Nurse Manager - Pediatric Care Center
Nurse Manager - Pediatric Care Center
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Nurse Manager - Pediatric Care Center
Full Time - 80 hours/pay
Newark DE
ChristianaCare Health System is seeking a Nurse Manager for our Pediatric Care Center located at our Womens & Childrens building on our Newark Campus. The 24-hour Pediatric Care Center will provide seven beds for emergent care and seven beds for short-stay inpatient and observation care. The center will also provide expert care to children and adolescents with behavioral health emergency needs and provide appropriate referral sources for follow-up care.
The Nurse Manage will oversee the program of care for pediatric patients in the Pediatric Center acquires and maintains knowledge in pediatric and pediatric emergency nursing practice and assumes responsibility for the professional development of self other nursing staff and students.
Collaborates with the Medical Director-Pediatric Center as well as members of the Emergency Department management team to establish processes goals and strategies for meeting the continuing care needs of the pediatric population and their family.
Learn more about our 24 hours a day 7 days a week Pediatric Care Center here.
In this role the Nurse Manager will be responsible for:
- Assures compliance with regulatory and professional standards.
- Identifies priorities of leadership and management responsibilities and demonstrates the ability to delegate.
- Enables a relationship-based care approach to care delivery on assigned unit.
- Performs routine leader rounds on patients and caregivers on assigned unit to establish visibility teamwork and monitoring the level of care/practice.
- Remains cognizant of risk management issues and takes appropriate measures to address.
- Supports and communicates department and unit-based quality and safety initiatives.
- Manages nursing practice and care delivery in designated unit.
- Promotes the autonomy of the nursing staff encouraging independent decision making and problem solving.
- Supports and facilitates a culture of nursing professional governance on unit.
- Formulates and effectively executes innovative leadership strategies to promote excellence.
- Responsible for staffing and scheduling allocating paid time off to meet staffing needs for unit census. .
- Maintains position control in a cost-effective manner.
- Interviews and hires potential employees assuring the technical and professional development of staff.
- Coaches disciplines and evaluates staff according to CCHS policy
Experience & Requirements:
- Completed BSN and Masters degree or alternatively a Bachelors degree and Masters of Science in Nursing required
- Current RN Licensure accepted in the state of Delaware required.
- BLS certification required.
- 5 years appropriate clinical and leadership experience required
- Professional certification in a related nursing specialty required
- Nurse Executive certification preferred
ChristianaCare Offers:
- Full Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance etc.
- Two retirement planning offerings including 403(b) with company contributions
- Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out
- 12 week paid parental leave
- Tuition assistance
- Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to access to backup care services for dependents through retirement planning services financial coaching fitness and wellness reimbursement and great discounts through several vendors for hotels rental cars theme parks shows sporting events movie tickets and much more!
Post End Date
Jul 11 2025EEO Posting Statement
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination whose staff is reflective of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
