Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are

team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of

positive change.

A day in the life of an Assistant Nurse Manager at Hackensack Meridian Health may include:

In collaboration with the Nurse Manager, the ANM: 

• Participate with recruitment and retention strategies.
• Assist with unit huddles and leader rounding with employees.
• Participates with unit goal creation which are reflective of the hospital goals as well as the mission and vision of Hackensack Meridian Health.
• Participate or lead when appropriate: evidenced-based practice projects or research.
• Participate or lead when appropriate: unit-based or hospital based shared governance committees or councils.
• Resolve conflicts and facilitate constructive resolutions and positive outcomes if possible.
• Complete employee corrective action plans/counseling as necessary.
• Adhere to HMH Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Prepare and conduct periodic performance evaluations to assigned staff members.
• Contribute to and/or monitors the unit orientation process of all roles as necessary.
• Participate with and models the importance of employee recognition.
• Model cultural competence, social justice and fairness, and capitalizes on generational diversity to foster highly effective work groups.
• Where applicable, escalates nursing labor/management issues. 

Collaborates with the Nurse Manager for efficient fiscal management of departmental activities to ensure proper utilization of hospital resources

• Participates in Payroll, Staff Scheduling and daily staffing needs.
• Assists in the management of the department budget, monitors business intelligence for the unit.
• Maximizes care efficiency and throughput.
• Understands the relationship between value-based purchasing and quality outcomes with revenue and reimbursement.
• Monitors unit staffing productivity and flexes staff accordingly. 

Quality and Safety/Performance Improvement In collaboration with the Nurse Manager, the ANM will optimize the patient and family experience of care. 

• Lead Multidisciplinary Rounds.
• Ensure unit-based performance improvement monitoring is completed, trended and reported internal and external to the unit.
• Lead or participates with quality improvement projects.
• Lead or conducts root cause analysis investigations.
• Assure unit regulatory compliance.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). 
• Minimum 2 years recent nursing experience in respective specialty or equivalent.
• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their givers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• MSN
• Supervisory or charge nurse experience

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification
• National Certification acceptable to the Magnet Recognition Program and appropriate to your current specialty (within two years of hire)