Clinical Nurse Manager, PICU/PEDS

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is currently seeking a Clinical Nurse Manager for our Acute Care Pediatric Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.  The Clinical Manager is the first line manager responsible for the 24-hour functioning of the units.

Cottage Children's Medical Center is recognized today as a regional referral center for the medical needs of infants, toddlers, and children throughout the tri-county area.

• The Acute Pediatric Care Unit at Cottage Children's Medical Center consists of 38 all-private rooms. All rooms are equipped with sleeping areas for parents and child-size bathtub for patients.
• The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Cottage Children's Medical Center features eight all-private rooms. We are the only PICU on the Central Coast.
• The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is designed into three “pods” which can accommodate 6 infants in each pod.  There are 22 patient beds in the NICU.

Major Accountabilities/Specific Job Competencies

Clinical Management 

•             Provides clinical consultation and supervision to nursing personnel and other staff as appropriate.
•             Participates in the clinical operations and patient care activities within the unit.
•             Assures patient care is consistently provided in accordance with organizational/system-wide accepted standards of care and practice.
•             Demonstrates effective management of staffing resources by providing for appropriate skill mix  and numbers of staff for the service.
•             Models expert decision-making, collaboration and negotiation skills at both service and  organizational levels in strategizing to maximize patient outcomes and resource utilization.
•             Actively participates in work processes and system redesign. Creates a sense of partnership and collegiality with care team staff and managers through consensus building, role clarification and  outcomes measurement activities.
•             Empowers point-of-service staff in decision-making/problem-solving through shared governance with an aim of clinical quality, service excellence, cost-effectiveness and continuity in care.
•             Follows up on any unusual occurrences or untoward incidents involving patients, employees, or applicable equipment/instruments or supplies.
•             Collaborates in the identification, investigation and implementation of improvement opportunities directly related to professional/patient care practices and patient outcomes.
•             Utilizes current quality improvement/problem solving knowledge and skills in day-to-day operations and strategic planning.  
•             Makes recommendations concerning new or revised policies and procedures involving all  aspects of patient care, and personnel. Clarifies and supports existing policies and procedures.   

Fiscal/Resource Management

•             Provides ongoing interpretation of financial and clinical data for service to facilitate understanding of the impact of their clinical service practice to the financial goals of the            organization.
•             Analyzes population-specific data to identify service/program opportunities.
•             Follows trends in data which reflect systems issues and implements process improvement with appropriate departments/staff involved.
•             Establishes and monitors an annual budget consistent with the organization’s financial goals, service/population reimbursement trends and current and/or projected standards of care.
•             Guides the service activities and decision-making processes which result in the achievement of financial goals and predictability of costs for patient aggregates.
•             Understands the pricing of procedures and reimbursement of outlier cases and utilizes this information to facilitate the development of feasible standards of care and practice.

 

Personnel Management and Development

•             Assures job descriptions are current and reflective of behavioral skills needed.
•             Selects staff to create a synergistic team.
•             Assures all staff is competent in assigned role.
•             Establishes initial orientation and ongoing competency expectations for patient care teams.
•             Coordinates patient care staff orientation utilizing preceptors, staff development and existing staff members to assure orientation to patient care unit, systems, policies, procedures and     standards of care and practice.
•             Identifies competencies requiring review/updating/annual testing.
•             Supports staff in development and implementation of their individualized pro