<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Department: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">Holtz Women's and Children's Hospital - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit <br /> <b>Address: </b>1611 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136<br /> <b>Shift Details: </b>Full-Time, Days<b></b></span></p> <p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 53 , 152 , 219 )">Why Jackson:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 38 , 53 , 64 )"><br /> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">Holtz Children's Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the southeast United States, where UHealth - University of Miami Health System physicians treat children from throughout Florida and the Caribbean. Holtz Children's is known worldwide for its care of critically ill newborns in its neonatal intensive care unit, which is one of the largest in the United States and boasts some of the best medical outcomes. In collaboration with the Miami Transplant Institute, Holtz Children's is one of only three centers in the country that specializes in pediatric multi-organ transplants. It is home to one of only three state-accredited comprehensive children's kidney failure centers and one of the largest pediatric kidney transplant programs in the world. The Children's Heart Center at Holtz Children's is the only comprehensive children's heart program in South Florida. In partnership with the University of Miami, Holtz Children's also trains the most pediatric physicians of any medical center in the southeastern United States.</span></p> <p><i></i></p> <p></p> <p><b><span style="color:#0070c0">Summary</span></b></p> <p></p><ul><li>The Nurse Manager provides leadership, clinical practice and staff development for one nursing unit, and is responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice at the unit level. </li><li>The Nurse Manager is accountable to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical and support staff, and appropriate resource and service management related to patient care. </li><li>The Nurse Manager must also ensure services and care are provided abiding by the policies and procedures of the organization, demonstrate fiscal responsibility and accountability. </li><li>The Nurse Manager is responsible and accountable for implementing executive strategies into frontline reality by effectively and efficiently managing and leading in area(s) of responsibility for the strategic, financial and human resource plans, performance improvement initiatives, appropriate clinical practice knowledge and technology.</li></ul> <br /> <p><b><span style="color:#0070c0">Responsibilities</span></b></p> <p></p><ul><li>Strategic Vision: The Nurse Manager works to define and implement nursing's strategic plan, and ensures area of responsibility is fully integrated into the overall strategic goals and objectives. </li><li>Understands and shares the strategic plan of the organization including roles, timelines, milestones and resource utilization. </li><li>People Leadership: The Nurse Manager improves employee engagement through collaboration. </li><li>Routinely reviews reports provided by Human Resources, such as employee satisfaction results, turnover, exit interviews, and other metrics related to employee engagement. </li><li>The Nurse Manager recognizes team members for great performance. Contributes to the retention of staff by providing supportive and mentoring relationships. Collaboratively develops, communicates and monitors performance expectations. </li><li>Promotes a results oriented environment, ensures effective communication regarding department successes and opportunities for improvement. </li><li>Supports a Just Culture Model that recognizes and fosters a system for reporting unsafe practices. </li><li>Service Excellence: The Nurse Manager is responsible for the ongoing improvement of quality and performance metrics including, but not limited to: core measures, hospital acquired infections, safety initiatives and the patient experience, evidenced by daily rounding on patients to assess for appropriate care, and the utilization of the iRounding tool for patient satisfaction. </li><li>Monitors and evaluates service indicators in collaboration with related team members, as evidenced by active involvement in patient experience committees and implementation of new processes. </li><li>Facilitates education of employees related to service excellence. </li><li>Role models behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).</li><li>Organizational Impact: The Nurse Manager assumes responsibility for the continuous growth, development of employees and daily operations of unit, including strategic succession plan. Serves as an organizational change agent, as evidenced by the presence of engaged staff members in process improvement initiatives. </li><li>Formulates unit objectives, goals, and specific strategies that are consistent with those of the organization. </li><li>Develops and maintains positive relationship with all providers. </li><li>Advocates and involves multi-disciplinary team when major changes are planned, utilizing shared governance model to communicate information. </li><li>Takes the lead in working with the Labor Management Partnership team in developing staffing efficiencies, service excellence, employee satisfaction and continuous improvement in quality outcomes. Functions as a role model to promote the Mission, Vision, philosophy, code of ethics and CARE values of the organization. </li><li>Continuous Improvement: The Nurse Manager ensures that the performance improvement program is interdisciplinary and aligned with that of the organization. </li><li>Cultivates and sustains a culture of innovation, continual learning and accountability. </li><li>Partners with other disciplines to drive and sustain positive change within the unit(s). </li><li>Attends leadership classes offered by the leadership development team. Collaborates to improve quality metrics using established process improvement technologies. </li><li>Facilitates change and fosters staff engagement involvement. </li><li>Promotes staff participation in shared governance Council and unit-level decision making. </li><li>Operational Excellence The Nurse Manager performs relevant cost-benefit and other impact analysis, using financial models, flowcharting and other quantitative methods. </li><li>Monitors and manages unit finances and productivity. Able to justify monthly variances. </li><li>Understands and maintains compliance with all regulatory requirements and JHS policies and procedures. </li><li>Maintains and demonstrates current knowledge of trends in the administration of healthcare as it relates to nursing practice and the provisions of quality care. </li><li>Design and implements flexible staffing models that assure the provision of adequate staff to care for patients while meeting unit targets. </li><li>Accountable for providing a professional environment that is physically, emotionally and psychologically safe for nurses. </li><li>Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list.</li><li> Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required. Performs all other related job duties as assigned</li></ul> <br /> <p><b><span style="color:#2578a9">Experience</span></b></p><p></p><ul><li>Generally requires 5 to 7 years of related experience. Management experience is strongly preferred.</li><li>Pediatric or critical care experience highly preferred. </li><li>Candidates with 3+ years of progressive leadership experience will be considered</li><li>Charge nurse experience, project leadership, or shared governance involvement will also be considered</li></ul><p></p><p></p> <p><b><span style="color:#2578a9">Education</span></b></p> <p>Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required. Employees hired into this position before January 2006 are grandfathered in to BSN requirement.<br /> <br /> </p> <p class="ng-tns-c98-1"><b style="font-size:1.6rem;background-color:transparent"><span style="color:#2578a9">Credentials</span></b></p><p></p> <p></p><ul><li>Valid Florida RN license is required. </li><li><b><font color="#0054b1">American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)</font></b> and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire <b><font color="#0054b1">with at least 6 months validity</font></b> and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment. Must meet and maintain valid and current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required by regulatory and/or nursing standard of practice for the specialty.</li></ul> <p><b><span style="color:#2578a9">Unit Specific Credential</span></b></p> <p>FL-BLS<br /> FL-PALS</p> <p><i></i></p> <p><i></i></p> <p><i><span style="font-size:12pt">Jackson Health System is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.</span></i></p><p style="background:white"></p>