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

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia•Upper Merion Township, PA

15d•$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 across the unit or units. The Nurse Manager manages unit nursing personnel and collaborates with support staff to ensure smooth operations. The position oversees staffing systems, supports evidence-based clinical practice, works with other departments to support interdisciplinary care, and creates processes for family input into care and unit policies. It also leads unit quality-improvement systems and supports staff participation in departmental and hospital initiatives.

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 in Pennsylvania or New Jersey upon hire.
Employees working in patient-care buildings or in patient-facing roles must receive an annual influenza vaccine as a condition of employment.

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 ensure schedules are prepared on time while meeting employee needs and staffing standards.
Develop systems for daily staffing adjustments and collaborate with nursing supervisors to meet staffing needs within 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 review, and feedback from families.
Ensure staff participate in educational and clinical development programs appropriate to the patient population.
Collaborate with other departments and disciplines to meet patient and family needs and ensure clinical staff have needed systems, supplies, and equipment.
Establish systems for regular family input into care and unit policies, use patient-satisfaction data and other feedback to improve care, and involve and support families in care planning and delivery.
Develop active unit quality-improvement systems, ensure at least one active quality-improvement initiative per year, and participate in departmental QI initiatives.
Support unit participation in departmental and hospital initiatives, including staff education and compliance with patient-safety initiatives and implementation of institutional human-resources and financial initiatives.