Clinical Nurse Manager, UofL Hospital, 7 East Complex Medical Trauma

Job Description

Address

530 South Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202

Shift

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program
• Current KY RN licensure or compact license with privileges to work in Kentucky
• 5+ years of experience in an acute care setting
• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Prior experience in nursing leadership roles in the hospital setting
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program
• Professional certification in either a leadership or clinical specialty area (If certification not present on hire, it is to be obtained within 3 years of hire into position.)
  
  

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay & benefits options
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
• Free tuition to UofL for part- and full-time employees for child/spouse/domestic partner
• 401K with employer match
  
  

Job Description

About Us

7-East is a 26-bed complex medical trauma unit. Clinicians on this unit care for a variety of disease processes involving the following systems: Neurology, Respiratory, Endocrine, Cardiac, Immune/Infectious Disease, and Renal. This unit is comprised of private and semi-private patient rooms. 

UofL Hospital, a 404-bed academic teaching and research hospital, is at the heart of the Louisville Metro area in downtown Louisville. UofL Hospital offers a second-to-none cancer center, world-renowned trauma team and a uniquely streamlined, nationally accredited stroke center—the latest innovations in a history of world-class care. UofL Hospital is the only adult Level I Trauma Center in the region, which includes the only dedicated burn center in Kentucky.

Our Mission

As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients and conditions served
• Supervises assigned professional, technical and clerical staff of the department/unit to ensure the quality of work
• Develops staffing patterns and ensures availability of sufficient staff to meet patients care needed
• Works to develop and retain highly skilled and well-rounded staff including hiring, orientating, training, directing work, evaluating performance and assuring clinical competency.
• Contributes to the financial viability of the organization including managing productivity and budgeting process
• Contributes to the effective management of the department including supplies, equipment, space, and technology
• Responsible for accurate and timely delivery of various reports including staff schedules, payroll, labor productivity, audits, incident reports and others as assigned
• May be required to work in the department/unit, if staffing is below critical requirements
  
  

Other Functions

• Assists the organization in maintaining and achieving its goals related to licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards
• Maintains effective working relationships, communication and collaborative decision making with medical staff, other departments, leaders, staff and others
• Implements and supports quality improvement activities for the department/unit
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
• Performs other duties as assigned