Nurse Manager ThoracicVascular PCU 6 Towers Jewish Hospital

We are Hiring at Jewish Hospital Thoracic/Vascular PCU 6 Towers unit.

Location: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville KY 40202

Shift Options: FullTime Days

About the Unit

6 Towers is a 22bed vascular thoracic unit caring for postop thoracic vascular and cardiac procedure surgical patients.

About Jewish Hospital

Jewish Hospital part of UofL Health is an internationally renowned hightech tertiary referral center developing leadingedge advancements in hand and microsurgery heart and lung care orthopedics and sports medicine neuroscience organ transplantation and outpatient care. The hospital is the site of the worlds first successful hand transplant and AbioCor implantable replacement heart procedures in addition to the first trial of adult cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure. Jewish Hospital continues to be recognized for its specialized heart care procedures including the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The UofL Health Trager Transplant Center is in a select group of hospitals nationwide that perform heart lung liver kidney pancreas and hand transplantation. The center also includes a Pancreas Disease Center a GI Motility Clinic and Advanced Heart Failure and VAD programs.

Job Summary

The Clinical Nurse Manager will have responsibility for the overall operations of the nursing unit to include financial performance service quality clinical outcomes quality improvement employee satisfaction and patient satisfaction. The Clinical Manager of the Nursing Department will have direct reporting responsibility to a designated Nursing Director.

1. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
2. Supervises assigned professional technical and clerical staff of the department to ensure the quality of work.
3. Manages the workflow of the unit to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
4. Implements and supports quality improvement activities for the department.
5. Develops staffing patterns and ensures availability of sufficient qualified staff to meet patient care needs.
6. Works to develop and retain highly skilled and wellrounded staff including hiring orienting training directing work evaluating performance and assuring clinical competency.
7. Contributes to the effective management of the department including supplies equipment space technology policies and procedures
8. Contributes to the financial viability of the organization including managing productivity and budgeting process.
9. Maintains effective working relationships communication and collaborative decision making with medical staff other departments leaders staff and others.
10. Assists the organization in maintaining and achieving its goals related to licensure regulatory and accreditation standards.
11. Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and competence.
12. Responsible for accurate and timely delivery of various reports including staff schedules payroll labor productivity IRIS and others as assigned.
13. Participates in community activities on behalf of the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Licensed or eligible for RN license in Kentucky
• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Bachelors of Nursing degree from accredited college or University
• Internal Candidates: At least four 4 years of experience in an acute care setting preferably an academic medical center. Prior management experience a plus.
• External candidates: At least five 5 years of experience in an acute care setting preferably an academic medical center. Prior management experience a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters of Nursing degree. Other Masters degrees such as business or healthcare administration will be considered.
• Professional certification in either a leadership or clinical specialty area strongly recommended. If certification not present on hire it is to be obtained within 3 years of hire into position.

About UofL Health

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals four medical centers Brown Cancer Center Eye Institute nearly 200 physician practice locations and more than 1000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives.

With more than 14000 team members physicians surgeons nurses pharmacists and other highlyskilled health care professionals UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate innovative patientcentered care. For more information on UofL Health go to www.uoflhealth.

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