RN Assistant Nurse Manager
Job ID: KH\-978247
City: Marietta, GA
Facility: Kennestone Hospital
Employment Type: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full\-Time
Shift: Evenings
Department: G7W Collaborative Care
Description:
**WellStar Named to FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® List for 2nd Year**
WellStar has been named one of the 2015 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®, which recognizes companies across the country that have exceptional workplace cultures\. This is WellStar’s second year on the prestigious list, further showing the System’s commitment to taking care of the people who take care of others\.
WellStar was selected among hundreds of companies vying for a place on the list this year\. Applicant companies opt to participate in the selection process, which includes an employee survey and an in\-depth questionnaire about their programs and company practices\. Great Place to Work® then evaluates each application using its unique methodology based on five dimensions: credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie\.
WellStar has received national recognition for its Employer of Choice strategy\. In addition to making FORTUNE’s list two years in a row, WellStar has earned Top 10 honors on Working Mother’s 100 Best Companies list for the past five years and Top 100 for seven years\. Also, WellStar has received accolades and honors from AARP’s Best Employers for Workers Over 50, Companies That Care Honor Roll, Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility, and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Best Adoption\-Friendly Workplaces Top 100\.Join the team Named one of the Top 100 Companies by _Working Mother Magazine_
**RN Assistant Nurse Manager Acute Care / Medical Collaborative Care 7W variable hours**
**Kennestone Regional Medical Center**
The assistant nurse manager is a registered professional nurse who provides support and works in conjunction with the nurse manager of a specific unit\(s\) or service\. He/she is viewed as aspiring to be a nurse manager and through this role to learn additional knowledge and skills through experience and mentoring by the nurse manager and the hospital/system\. The assistant nurse manager must possess very good skills in communication and teamwork and serve as a mentor for others while learning the responsibilities of his/her role\. Together with the nurse manager, the assistant nurse manager uses his/her knowledge and skills to promote the creation of a center of excellence for staff recruitment and retention and clinical and business outcomes\. The assistant nurse manager upholds the nurse manager’s direction and actively leads staff in the performance of their daily activities and participates in their performance reviews, as well as coaching and counseling as appropriate\.
In collaboration with the nurse manager, holds staff accountable for the delivery of care and services through effective communication, observation, and the management and measurement of specific interventions/practices and their associated outcomes\. This key leader plays a significant role in assisting the nurse manager in achieving clinical and financial goals along with management of human/material resources as delegated\. He/she also plays a pivotal role in staff recruitment, mentoring and retention\. He/She models the way to foster teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients and other departments\. Role specific competencies, responsibilities, roles and functions are based on Professional PracticeModel, 5 Star Nursing\.
It is expected that all RN Assistant Nurse Managers are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association\. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals\.
Required Minimum Education:Must hold Baccalaureate degree in nursing \(BSN\) from accredited nursing school; Master’s Degree in Nursing preferred\. If bachelor degree is not in nursing, MSN must be from accredited nursing school\. Incumbent team members in the position as of September 2011 must be enrolled in a BSN program with successful completion by December 31, 2015\.
Required Minimum Licensure/Certification:Registered Nurse, actively licensed in the state of Georgia\. Must have a current BLS card from the American Heart Association on the first day of employment in position or complete prior the end of orientation\. National certification in nursing administration preferred\.
Required Minimum Experience: Three years of clinical experience required and additional experience as a charge nurse or other nurse leader role desirable\.
**WellStar was ranked as a Fortune 100 Best Company to Work For\!**
+ **Concierge Services:** Employees use the free concierge service to take care of day\-to\-day errands, oil changes, researching and arranging travel plans, planning family reunions and weddings, dry cleaning pick\-up, grocery shopping and more\.
+ **Health Coverage:** The company covers 84 percent of full and part\-time employees' medical premiums as well as 76 percent of their dependents' medical benefits\. Bariatric surgery is covered if the procedure is completed at a WellStar hospital\. Fertility treatments are covered for up to $5,000 annually\. Employees can also fill prescriptions through the WellStar Pharmacy Network at discounted rates with the convenience of payroll deduction\. In addition they can pick them up onsite at almost all the WellStar facilities\.
+ **Work\-Life Balance Programs:** In 2012, approximately 80 percent of employees were using at least one flexibility option such as job\-sharing, telecommuting, flex time or compressed work weeks\. Clinical staff have access to a web\-based self\-scheduling tool so they choose shifts that best fit their lives within a schedule design that meets patient and organizational needs\. One of the flexible work options allows seasoned workers to become more flexible, scaling back to a part\-time schedule while continuing to receive benefits\.
+ **Wellness Programs:** Employees can stay active using an onsite fitness center and discounted fitness classes\. They can also receive $300 in incentives for participating in and achieving goals through HealthStart, WellStar's wellness program that offers free health assessments, screenings and individualized coaching\. A farmers basket program lets employees buy fresh local produce, delivered weekly to their worksite at a cost of $16\.00 a basket or less\.
+ **Recognition Programs:** Employees receive recognition through several WellStar programs\. For instance, when a patient thanks a WellStar employee by name for exceptional care they received, the WellStar team member's name is mentioned in a newsletter, along with the patient's comment\. Team members receive a thank you along with two free movie tickets and their patient care story is highlighted in the hospital newsletter or on the site blog\. The Winners of WellStar \(WOW\) program lets employees recognize and reward their peers\. When employees collect three, five or seven WOW note sheets from peers, they can redeem them for a gift\.
**Parental Benefits:** Expectant parents are invited to quarterly baby showers where they can learn about the resources and services available to WellStar parents\. Full\-time employees receive 120 hours of paid maternity or paternity leave and benefits\-eligible part\-time employees will receive 60 hours for the birth or adoption of a child\. Adoptive parents can receive $10,000 in adoption benefits per child, with a total lifetime benefit of $20,000\.
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