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Nurse Manager, Emergency Department, Harborview Medical Center

University of Washington
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Aug 2026
💰 $205,008/yr($150,000/yr$205,008/yr)

About the role

Job Description

Harborview Medical Center has an outstanding leadership opportunity for an experienced Nurse to join the Emergency Department, as the Nurse Manager.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

  • Provide leadership and oversight for the Emergency Department.

  • Ensure the delivery of safe, efficient, high-quality, and patient-centered care.

  • Lead daily unit operations, staffing, and resource management.

  • Support staff development, professional nursing practice, and team engagement.

  • Lead and promote quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.

  • Collaborate with nursing leadership, physicians, and medical center leadership.

  • Represent the Emergency Department in medical center decision-making and leadership activities.

  • Support the development and implementation of programs, policies, and initiatives that improve patient care.

  • Help advance organizational goals, clinical outcomes, and patient experience.

  • Play a key leadership role in maintaining a culture of excellence, teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES Include but not limited to

  • Provide leadership to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality, and patient-centered care.

  • Plan, develop, and implement programs and processes that meet patient care needs.

  • Provide leadership, direction, and supervision to Emergency Department nursing staff.

  • Participate in the recruitment, selection, onboarding, development, and performance management of unit staff.

  • Promote professional nursing practice, staff engagement, education, and development.

  • Plan and manage unit resources and participate in budget development and management.

  • Monitor operational and clinical performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

  • Lead and support continuous quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.

  • Collaborate with physicians, nursing leadership, and multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and the patient experience.

  • Represent Emergency Department staff within the Division of Nursing and throughout the medical center.

  • Participate in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, programs, and strategic initiatives.

  • Support a culture of teamwork, accountability, inclusion, and excellence in nursing practice.

SCHEDULE

  • Full-time

  • Day Shift

REQUIRED

  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

  • Current Washington State Registered Nurse (RN) license or ability to obtain one.

  • Two or more years of supervisory or leadership experience in an Emergency Department.

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing

  • Demonstrated leadership experience in a complex emergency department environment.

  • Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.

  • Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety, and professional nursing practice.

  • Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration

ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE - WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHERUW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s phy

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