Assistant Nurse Manager

Where You’ll Work

French Hospital Medical Center, located in San Luis Obispo, California, has been named one of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics and is rated among the top hospitals in the nation for cardiac, orthopedic, and GI services. French Hospital has achieved the prestigious designation as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. The Copeland, Forbes, and Rossi Cardiac Care Center provides the latest innovative cardiac and imaging technology. The hospital is also home to the unique Hearst Cancer Resource Center offering free education, resources, and support to cancer patients and their families. French Hospital Medical Center is a part of Dignity Health’s Southern California Division and is a member of CommonSpirit Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation, boasting an integrated network of top quality hospitals, with physicians from the most prestigious medical schools, and comprehensive outpatient services - all recognized for quality, safety, and service. Each hospital is supported by an active philanthropic Foundation to help meet the growing health care needs of our communities. To learn more go here to www.dignityhealth.org/FrenchHospital.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Assistant Nurse Manager, you will be a visionary leader, setting the standard for exceptional patient care and empowering our teams to achieve unparalleled clinical excellence.

Every day, you will passionately advocate for your team, translating their insights into actionable strategies that uplift both staff and patient experiences.

To thrive in this pivotal role, you will embody confident leadership, master tough conversations with grace, and excel as an educator at heart. Your exceptional communication will transform every interaction into a powerful opportunity to elevate understanding and drive our shared mission for superior patient outcomes.

Leads and promotes the provision of quality patient care for the assigned clinical service:

• Demonstrates effective technical nursing skills as documented in unit skills checklists.Prepares for and directs patient care assignments based on acuity and competency of personnel.
• Ensures screening, evaluation, treatment of patients results in appropriate service delivery, positive clinical outcomes.
• Participates in hiring, training, coaching and termination of staff, as assigned by Director.
• Effectively supervises, orients, trains and evaluates staff ensuring effective staff performance and high standards of care.
• Identifies ongoing training needs of staff, plans annual in-services, classes and training.
• Oversees staff competency assessment and development process.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Minimum of two (2) years of clinical experience as a registered nurse in related unit
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Registered Nurse: CA (RN:CA)
• Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days

Preferred

• BSN preferred

• Preferred experience would be cath lab, critical care