Nursing Manager - Dialysis Program

Position Specific Summary

The Nurse Manager provides managerial and clinical leadership for the Dialysis Program to ensure all staff provide safe clinical care and have the education, methods, and resources to accomplish their performance objectives. This position focuses on planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving health care operations, clinical education programs, and research programs of clinical and health service departments. This position may periodically need to assume some direct patient care responsibilities to support the staff and programs.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Hiring
• Makes effective and timely recommendations in matters of hiring, promotion, transfer, and disciplinary action(s).
• Makes appropriate hiring decisions.
• Staff Development
• Manages the talents, strengths, and behaviors of everyone from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives and provides each employee with the opportunity to contribute to the goals of the unit.
• Actively seeks participation from staff on decision-making and customer service improvement activities; provides staff incentives and rewards for contributions toward achievement of service excellence.
• Demonstrates commitment to people; coaches staff to participate in team decision-making.
• Develops and implements succession planning.
• Performance Management
• Assures performance expectations are clearly understood.
• Holds staff accountable to meet or exceed patient needs/expectations as well as maintain standards of collaboration and respect within and among multidisciplinary teams.
• Completes staff evaluations on time with written, solid justification.
• Leave Management
• Reviews attendance data, recognizes trends and takes appropriate follow-up with staff.
• Knowledgeable of University of Iowa policies and Federal laws regarding leave and accommodation processes.
• Employee & Labor Relations
• Adheres to all UI Health Care guidelines and Labor-Management agreements.
• Creates an atmosphere which provides for effective recruitment and retention of qualified staff.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nursing or related field. If Master’s Degree is in related field, Baccalaureate in Nursing is required. If qualified applicant does not have Master’s Degree, the applicant will need to complete an advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, or business administration within five years of beginning this position.
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa or ability to obtain an Iowa license by date of hire is required.
• 3+ years of nursing leadership and management experience. Demonstrated skill in leadership/management and experience in clinical practice required.
• Professional job-related experience fostering or promoting a welcoming and respectful work/academic environment where people of all backgrounds and perspectives feel welcomed and appreciated; or demonstrated the ability to do so.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. Must be proficient in computer software applications.
• Certification in a role or specialty through a nationally recognized professional nursing certification body. If not currently certified must seek certification in a role or specialty as soon as eligible to sit for the exam.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a clinic setting or applicable specialty area.

Application

Please include a resume with your submission.