Nurse Manager Position
The University of Iowa Health Care, Department of Nursing is seeking a Nurse Manager to provide leadership and management of the Nursing team in delivering safe, quality, family-centered patient care in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.
Position Specific Summary
Provide managerial and clinical leadership for Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care and Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Units. Ensure that all staff provide safe clinical care and have the education, methods, and resources to accomplish their performance objectives. Positions in this job family usually have limited involvement in direct patient care and focus their efforts in planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving health care operations, clinical education programs and research programs of clinical and health service departments.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
- Hire, develop and manage the performance of staff in a departmental unit or functional division
- Prepare budget or assist in development; provide projections and recommendations. Manage financial data and monitor budget to meet goals. Resolve budget discrepancies
- Identify trends and determine QA priorities. Develop quality standards. Allocate resources to meet quality and productivity expectation. Develop, implement, and monitor plan to enhance patient satisfaction
- Identify needs, trends, and forecasts in order to provide quality patient care
- Develop action plans for unit that meet strategic goals; provide progress reports to department director or director of clinical functions
- Advocate for needs of unit with healthcare leaders; may collaborate with medical director of unit regarding program development process improvements and equipment budgets
- Provide clinical education to develop staff competency. Oversee clinical education activities and agreements with other educational institutions
- Knowledge of and ability to manage effective and smooth operations in a clinical service or department by utilizing various management principles and techniques
- Understanding of the issues related to the decision-making process; ability to analyze situations fully and accurately, and reach productive decisions
- Knowledge and understanding of legislation and regulatory bodies affecting healthcare and clinical research practices
- Ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team and organizational performance
Percent of Time : 100%
Schedule : 40 hours per week, Days
Location : Stead Family Children's Hospital (SFCH)
Rotations : Off shift call per unit guidelines
Salary : $66,216 per year to commensurate
P&S Pay Plan : https : / / hr.uiowa.edu / pay / professional-and-scientific-compensation
Benefits Highlights :
Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, IowaFringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plansFor more information about Why Iowa?, click hereEducation or Equivalency Required :
Master's Degree in Nursing or Doctorate in Nursing Practice is required.Current license to practice nursing in Iowa or ability to obtain an Iowa license by date of hire is requiredRequired Qualifications :
Recent experience in clinical practiceConsiderable (3-5 years) experience and demonstrated skill in leadership / management rolesAt least two years of experience in pediatric intensive care and / or pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care nursingExperience with unit operations including human resources, financial management, quality initiatives, and compliance with regulatory environment with various federal and state agencies and the Joint CommissionDemonstrated experience with patient / family satisfaction initiatives including modeling service excellence principles / standards and staff engagementExcellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate with physicians, staff, patients, families, outside agencies / vendors, and the communityCertification in a role or specialty through a nationally recognized professional nursing certification body. If not currently certified, must seek certification in a role or specialty as soon as eligible to sit for the examMust be proficient in computer software applicationsExperience modeling service excellence principles / standardsDemonstrated knowledge of effective strategies for working with faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds and perspectivesDesired Qualifications :
Experience working with Pediatric Intensivists; pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery; and pediatric medical / surgical physicians in a multidisciplinary environmentExperience with pediatric code and rapid response teamsExperience working in large academic medical centerExperience working in union environmentPlease attach a resume as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact Nursing Recruitment at 319-356-2285.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and subject to a criminal background check.
References : Five professional references will be requested and required at a later step in the recruitment process.