Clinical Nurse Manager PICU

Summary
Job Overview
The Clinical Manager is responsible for directing and managing the daily operations of a direct patient care department to ensure policies, procedures, and guidelines are being followed; providing clinical expertise, leading department team members in providing developmentally appropriate care and evaluating outcomes; and ensuring compliance with quality and safety initiatives and practices. The Clinical Manager ensures the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives to improve healthcare performance and patient experience of care in a cost-effective manner. The Clinical Manager is a partner with others in the healthcare leadership team to enhance clinical practice by coaching for performance and promotion of professional growth. Finally, the Clinical Manager provides leadership in managing department team members and patient/family experiences.

In addition to the above, this position will oversee two Associate Clinical Managers, one Clinical Education Specialist, and one Clinical Practice Specialist.

The 16 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Colorado Springs provides multidisciplinary care for children birth to young adulthood with major medical or surgical conditions necessitating critical care therapy or close monitoring. Diagnoses include multi-organ system failure, acute and chronic pulmonary conditions, trauma, meningitis, septic shock, near drowning, diabetic ketoacidosis, renal and/or hepatic failure, oncology, epilepsy monitoring, neurosurgical, orthopedic, ENT, general pediatric surgical patients and airway management among others. Our patient population challenges us daily to use our best clinical judgement skills.

Department Name: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Colorado Springs

Job Status: full time, 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits

Shift: mostly Monday through Friday, normal business hours. Will need to be available for on call manager duties as needed.

This position is eligible for relocation assistance, if relocating from 100 miles or greater.

Duties & Responsibilities

• An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. (These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.)
• Directs and manages the daily operations of the department to ensure policies, procedures, and guidelines are being followed. Utilizes evidence-based practice to develop and maintain policies, procedures and guidelines for practice.
• Develops and communicates departmental strategic plan and annual goals, ensuring employees are focused on priorities. Ensures the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives to enhance clinical practice and professional growth.
• Provides clinical expertise, leading department team members in providing developmentally appropriate care and evaluating outcomes for infants and children with complex health care needs.
• Represents the department in meetings senior leadership or with leaders from other areas of the hospital. Serves as a representative on various committees. Fosters collaborative relationships that benefit the organization.
• Interprets and explains regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to employees and ensures compliance with applicable quality and safety initiatives and practices.
• Ensures staff and financial resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and department needs within budget restraints.
• Resolves escalated, complex, or controversial operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
• Establishes performance metrics for department. Works with Associate Clinical Managers to achieve department outcomes, performance and professional development standards; identifies opportunities for continual improvement to performance standards.
• Continuously strives to improve clinical, educational, research, and advocacy programs in department; sets and models high performance standards that empower staff to achieve agreed upon outcomes. Encourages clinically-based research projects to evaluate practice outcomes and mentors department team members in creating/evaluating projects.
• Selects, trains, develops, and evaluates department team members. Creates a worker-friendly environment that develops and realizes the full potential of department team members.
• Makes decisions on hiring, terminations, promotions, and disciplinary actions as required, taking into consideration feedback from Associate Clinical Managers.
• Develops departmental budget recommendations, and monitors expenditures to ensure compliance organizational financial goals.

Minimum Qualifications
EDUCATION – Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) required. Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Master's in health related field required.

EXPERIENCE - Three years of clinical experience and two years of nursing leadership experience in supervision, leading clinical practice projects, serving as a charge nurse or house supervisor, and/or precepting.
Previous PICU experience strongly preferred.
LICENCURES/CERTIFICATION(S) – Registered Nurse (RN) License

BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Magnet recognized Certification.

Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $121,394.93 to $182,092.39

Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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