Clinical Nursing Director; University Hospital: AOncology Acute Care Unit

Mission Statement

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. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

The Clinical Nursing Director (CND) will plan and manage the clinical and administrative operations of a 32-bed Adult Oncology Acute Care Unit. Assure implementation of patient care and quality assurance standards; and to plan, organize and evaluate clinical practice and educational activities. The CND will also participate in planning, development and implementation of unit policies, goals and objective and standard of nursing practice.

Counsel and evaluate the performance and clinical practice of the nursing staff. This includes staff development programs and unit orientation to ensure compliance with practice standards. Identify and resolve unit operational problems. Represent the unit on assigned clinical area and hospital committees. Maintain compliance with Federal and State regulations regarding affirmative action, safety and patient care. Actively collaborate in the development of annual budgets;

manage and provide variance reporting of activity, payroll, commodity, & capital budgets; participate in new program development & implementation. Work closely with the Medical Director to create and support an environment where cutting-edge and innovative care is provided to a continually growing number of adult medical and surgical patients.

• Develop and implement unit goals and objectives which include the establishment of standards of practice in patient care consistent with national professional and regulatory guidelines. Integrate unit goals and objectives with Nursing goals and objectives. Advise and assist with the establishment of priorities and institutional program development. Work closely with medical staff and other disciplines for the successful implantation of patient, unit, departmental and institutional objectives.
  
  Assist in the resolution of interdisciplinary operating problems. Supervise operations of the unit. Establish minimum/maximum staffing patterns to ensure quality patient care. Initiate and implement a staffing schedule which is consistent with care requirements and respond to varying patient activity and patient mix. Identify and recommend specific staffing needs and position qualifications consistent with unit and department objectives and patient mix.
  
  Recruit, interview, and select qualified personnel. Manage, supervise, and coordinate nursing staff for Interventional Radiology nursing. Supervise unit operations. Plan, assign and review the work of nurses and support staff. Initiate and implement staffing consistent with the needs of patient activity in collaboration with other members of Radiology leadership teams. Initiate and implement in-service guidelines for unit level orientation and staff development.
  
  Encourage and provide opportunities for continuing education of unit staff. Initiate, plan, analyze and participate in Nursing and ancillary staff development programs and workshops. Evaluate and provide ongoing feedback about performance of nursing staff responsible for patient care. Make recommendations for merit awards and personnel classification changes. Counsel and discipline nursing staff to enable achievement of unit, Radiology, and institutional objectives, particularly related to high quality patient care.
  
  Interpret and implement University, hospital and Radiology…