MANAGER OF NURSING - NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT - DAYS
Company: Quality Talent Group
Location: Magnolia
Posted on: November 14, 2024
Job Description:
At Houston Methodist the Manager Nursing position is responsible
for 24hour comprehensive operational responsibility for the
delivery and quality of patient care provided in the designated
areas(s) of responsibility. This registered nurse position fosters
interdepartmental/interprofessional collaboration. The Manager
Nursing position participates in committees representing unit and
Nursing in a positive manner.The position assists with developing
and implementing performance initiatives ensuring optimal patient
safety outcomes and customer satisfaction. This position
demonstrates leadership qualities and critical thinking through
selfdirection initiative effective interpersonal skills and
oral/written communications skills.
The manager position responsibilities include managing the daily
work activities of the work unit/department staff ensuring quality
productivity functional excellence and efficiency while assisting
management in accomplishing strategic and operational objectives.
In addition this position provides guidance to staff and is
responsible for staffing budget compliance contributing to staffing
decisions such as hiring and terminating employment coaching and
counseling employees on work related performance and assisting in
the development and implementation of policies and procedures to
ensure a safe and effective work environment. This position also
implements training monitoring and operations initiatives that
secure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and
accreditation/regulatory/ government regulations. PEOPLE ESSENTIAL
FUNCTIONS
- Performs management responsibilities of selection scheduling
supervision retention and evaluation of employees in the
department. Provides development and mentoring of staff. Meets or
exceeds threshold goal for department turnover. Develops direct
reports to perform these same functions.
- Provides fair and consistent leadership and communication to
maintain a competent and engaged employee group by conducting
regular department meetings to review policies and procedures and
operational matters rounding on all employees completing
performance appraisals conducting new hire feedback sessions
coaching/corrective counseling and providing
recognition/commendations to achieve desired outcomes. Provides
timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific
knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a
problem.
- Facilitates and promotes effective team dynamics and
teambuilding strategies within and between departments;
participates and/or leads and facilitates department process
improvements as needed.
- Meets or exceeds threshold goal for department and/or system
metrics on employee engagement indicators: action readiness score
tier level.
- Establishes effective two way communication with staff
demonstrating active listening requesting and acknowledging
feedback making equitable decisions providing rationale when
appropriate and supporting organizational goals. Coaches staff to
use efficient and effective communication to establish and maintain
a team environment and to include the patient and family as a part
of the team regarding their plan of care. Assists staff with stress
management practices.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Plans and organizes daytoday department operations schedule and
activities. Sets priorities and functional standards giving
direction to staff as necessary to ensure the best possible
delivery of service and high customer/patient satisfaction.
- Drives department service standards and activities to impact
department and/or system score for patient/customerbased
satisfaction through role modeling and fostering accountability.
Serves and actively participates on various entity committees as a
voice for the department.
- Serves as role model to staff reinforcing principles of service
orientation and ensuring that the focus is always on improving
patient care and/or services effectively resolve concerns
complaints or conflict with patients families physicians and other
interprofessional health care team members taking appropriate
action and channeling concerns according to appropriate procedures.
- Maintains ongoing interactions with patients families
physicians and staff on how to improve patient care and service
provided. Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural
diversity and inclusion principles.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Ensures a safe and effective working environment; monitors
and/or revises the department safety plan and/or any specific
accreditation/regulatory required safety guidelines including
infection control principles. Monitors and confirms staff maintain
their required credentials that demonstrate competency per
accrediting agency or department guidelines as applicable.
- Uses and optimizes information systems to enhance operations;
supports entityspecific performance improvement and data
management/analysis functions.
- Employs a proactive approach in the optimization of safe
outcomes by monitoring and improving the department workflow using
peertopeer accountability reporting near misses and/or adverse
events immediately and identifying solutions via collaboration.
Adopts lean principles in driving process improvements. Role models
situational awareness using teachable moments to improve safety.
- Monitors self and employee compliance with policies procedures
and System HR Standards of Practice and performs associated actions
upon noncompliance (i.e. focal point review requirements disaster
plan inservices influenza immunization wage and hour standard hours
timely termination submission timely timecard approval etc.).
- Prepares measurable goals and objectives that are consistent
with Houston Methodist priorities and develops action plans for
achieving goals incorporating collaborative efforts when
appropriate.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Assists in the development of department budget and ensures
that the department operates in a cost effective manner.
Manages/audits department expenses within approved budget
parameters ensuring that the department meets the budgeted/flex
revenue and/or expense targets on a monthly and annual basis.
Develops staffing plans and schedules to meet department/patient
care needs that reflect understanding of the importance of
costeffectiveness.
- Implements department strategies to achieve financial target
and staffing needs developing others to do the same through
optimizing productivity supply/resource efficiency minimizing
incidental overtime and overtime percentage and other areas
according to department specifications.
- Plans coverage of unit to maximize presence of management and
staff. Develops staffing plans and schedules to meet
department/patient care needs that reflect understanding of the
importance of costeffectiveness.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or
workflow changes to improve department operations or other
departmentspecific measures by leading unit projects and/or other
department/system directed shared governance activities. Supports
change initiatives maintaining effectiveness when experiencing
major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusts
effectively to work within new work structures processes
requirements or cultures.
- Proactively evaluates processes; recommends and implements
action plan(s) for change; follows through to ensure effective
sustainable change. Participates in the development and
implementation of new procedures and the review and revision of
existing procedures.
- Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic
relationships between ones area and other areas teams departments
and units to achieve business goals.
- Seeks opportunities to identify developmental needs of self and
staff and takes appropriate action. Ensures own career discussions
occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the
individual development plan (IDP) on an ongoing basis. Conducts
conversations with staff on their development and IDP.
This job description is not intended to be allinclusive; the
employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job
duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise
job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. EDUCATION
- Bachelors degree or higher in Nursing
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Three years experience in nursing one year in a progressive
leadership role in healthcare; for HM internal two years experience
in nursing which includes HM performance that demonstrates
leadership abilities i.e. charge nurse responsibilities. LICENSES
AND CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED
- RN Registered Nurse Texas State Licensure and/or Compact State
Licensure within 90 days or
- RNTemp Registered Nurse Temporary State Licensure within 90
days and
- BLS Basic Life Support (AHA) and
- Magnet ANCC Recognized Certification If at HMH must have an
ANCCrecognized leadership certification within 1 year and
- Other credentials and certifications as defined by unit/service
line KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs Yes
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) NoONCALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be oncall during
emergencies (ie. DIsaster Severe Weather Events etc) regardless of
selection below.
- On Call* YesTRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area NoCompany
Profile:Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital scheduled to open in the
first quarter of 2025 will be Houston Methodists ninth hospital and
will incorporate the most advanced technology available from the
day the doors open. With 100 beds (at our opening; licensed for
276) and a prime location in the heart of the rapidly growing U.S.
290 corridor the hospital will be equipped with technologically
advanced innovations implemented during COVID many of them designed
to make patient communication with physicians staff and families
the very best and most effective in any health care facility. Even
though the hospital wont be fully operational until 2025 we have
several services and specialties opening in 2024.Houston Methodist
is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of women minorities
disabled persons and veterans.Equal Employment OpportunityHouston
Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Equal employment
opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Houston Methodist
is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will not engage in
discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or
seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis of race
color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national
origin age disability status as a protected veteran or other
characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor
priority referral Protected Veterans requested.Remote Work :
No
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