Nurse Manager - Stead Family Children's Hospital - NICU L6

University of Iowa • Iowa City, IA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care, Department of Nursing is seeking a Nurse Manager to provide leadership and management of the Nursing team in delivering safe, quality, family-centered patient care in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. This position provides managerial and clinical leadership for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, NICU L6. The Nurse Manager ensures that all staff provide safe clinical care and have the education, methods, and resources to accomplish their performance objectives. Positions in this job family usually have limited involvement in direct patient care and focus their efforts on planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving health care operations, clinical education programs and research programs of clinical and health service departments.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Nursing or Doctorate in Nursing Practice is required. If Master's degree is in related field, Baccalaureate of Nursing is Required.
• Must obtain advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, or business administration within 5 years of being in this position.
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa or ability to obtain an Iowa license by date of hire is required
• Recent experience in clinical practice
• Experience and demonstrated skill in leadership/management roles
• At least two years of experience in neonatal intensive care nursing
• Experience with unit operations including human resources, financial management, quality initiatives, and compliance with regulatory environment with various federal and state agencies and the Joint Commission
• Demonstrated experience with patient/family satisfaction initiatives including modeling service excellence principles/standards and staff engagement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate with physicians, staff, patients, families, outside agencies/vendors, and the community
• Certification in a role or specialty through a nationally recognized professional nursing certification body. If not currently certified, must seek certification in a role or specialty as soon as eligible to sit for the exam
• Must be proficient in computer software applications
• Experience modeling service excellence principles/standards
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective strategies for working with faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with physicians in a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience working in large academic medical center
• Experience working in union environment

Responsibilities

• Hire, develop and manage the performance of staff in a departmental unit or functional division
• Prepare budget or assist in development; provide projections and recommendations. Manage financial data and monitor budget to meet goals. Resolve budget discrepancies
• Identify trends and determine QA priorities. Develop quality standards. Allocate resources to meet quality and productivity expectation. Develop, implement, and monitor plan to enhance patient satisfaction
• Identify needs, trends, and forecasts in order to provide quality patient care
• Develop action plans for unit that meet strategic goals; provide progress reports to department director or director of clinical functions
• Advocate for needs of unit with healthcare leaders; may collaborate with medical director of unit regarding program development process improvements and equipment budgets
• Provide clinical education to develop staff competency. Oversee clinical education activities and agreements with other educational institutions
• Manage effective and smooth operations in a clinical service or department by utilizing various management principles and techniques
• Analyze situations fully and accurately, and reach productive decisions
• Understand legislation and regulatory bodies affecting healthcare and clinical research practices
• Apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team and organizational performance

Benefits

• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees