Nurse Manager 2 PICU / PANDA

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 20 bed high-acuity, fast-paced environment dedicated to the care of critically ill infants, children, and adolescents. Our multidisciplinary team provides 24 / 7 comprehensive care for patients with life-threatening conditions, including respiratory failure, sepsis, trauma, and complex congenital or acquired illnesses.

We have our own Pediatric and Neonatal Transport team. The DCH PANDA (Pediatric And Neonatal Doernbecher Ambulance) Team transports critically ill children by ambulance, helicopter, or fixed wing aircraft from hospitals across the Pacific Northwest to Doernbecher Childrens Hospital located in Portland, OR. PANDA is the largest and longest running pediatric and neonatal intensive care transport program in Oregon.

Work Environment : The primary work schedule will be Monday through Friday, but flexibility is required to connect with staff across all shifts and to attend occasional meetings held later in the afternoon. This role also carries 24 / 7 responsibility, including participation in a rotating manager-on-call schedule for DCH. Ideal Candidate Profile : Passionate about pediatric critical care, strong clinical judgment and adaptability, excellent communication and teamwork skills, committed to continuous learning and compassionate care.

Function / Duties of Position

The NM's decisions and actions are based on the ethical principles outlined by the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Nursing. The NM practices in adherence with the American Nurses Association's (ANA) Nursing Administration : Scope and Standards of Practice for Nurse Administrators, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing, the Oregon State Board of Nursing's Nurse Practice Act, and within the context of the Nurse Executive Competencies developed by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). The NM exemplifies the principles of the OHSU Culture of Safety Position Statement by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.

Strategic Planning :

Partners with others to develop a department strategic plan that aligns with the division's strategic plan and nursing's vision.

Collaboratively formulate department objectives, goals and specific strategies related to initiatives.

Develops short and long-term goals that identify the target conditions.

Coordinates the implementation of interventions to meet department-level goals.

Communicates, implements, and evaluates the care area strategic plan.

Operations Leadership :

Partners with others to enhance healthcare and, ultimately, patient care through interdisciplinary activities, such as education, consultation, management, technological development, or research opportunities.

Applies systems theory with an understanding that how parts of a system relate to the overall system.

Maintains knowledge of current nursing practice and the roles and functions of care team members.

Evaluates staff competency and intervenes to optimize performance and ensure safe, quality, effective and efficient patient care.

Leads and practices patient / family advocacy and promotes patient-centered decisions and outcomes.

Maintains visibility and open communication with the staff and department leadership.

Communicates plans and decisions to department staff and other stakeholders.

Asserts view in a non-judgmental manner.

Reflects on own method of decision-making and the role of beliefs, values and inferences to develop leadership and performance capacity.

Practices within shared-governance structures to distribute leadership and promote decision-making appropriate level within the governance structure.

Celebrate successes and accomplishments.

Financial Management :

Achieves financial targets : Manages productive, non-productive and premium pay to optimize performance goals.

Collaborates with the Professional Practice Leader to prioritize and allocate resources for department / division level education & practice priorities.

Develops innovative solutions and applies strategies to obtain appropriate resources for nursing initiatives.

Promotes activities that inform others about cost, risks, benefits or care, or of the plan and solution.

Human Resources :

Uses evidence-based leadership to promote desired behaviors.

Develops a high-functioning workforce in collaboration with the department leadership.

Recognizes and rewards exemplary professional practice.

Mentors and coaches staff in an ongoing and progressive manner.

Monitors and evaluates the application of practice standards.

Collaborates with department leadership to facilitate behaviors that impact safety, quality, patient satisfaction, and employee satisfaction.

Collaborates with the PPL to Identify individual practice issues, develops improvement strategies, and evaluates performance for all nursing staff on assigned care areas.

Leads department efforts to recruit and retain highly qualified staff.

Develops department succession planning initiatives.

Performance Improvement :

Develops the department / division quality plan in collaboration with the care area's formal and informal leaders.

Utilizes data to identify areas for improvement based on assessment and current states.

Monitors and uses data to determine patient care quality improvement objectives.

Evaluates the practice environment and designs and implements quality improvement strategies to ensure nursing sensitive outcomes meets or exceeds established goals.

Engages staff in department initiatives.

Evaluates the impact / benefits of organizational, nursing, and department initiatives.

Identifies areas of risk and makes suggestions for reducing risk and improving outcomes.

Trends and investigates concerns and errors to understand the root cause of occurrences of errors or adverse events and success.

Communicates learning to disseminate best practices.

Supports workflow processes that build a culture of safety.

Uses current research findings and other evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of professional issues.

Professionalism :

Evaluates practice in relation to the professional practice standards and existing evidence.

Promotes clinical nurses' translation of theory, scope & standards into practice to exercise autonomy and decision-making authority.

Advances practice excellence by communicating a clear and consistent message about the ownership of role and standards-based professional practice.

Engages in informal and formal processes of giving and seeking feedback regarding role performance from individuals, professional colleagues, representatives, administrators, and others.

Mentors and supports others to access resources for their professional development.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing or healthcare-related field, or in process.
• Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing.
• Two years of leadership experience as a manager.
• Five years of PICU experience (Could be a combination of intermediate level and PICU experience).
• AONL Nurse Leader Core Competencies
• AONL Nurse Manager Competencies
• Unencumbered Oregon RN License.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) resuscitation certification.
• Nursing professional certification (within 3 years).
• Experience in complex organization environments.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple conflicting priorities.
• Proficient with word processing,
• computational spreadsheet (e.g., Excel), and presentation software.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation

Preferred Qualifications

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