Nurse Manager Radiology

University of California, San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

20d

About The Position

The Nurse Manager leads clinical nursing operations across UCSF Radiology sites, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care. The role promotes professional nursing practice, staff engagement, shared governance, and continuous improvement, and is accountable for the quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of care. The manager coordinates patient care with other health professionals and serves as a resource to staff, physicians, students, and others. The role plans and manages personnel, fiscal, and material resources; develops operational goals, staffing models, and performance standards; and coordinates training, workflow, safety, and quality practices across Radiology stakeholders. The Nurse Manager collaborates with Nursing Administration, Pharmacy, Regulatory Affairs, Infection Control, Emergency Services, and other departments, and represents Radiology Nursing on institutional and medical center committees related to quality, radiation safety, and clinical operations. Responsibilities include monitoring care delivery and regulatory compliance; managing budgets, staffing, recruitment, performance evaluation, and staff development; supporting shared decision-making; implementing patient-care information systems; resolving operational and human-resources issues; and advising nursing staff on complex care, policies, and emerging technologies.

Requirements

At least 5 years of clinical nursing experience, including at least 2 years in a radiology setting.
At least 2 years of nursing supervisory experience.
Three or more years of recent clinical experience in a Radiology setting, such as Diagnostic, Interventional, or Neuro Interventional Radiology.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Registered Nurse license in the State of California.
Current American Heart Association CPR Certification (BLS).
Current American Heart Association ACLS Certification.
Demonstrated hospital management skills and progressive expertise in patient care services.
Knowledge of disaster incident and critical event management, with critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of healthcare information technology, patient-care workflows, and processes.
Strong interpersonal skills for effective communication and collaborative decision-making.
Ability to communicate authoritatively, handle sensitive matters, and interact with high-level contacts across departments and organizations.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical specialty concepts thoroughly.
Strong leadership, fiscal, and operations management skills, and ability to collaborate with physicians, management, and staff across disciplines.
Ability to foster goal-oriented teamwork, collaboration, and consistent achievement of objectives.
Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to analyze problems, determine appropriate interventions, and develop effective solutions.
Highly developed organizational skills; ability to organize staff and tasks, manage multiple priorities and projects through completion and on schedule, oversee multiple locations, and delegate effectively in a complex environment.
Flexibility to adjust to changing priorities.
Strong knowledge of human-resources management policies and ability to train, monitor, evaluate, and document human-resources issues and performance.
Knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and legislative, accreditation, licensing, and compliance environments.
Knowledge of radiation safety principles, procedural sedation practices, and pre- and post-procedure care in an imaging or interventional setting.
Maintains current knowledge of nursing practices, radiologic advancements, methodologies, regulatory and accreditation requirements, medical center health and safety guidelines, imaging technology, procedural care, and patient safety.
Strong knowledge of quality-assurance methods and ability to apply them to design quality systems.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Nursing or an equivalent combination of experience and training.
Experience supervising in a union environment.
Experience in Interventional and Neuro Interventional Radiology.
Experience in an Advanced Practice Nursing role.
Experience in an Academic Medical Center.
Experience in a large academic medical setting and ambulatory care.
Experience using EMR-Epic/APeX.
Ambulatory Certified RN or certification in a specialty area, such as Certified Radiology Nurse (CRN).
Nursing Professional Development Certification.

Responsibilities

Coordinates and monitors patient care delivery to ensure quality care and compliance with internal policies, regulations, and accepted practices across the continuum of care.
Partners with managers across services to implement policies and procedures that coordinate care for all patient populations.
Represents the department or unit on interdisciplinary committees addressing patient satisfaction, workforce quality improvement, workflow efficiency, and clinical information systems.
Mentors emerging nurse leaders, supports their transition into formal leadership, reviews leadership development plans, and helps identify development resources.
Manages the unit cost-effectively and plans and is accountable for the annual operating and capital budgets for areas of responsibility.
Develops staff in collaborative decision-making and shared governance, fostering an environment for shared input and continual improvement of nursing and patient care outcomes.
Oversees employee recruitment, performance evaluation, progressive discipline, and staff development; builds teamwork and collaborates with educators and leadership to evaluate nursing competencies.
Works with IT managers to plan and implement new or improved patient-care information systems.
Determines staffing needs and plans, monitors nursing unit and service performance, and coordinates patient-care activities with other units and departments.
Works with labor relations on local bargaining-unit issues and contract negotiations; oversees resolution of human-resources, labor-relations, employee-safety, and risk-management issues.
Manages departmental operations, resource utilization, workflow, staffing, and scheduling in alignment with organizational priorities and patient census and acuity; resolves complex operational issues and ensures policy, regulatory, and accreditation compliance.
Serves as a clinical and operational resource to nursing staff on complex patient-care issues, new policies, emerging technologies, and updates to institutional and external requirements.
Coordinates Radiology stakeholders to promote consistency in training, workflow, safety, and quality practices across sites.
Collaborates with institutional departments to strengthen patient safety, compliance, and regulatory readiness.
Represents Radiology Nursing on institutional and medical center committees related to quality, radiation safety, and clinical operations.