Clinical Nurse Manager - Maternal Newborn - Children's Hospital

About the role

MU Health Care is seeking a Clinical Manager for the Maternal Newborn unit within their new Children’s Hospital. The role involves shaping the future of maternal and newborn care in Mid-Missouri, leading a team through teamwork and evidence-based practice, and collaborating with other units like Labor & Delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages department budgets in collaboration with physician partners, finance, and leadership.
• Maintains 24-hour staffing based on patient acuity, staff competency, and diverse patient needs.
• Guides process improvements using research and evidence-based practices.
• Fosters a culture of accountability, professionalism, and patient-centered care through consistent policy implementation and staff engagement.
• Interviews, hires, onboards, evaluates performance, recommends promotions, addresses disciplinary issues, and provides ongoing coaching and development.
• Serves as the primary escalation point for operational and clinical issues on the unit.
• Evaluates quality and effectiveness of clinical practice using internal and external data.
• Develops systems to track and achieve performance metrics related to patient satisfaction, employee engagement, quality outcomes, and financial targets.
• Maintains clinical nursing competencies relevant to the assigned area of responsibility.
• Leads daily operational huddles and routine staff rounding to ensure awareness of unit priorities and address real-time concerns.
• Utilizes UKG WFM to monitor employee attendance, verify attendance-related occurrences requiring disciplinary action, and review departmental staffing reports.
• Reviews and approves late timecards and schedule edit requests submitted through AskHR.
• Addresses patterns of late submissions that may require corrective action.

Requirements

• Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• Five (5) years of RN experience in a hospital setting.
• Two (2) years of managerial or supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business or healthcare-related field preferred.
• Additional licensure/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop and implement policies and procedures.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards.

Benefits

Employee benefits include health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting day one, generous paid leave and paid time off, multiple retirement options, discounts on various services, and more. For a comprehensive list of benefits, please see the provided link.

Pay

$108,971 - $177,590 per year, based on experience.

Schedule

Full time, Monday-Friday days.