Nurse Manager, Surgical Services - Middleman Family Pavilion King of Prussia

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia•King of Prussia, PA

7d•$117,900 - $156,300•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time Nurse Manager position with the OR Surgical Services team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s King of Prussia campus, Middleman Family Pavilion. The role is responsible for patient-care systems and structures that promote excellent nursing care, manages nursing personnel within the unit or units, and collaborates with support staff to ensure smooth operations. The Nurse Manager establishes cost-effective staffing systems, maintains schedules, and adjusts staffing to meet patient-care needs and applicable staffing standards. The role oversees clinical practice in accordance with national standards and evidence-based practice, supports staff education and development, and works with other departments to ensure interdisciplinary collaboration and access to the supplies and equipment needed for patient care. The position also creates systems for family input into care and unit policies, uses patient satisfaction information to improve care, and develops quality-improvement systems and initiatives. The Nurse Manager supports hospital and departmental initiatives, including patient-safety, human-resource, and financial initiatives. Employees with patient-facing responsibilities or who work in patient-care buildings must receive an annual influenza vaccine.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
At least two years of prior management or leadership experience.
Excellent communication skills, leadership ability, and judgment.
Registered Nurse license from the Pennsylvania State Licensing Board or New Jersey State Licensing Board, required upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain cost-effective systems to ensure adequate staffing for the unit or program.
Identify staffing patterns that meet patient-care needs and prepare schedules in a timely manner in accordance with employee needs and staffing standards.
Develop systems for daily staffing adjustments and collaborate with nursing supervisors to meet staffing needs across the unit and department.
Ensure staff-provided patient care is consistent with national standards and evidence-based practice.
Appoint staff representatives to department clinical-practice committees and help staff disseminate practice standards.
Supervise clinical practice through rounds, documentation assessments, and feedback from families.
Ensure staff participate in educational and clinical-development programs appropriate to the patient population.
Collaborate with other departments to support interdisciplinary practice and meet patient and family needs.
Work with other disciplines to establish collaborative relationships and ensure clinical staff have the systems, supplies, and equipment needed for patient care.
Create systems for regular family input into care and unit policies; use satisfaction data and other feedback to improve care.
Involve families in unit decision-making where appropriate and support staff in including families in care planning and delivery.
Develop active quality-improvement systems, ensure at least one unit quality-improvement initiative each year, and participate in departmental quality-improvement initiatives.
Support unit participation in departmental and hospital initiatives, including patient-safety, human-resource, and financial initiatives.