Nurse Manager - Stem Cell Transplant

The Stem Cell Transplant Nursing Manager, promotes and restores patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area, directing and developing staff, collaborating with physicians and multi-disciplinary professional staffs, and providing physical and psychological support for patients and their friends and families. This employee enforces professional staff behaviors that facilitate positive relationships among colleagues, physicians, administrators, and other hospital personnel. 

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Overseespatient flow through designated clinical areas. 

• Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.

• Maintains nursing operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.

• Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies andstandards of care,enforcing adherence tostateboard of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements,and to other governing agency regulations, andmeasuring health outcomes against standards.

• Maintains nursing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training nurses and auxiliary staff.

• Completes patient care requirementsby assigning nursing and staff. 

• Maintains nursing staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees.

• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patientsand their friends and families.

• Promotes patients’independence byestablishingpatient care goals,teaching and counseling patients, and reinforcingpatients’understanding of disease, medications, and self-care.

• Resolves patient needs byutilizingmultidisciplinary team strategies.

• Maintainsasafe and clean working environment by designing and implementingrelatedprocedures, rules, and regulations.

• Accountsfor the collection of data to ensure performance improvement andoptimalcustomer service standards.  

• Assures all staff meet mandatory continuing education requirements and yearlyhospital basedcompetencies

• Provides insightonthe unit(s) operations to nursing leadership toassistin the development of strategic planning and departmental expansion.

• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance withUniversitypolicies and procedures. Ensures employees are trainedoncontrols within the function andonUniversitypolicy and procedures.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties orresponsibilitiesas necessary.

COREQUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor’s degreein relevant field 

Certification and Licensing:

Registered Nurse Licensure(RN)

Experience:

Minimum3 years ofrelevantexperience

Knowledge,Skillsand Attitudes:

• Ability tomaintaineffective interpersonal relationships

• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form

• Proficiencyin computer software (i.e.Microsoft Office)

• Knowledge of business and management principles 

• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.

• Ability to lead, motivate,developand train others.