Assistant Nurse Manager - Perioperative Services

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Join Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Hillcrest Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the country. Here, you will work with and learn from some of our best caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.  

Cleveland Clinic’s perioperative caregivers work in the preoperative, operating room and post-anesthesia care units (PACU). These caregivers are known for being advocates for patients when they don’t have a voice to speak for themselves. Perioperative caregivers enjoy building relationships with patients as they care for them before, during and after an operation. By joining the team as an Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM), you will manage the daily clinical operations of the Perioperative area at Hillcrest Hospital. With an emphasis on professional development and success, you will encourage caregivers to enhance their skills and the patient experience through improvement initiatives and incentives. 70% of your day will consist of staffing responsibilities such as acting as a charge nurse or in an out-of-staff position. The other 30% of your day will consist of administrative tasks such as APRs, onboarding, Workday tasks, UKG and more.  

This opportunity will allow you to gain great leadership skills and have exposure to being in a management position. It will act as a steppingstone and help you move into a future Nurse Manager role. Everyone works together as a team on this unit and we have a wonderful supportive environment from teammates to manager.   

A caregiver in this position works days between 11:00AM – 9:30PM. This caregiver may work 4 10-hour shifts or 3 12-hour shifts and one 4-hour shift. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Support the Nurse Manager with supervising and supporting RNs and other nursing support caregivers. 

• Supervise admissions, conduct assessment of patient's needs and initiate nursing care plans. 

• Evaluate and document patient progress. 

• Facilitate the planning, implementation, development, and evaluation of nursing programs, initiatives and objectives for the unit. 

• Assist with the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of health services in a unit.  

• Serve as a liaison between the manager, caregivers and other areas within the organization. 

• Identify and resolve issues affecting the delivery of patient care services in a unit. 

• Prepare schedule of work assignments assuring adequate coverage. 

• Participate in and support quality improvement projects, outcomes studies and research initiatives. 

• Assist in orienting new caregivers. 

• Participate in continuing education and in-service educational programs. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)  

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 

• Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross  

• Two years of recent clinical nursing experience 

• Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Previous peri-op experience 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours. Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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