Job Responsibilities:

• Oversees nursing personnel and patient care providers in the clinical setting.
• Coordinates activities to ensure quality and safe patient care.
• Anticipates and resolves patient care and personnel issues.
•  In conjunction with the clinical manager, assures maintenance of annual staff competencies and continuing education. 
• Performs duties of the RN Ambulatory as needed. Collaborates with care coordinators to ensure smooth and effective  transition of care.  
• Participates and/or coordinates committees, task forces, and continuous improvement activities.
•  Participates in department leadership meetings. 
• Ensures compliance with regulatory standards and patient safety initiatives.   
• Assumes responsibilities of the clinical manager as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN required.

Certifications:

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).

• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA)

Competencies (Complexity of Work):

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Ability to function in a variety of medical situations.
• Professional behavior/appearance required, ability to focus on patient safety, teamwork, patient outcomes, patient experience and quality improvement.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, decision-making and conflict resolution skills required.

Work Experience:

• Minimum two years recent experience as a Registered Nurse required. Previous supervisory experience preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

KEYWORDS: RN, ambulatory, urology, assistant nurse manager