Nurse Manager - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; PICU

Nurse Manager - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

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 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

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Days

Location:Stead Family Children's Hospital (SFCH)

Rotations: Off shift call per unit guidelines

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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• Master’s Degree in Nursing is required. If Master’s Degree is in related field, Baccalaureate in Nursing is required
• If qualified applicant does not have Master’s Degree in Nursing, the applicant must obtain an advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, or business administration within five years of beginning this position
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa or ability to obtain an Iowa license by date of hire is required

Required Qualifications:

• Recent experience in clinical practice
• Considerable (3 years) experience and demonstrated skill in leadership/management roles
• At least two years’ experience pediatric intensive care and/or pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care nursing.
• Experience with unit operations including human resources, financial management,quality management and patient…