Manager, Nursing & Clinical Education

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Manager, Nursing and Clinical Education promotes and develops day-to-day management and long-term planning of professional development activities, directing and developing staff, collaborating with physicians and multi-disciplinary professional staffs. The Manager, Nursing and Clinical Education enforces professional staff behaviors that facilitate positive relationships among colleagues, physicians, administrators, and other hospital personnel.

• Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Maintains nursing operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care, enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements, and to other governing agency regulations, and measuring outcomes against standards.
• Maintains nursing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training nurses and auxiliary staff.
• Maintains nursing staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing related procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Accounts for the collection of data to ensure performance improvement and optimal customer service standards.
• Assures all staff meet mandatory continuing education requirements and yearly hospital-based competencies.
• Provides insight on the department operations to nursing leadership to assist in the development of strategic planning and departmental expansion.
• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the department and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
• Experience:
  
  Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required
• Certification and Licensing:
  Valid State of Florida RN license required
• Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Operational Management:
Optimizes day-to-day operations and processes for efficiency and effectiveness. Organizational Development:
Ability to implement strategies to improve organizational effectiveness, engagement, and manage change. Financial Oversight:
Knowledge of financial operations and management. Team Leadership:
Ability to create and maintain a cohesive and productive team environment, build positive working relationships and work collaboratively with others. Technical Proficiency:
Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications. Communication:
Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey ideas clearly and persuasively.

This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

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