Nurse Manager - Transplant & Cellular Therapy Department - Atrium Health Levine Cancer - Morehead

Department:

37824 Carolinas Medical Center - LC: Admin: BMT: Morehead

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

• Full time - 40 hours per week
• Monday - Friday
• Office hours (flexible as needed)

Pay Range

$51.05 - $76.60

Atrium Health Levine Cancer, in Charlotte, NC, is searching for a Nurse Manager that will be responsible for the integration of clinical coordination throughout the Transplant & Cellular Therapy (TCT) Program.

Operational Leadership: Leads the clinical and operational functions of the TCT nurses and rounding clinical personnel. Manages TCT Program Operational budget. 

Clinical Supervision: oversees nursing practice to ensure compliance with Foundation for the Accreditation of Coronary Heart Disease (FACT) and regulatory requirements. 

Patient Advocacy: key leadership contact for patient and family concerns throughout the complex TCT process. Serves as a liaison with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). 

Quality Improvement: Lead quality improvement initiatives, perform audits to ensure compliance with FACT standards. Develops, creates, and maintains standard operating procedures (SOPs) and forms. Analyzes performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and develop action plans. 

Team leadership: Communicates training and education requirements for coordinators and rounding personnel. 

Essential Functions

• Continually demonstrates and supports a Professional Practice model that allows nurses to work in collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to achieve high quality patient outcomes.

• Ensures that unit operations and employees are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, regulatory agency standards, and policies and procedures.

• Functions as a team member to accomplish goals and objectives of the unit and the organization, upholding quality management, patient care, and departmental standards.

• Assumes responsibility in the recruitment and retention of qualified staff and to ensure appropriate orientation, education, credentialing and continuing professional development of personnel through mutual goal setting and performance evaluation.

• Delegates effectively by promoting shared governance, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes.

• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary.

• Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient and family education.

• Participates with performance improvement activities to improve quality of nursing care, promote patient outcomes and provide a cost-effective environment for patient care.

• Assists in development of policies, procedures and standards reflective of evidence-based practice.

• Promotes shared accountability for professional practice.

• Allocates resources to meet the unit needs. Responsible for budgetary oversight, and along with staff involvement, accountable to the organization for maintaining a cost-effective unit.

Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak and understand English fluently. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and / or unit/department conditions.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required. Current RN licensure in appropriate state. Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred. Must have or complete MSN if undergraduate degree is not BSN. Enrollment in MSN program within 1 year of hire/transfer date and graduation of MSN program required within 5 years of hire. If undergraduate degree is BSN, a master's degree from a health-related program or MBA is acceptable. Previous management experience preferred. BLS required per policy guidelines. Appropriate professional certification (either clinical or leadership) is required within 1 year of eligibility for professional certification exam. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.

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