Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hiring for Assistant Nurse Manager Emergency Department Tullahoma Harton Hospital Full Time

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Assistant Nurse Manager – full-time, days

Emergency Department

Tullahoma Harton Hospital

The HC Assistant Manager Nursing a direct supervisory leadership role and a key member of the Nursing leadership team. The HC Assistant Manager Nursing leads a cohort of staff members and actively participates in overall management of patient care, development of clinical practice, and provision of patient care with accountabilities for implementation and outcomes for people leadership, quality, service, compliance, finance, throughout and scheduling. The primary focus of the HC Assistant Manager Nursing is to ensure the clinical team’s optimal performance by engaging in effective problem solving for staff, patients and families and to develop/lead the assigned cohort. The HC Assistant Manager Nursing provides feedback and coaching to staff members, recognizing them for their contributions while fostering a high-performance culture. The HC Assistant Manager
Nursing works under the guidance and direction of the manager to develop.

JOB DUTIES:

• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of their cohort and other staff as needed.
• Defines standards for quality patient care.
• Develops, manages and evaluates area based on work team performance.
• Manages multiple projects/on-going work activities (timelines, work plans, deliverables) and maintains alignment with strategic plan and vision.
• Acts as clinical leader and facilitates education for staff on clinical standards; routinely provides guidance/coaching to subordinates/peers within clinical specialty(ies).
• Ensures that clinical assignments are based on patient care needs and demonstrated staff competencies.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Position Shift:

Full-time, days

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning and leading — is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton County Hospital:

Our 135-bed facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and features an accredited Chest Pain Center.

Acquired by Vanderbilt Health in 2021, the hospital has served Tullahoma, Coffee County, and surrounding counties for more than 50 years. With more than 100 doctors and 500 hospital staff, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital delivers personalized, high-quality health care close to home, offering a comprehensive range of services in a modern, patient-friendly environment

Our goal is to create an exceptional experience for our patients and their families: keeping them safe, delivering evidence-based medicine, and treating them with kindness and respect.

Click here for more information: www.VanderbilttullahomahartonHospital.com

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

Achieve the Remarkable:

Learn more about VUMC Nursing:

• Nursing Careers: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/index.html
• Benefits: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/benefits.html
• Our Nursing Philosophy: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/philosophy.html
• Our Nursing Leadership: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/leadership.html
• Shared Governance: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/shared-governance.html
• Education & Professional Development: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/professional-development.html
• Life In Nashville: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/nashville.html
• VUMC Nursing: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=vanderbilt-nursing

Associate’s Degree (or equivalent experience) required; one year of experience required.

Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):

• Registered Nurse (Required)

Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:

• Light Work category requiring exertion up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally and uses negligible amounts of force to move objects.

Movement

• Occasional :Bending/Stooping: Trunk bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles
• Occasional :Sitting: Remaining in seated position
• Occasional :Lifting over 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects from one level to another, includes upward pulling over 35 lbs, with help of coworkers or assistive device
• Occasional :Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.
• Occasional :Climbing: Ascending or descending stairs/ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Occasional :Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees.
• Occasional :Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
• Occasional :Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
• Frequent :Standing: Remaining on one’s feet without moving.
• Frequent :Walking: Moving about on foot.
• Frequent :Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another
• Frequent :Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.
• Frequent :Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or maneuvering self, patient and equipment simultaneously while working in large and small spaces
• Frequent :Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.
• Frequent :Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.
• Frequent :Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.
• Frequent :Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.

Sensory

• Frequent :Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.
• Continuous :Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information
• Continuous :Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.
• Continuous :Smell: Ability to detect and identify odors.
• Continuous :Feeling: Ability to perceive size, shape, temperature, texture by touch with fingertips.

Environmental Conditions

• Occasional :Chemicals and Gasses: Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work area.
• Frequent :Pathogens: Risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contagious illnesses.

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