evaluations and maintains systems to provide regular feedback and evaluation for employees; i.e. 90-day performance evaluations, mid-year coaching sessions/evaluations, and year-end performance evaluations. • Works closely with nursing leadership and ancillary departments to maintain a positive patient and family-centered care environment within NMHS and its affiliates. • Works alongside clinical nurse educator to coordinate, schedule, and assist in educational classes and other training needs related to staff development. • 24-Hour accountability for supervising and evaluating work performance in terms of patient care, unit relations, and efficiency of service; making decisions that require expert clinical judgment. • Accountable for monitoring clinical practice, expense control, DNV readiness and facilities professional appearance. • Oversees and approves inventory management, supply orders in accordance with system policy and procedures within limits of authority. • Coordinates and promotes staff development, quality services and mandatory in-services. Performance Improvement: • Assist clinical nurse educator in performing chart audits and meet with employees individually to coach for improvement and continuously monitor staff. • Assist in assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of performance improvement projects. Resource Asset: • Acts as a liaison between staff and other disciplines to assist in problem solving and transferring information to improve patient care. Acts as a clinical resource for staff in assigned areas. Communication : • Creates and maintains good rap