Assistant Nurse Manager

Assistant Nurse Manager at Albany Medical Center summary :

The Assistant Nurse Manager oversees operational and administrative functions in the Short Stay Surgical unit while providing leadership and mentorship to nursing staff. This role involves ensuring high-quality patient care and collaborating with various healthcare professionals to achieve departmental goals. The position requires expertise in financial management, policy implementation, and maintaining patient confidentiality under HIPAA regulations.

Schenectady, NY, United States

Department / Unit : Short Stay Surgical

Work Shift :

Night (United States of America)

The Assistant Nurse Manager performs coordination, planning, administrative management, financial and operational duties in collaboration with the Administrative Nursing Supervisor, Nurse Manager and Assistant Vice President of Specialty Nursing Division. The Assistant Nurse Manager mentors professional caregivers in the delivery of patient care and facilitates patient access, communication, and transitions throughout the acute care stay.

The Assistant Nurse Manager is visible and provides leadership for direct patient care provided by specialty nursing unit staff on the assigned primary shift of work. S / he assures that competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided to customers including referring facilities, hospital staff and patients in the inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, programs and services consistent with the hospital’s mission and departmental / unit vision and philosophy. Theye provides direction and support to unit-based staff and collaborates with other service and department leaders toward attainment of short- and long-term goals and objectives.

Available positions within the post surgical division. These positions will be off shift and weekend coverage.

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Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that :

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Keywords :

Assistant Nurse Manager, nursing leadership, patient care, healthcare administration, surgical unit management, financial management in healthcare, HIPAA compliance, nursing mentorship, interdisciplinary collaboration, healthcare policies