Assistant Nurse Manager-Heart & Lung Transplant

Job Title
Assistant Nurse Manager-Heart & Lung Transplant

Location
Cleveland

Facility
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department
J8-2 Heart/Lung Transplant-Main Campus Hospital

Job Code
F28002

Shift
Day/Evening Rotation

Schedule
7:00am-7:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

J82 is a 24-bed step-down unit specializing in the care of solid organ transplant patients, including heart and lung transplant recipients. The unit also cares for patients awaiting heart transplants who require inotropic support and are too medically unstable to remain at home, as well as cardiac medical patients requiring telemetry monitoring and step-down care.

This Assistant Nurse Manager opportunity is ideal for a hands-on, approachable, and supportive nursing professional who values teamwork, promotes work-life balance, and is committed to patient-centered care. The role offers an opportunity to work closely with nursing staff, support daily operations, and identify ways to enhance care delivery and address challenges proactively.

Staff development is an important focus, with an emphasis on mentorship, a welcoming onboarding experience, and ongoing professional growth. By fostering a collaborative and encouraging environment, the Assistant Nurse Manager helps new and experienced team members feel supported, build their skills, and succeed.

A caregiver in this position works 40 hours/week, two 8-hour shifts, and two 12-hour shifts. The 8-hour shifts could be 7am-3pm, 11am-7pm, or 3pm-11pm. They need to coordinate with the other ANMs. 7am-7pm on 12-hour days.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Supervise and coordinate unit clinical operations.

• Provide patient care.

• Facilitate communication and collaboration among unit caregivers and other departments/units.

• Review major operational patient care issues with Nurse Managers.

• Provide ongoing clinical evaluations of caregivers, counsel caregivers on performance issues, administer initial corrective actions and monitor attendance issues.

• Interview, select and orient new caregivers.

• Prepare work schedules to ensure adequate coverage on all shifts.

• Participate in and support quality improvement projects, outcomes, studies and research initiatives.

• Assume responsibilities of the Nurse Manager in their absence.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• Two years of recent clinical nursing experience

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

• *If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment.

• Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Cardiac experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or bodily fluids.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.