Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

The Nurse Manager of Pediatrics PICU is the clinical and business manager of general pediatrics and pediatric intensive care unit. The Nurse Manager has 24 hr. accountability and provides direction and vision and creates human, operational and organizational systems that assure exemplary patient care. The Nurse Manager maintains compliance with all regulatory groups to ensure safe, ethical, and quality patient/family centered care. The Nurse Manager exemplifies Loyola University Medical Center's (LUMC) mission, vision and ICARE values and acts in accordance with policies and procedures.

Position responsibilities:

Evidence Based Practice:

• Accountable for quality outcomes to drive process improvement.
• Leads unit (s) quality initiatives, research and evidenced based activities utilizing current validated research.
• Develops effective strategies to promote integration of evidenced-based research into practice at the unit level and division level.
• Provides effective leadership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of process improvement initiatives at the unit, department, and division level.

Critical Thinking:

• Promotes and supports critical thinking among all personnel through appreciative inquiry.
• Critically reviews cases and events to determine the root cause and develops action plans for improvement.
• Demonstrates knowledge of trends in healthcare practice, economics, policy, and legislation.
• Recognizes the impact of internal and external factors on care delivery and unit/division and organizational finances

Standards of Nursing:

• Provides strategic planning and direction for the implementation of unit goals.
• Maintains knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standard/rule changes.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to jointly plan patient care, develop education opportunities for staff and resolve interdisciplinary conflicts.
• Establishes staffing requirements and plans for appropriate utilization of labor resources.
• Provides staff with tools and resources to provide culturally competent care.
• Cultivates and supports team efforts in providing excellent patient experience.
• Develops and implements quality improvement process in response to nurse sensitive, hospital, and system quality indicators, to improve patient care outcomes.
• Formulates objectives and priorities to implement plans of care delivery consistent with long-term interests of the department.

Financial Management:

• Monitors budgetary expenditures to ensure accuracy of expenses and identify variances.
• Monitors utilization of staff, supplies, and equipment for optimal efficiency and makes recommendations as needed.
• Appropriately manages budgeted vs. actual FTEs, open requisitions, profile processing, performance reviews, and salary adjustments with policy guidelines.
• Identify inventory levels of costs of supplies maintained in the area.
• Ensures that all unit/departmental expenses are processed appropriately, timely and according or organizational guidelines.

Leadership:

• Translates the nursing and organizational vision and strategic plan into measurable goals and sustainable programs.
• Builds a shared vision that articulates and influences others to translate vision into action.
• Encourages staff to develop new and innovative ideas.
• Mentors and coaches' delegation and management skills along with career development.
• Provides and invites ongoing performance feedback to peers, staff, and other disciplines to achieve positive clinical and service outcomes.
• Develop and implement strategies to assess, improve, and monitor customer satisfaction of internal and external customers.
• Makes decisions that impact department/unit operations and incorporates an understanding of the impact and implications of their decisions.
• Delegates responsibilities based on scope of practice, education, appropriate competence, and experience.
• Leads and supports initiatives that address racism, discrimination and bias in care delivery and business operations.
• Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and maximized to achieve LUMC mission and vision.