Nursing Supervisor; Ambulatory Care, Transplant Unit

NURSING SUPERVISOR (Ambulatory Care, Transplant Unit)

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.

Purpose of Position: To assist the Senior Nursing Director (SND) in planning and management of the patient care services. To provide professional nursing leadership and administrative direction for nursing practice for Registered Nurses, and, as indicated, for Licensed Practical Nurses and assistive personnel. To participate as a member of the transplant leadership team to provide and continually improve health care services and to support the mission and goals of Michigan Medicine.

To ensure the quality of nursing services provided to patients.

• Recruit, interview, and select team members (Nurses and supportive staff). Work collaboratively with leadership teams in the hiring process.
• Manage staffing and scheduling of all direct report staff, assist SND in determining adequate complements of staff, scope of staff roles and appropriate workload.
• Manage or facilitate nursing relief staffing for multiple clinics.
• Provide supervision, counsel, discipline, payroll needs and performance evaluation of nurses and, as indicated, assigned clinical assistive staff, with feedback from medical faculty, peer groups, and ACU leadership teams.
• Manage PTO planning for direct reports.
• Manage orientation and competency evaluation of all direct reporting staff.
• Serve as a role model, mentor, and expert resource to nurses and assistive staff in direct patient care.
• Provide leadership for the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of nursing practice and interdisciplinary clinical guidelines.
• Facilitate and support a nursing practice environment in which empowerment, responsibility, autonomy, accountability, collaboration and peer review are exercised.
• Participate in planning and problem‑solving of daily operations and priorities of patient services.
• Participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of area goals and objectives.
• Manage, directly and in collaboration with others, staffing, scheduling, benchmarking, work redesign and variances.
• Organize and facilitate educational activities and in‑services.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory program standards related to clinical practice. Provide leadership, assist and advise Administrators, Medical Directors, in satisfying other regulatory standards.
• Interpret and implement University and Health System policies and procedures.
• Assist in the planning and implementation of new or expanded services and programs.
• Provide interface and liaison communications regarding programs external to the area which have implications for nursing staff.
• Represent nursing, Ambulatory Care Services and/or transplant on assigned committees.
• Participate in and conduct analysis of data to improve care management within the area.
• Support nursing staff in quality improvement activities and in applying quality improvement principles and evidence‑based changes.
• Support research activities as indicated. Assist with UNOS and CMS audit compliance needs, including monitoring necessary data.
• Facilitate education of transplant center staff.
• Engage in continuing education, professional reading, and participation in professional organizations and networking.
• Evaluate own performance periodically with the Clinical Nursing Director.

• Educational:
  Bachelor of Science in Nursing OR Associate degree or Diploma in Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Minimum 5 years RN experience.
• Minimum 2 years recent RN experience in clinical area of expertise.
• Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) or Nurse Executive (NE‑BC) certification within two years of accepting position, maintained during role.
• Demonstrated or potential leadership ability (e.g., charge nurse, team leader).

• Previous experience with computerized online/web‑based education technology or programs.
• Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Minimum 2 years recent experience…