Nurse Manager - Medicine Specialty Unit (6RC) 100% Days

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care, Department of Nursing, is seeking a Nurse Manager to provide managerial and clinical leadership for an inpatient unit. The manager ensures staff can provide safe clinical care and have the education, methods, and resources needed to meet performance objectives. Roles in this job family generally have limited direct patient-care involvement and focus on planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving health care operations and clinical education and research programs. The General Medicine unit cares for adults with a variety of medical diagnoses, including conditions affecting the pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, circulatory, and neurological systems, as well as infectious diseases, dermatological disorders, and autoimmune disorders. It is a dynamic, fast-paced environment with opportunities for learning. The multidisciplinary approach to care involves physicians, nursing staff, therapy staff, social work, and other consulting disciplines. Teamwork supports holistic, patient-centered care and a healthy work environment where staff can grow personally and professionally.

Requirements

Bachelor's or master's degree in nursing.
Current license to practice nursing in Iowa.
At least 3 years of nursing leadership and management experience.
Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
Current intermediate- or critical-care clinical practice experience.
Job-related experience promoting a welcoming and respectful work or academic environment for people of varied backgrounds, or demonstrated ability to do so.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in computer software applications.
Certification in a role or specialty through a nationally recognized professional nursing certification body; candidates who are not certified must seek certification as soon as eligible to sit for the exam.
Ability to work constructively and civilly with diverse individuals and groups.
Ability to use available resources and learning to achieve organizational goals, demonstrate ethical behavior, and meet customer-service expectations.
Knowledge of budget planning and administration, clinical-service operations and management, decision-making, and legislation and regulatory bodies affecting health care and clinical research.
Ability to apply performance-management practices and tools to improve individual, team, and organizational performance.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in nursing, an MBA, or a health care-related field, or a doctorate such as a DNP or PhD. Candidates without a master's degree will be strongly encouraged to obtain one within five years of starting.
Three to five years of intermediate- or critical-care clinical practice experience is preferred.
Experience working in a large academic medical center.
Experience working in a union environment.
Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

Responsibilities

Hire, develop, and manage staff performance; manage talent and identify succession-planning strategies.
Apply leave-management policies and implement human resources policies, procedures, and collective bargaining agreement provisions.
Prepare or assist with budget development, provide projections and recommendations, monitor the operating budget, analyze variances, and develop corrective action plans.
Understand and manage the financial implications of collective bargaining agreements.
Establish and maintain efficient and effective systems to support optimal patient outcomes.
Identify trends and quality priorities, allocate resources to meet quality and productivity expectations, and develop and evaluate initiatives to improve patient satisfaction.
Ensure the unit is survey-ready and assess multidisciplinary care coordination to support patient satisfaction and continuity of care.
Identify care needs, trends, and forecasts to support quality care and appropriate flexible staffing.
Develop action plans aligned with health care strategic goals, monitor implementation, report progress to nursing leadership, and advocate for unit needs with health care leaders.
Facilitate multidisciplinary clinical problem-solving and use unit councils to identify improvement opportunities and innovative care models.
Educate and mentor staff in complex patient care, provide clinical coaching to develop competency and professionalism, and support the education of health care students.
Encourage staff participation in evidence-based practice and research initiatives and incorporate best practices into unit operations.