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Arkansas Children's Hospital•Little Rock, AR

41d

About The Position

The Patient Care Manager manages daily operations of the clinical nursing department ensuring safe and high quality patient care delivery and the effective and efficient utilization of staff, supplies, and equipment. Promotes evidenced based practice and ongoing performance improvement. The Patient Care Manager collaborates with the Nursing Director, physicians and other members of the department's leadership team.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Nursing
Nursing - 3 years with 1 year of leadership experience
Certification specific to patient population
Registered Nurse (RN) license - Arkansas or Compact State

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree Nursing
CDN - required within one (1) year of hire OR within 6 months of meeting certification exam eligibility.

Responsibilities

Leads the achievement of hospital and departmental patient safety goals.
Coaches/mentors team leaders with resources and needed support for effective patient care assignments and efficient patient flow.
Fosters effective communication, collaboration, and accountability between clinical staff, teams, and other departments.
Ensures environment of care is safe for patients, families, and staff through purposeful rounding.
Fosters an environment for reporting and appropriate follow-up on occurrences and near misses.
Hires, onboards, evaluates, trains and develops staff.
Invests in team members through career mapping and planning for ongoing development/promotion of staff.
Manages department expenses and resource utilization to achieve budget and productivity goals.
Assists with timely completion of care, admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Completes ongoing monitoring, data collection, and audits to ensure compliance.
Leads and participates in performance improvement initiatives proactively identifying issues of risk and safety.
Performs other duties as assigned.