Nurse Manager | Cardiac ICU

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The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) provides subspecialty care for critically ill patients with congenital, acquired cardiovascular or related diseases. The 26-bed unit integrates the latest technology in a family friendly environment. The multidisciplinary team is dedicated to improving outcomes for children through innovation and research.

The CICU staff includes an integrated cardiac team with all sub-specialists readily available and accessible. The unit-based staff includes a dedicated pharmacist, respiratory therapist, social worker, nurses, as well as physicians from the divisions of anesthesiology, critical care medicine, cardiology and cardiac surgery. Children’s CICU is home to an Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) center of excellence for ECMO services in children. The CICU also has VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) and heart transplant programs.

All nurse managers are responsible to a nurse executive and manage one or more defined areas of organized nursing services and are accountable for nursing services 24/7 as appropriate for the assigned area(s). Nurse managers participate in planning, implementation, management and evaluation of operations, supervision of staff, budget, regulatory readiness and staffing. Nurse managers facilitate an atmosphere of interactive management and the development of collegial relationships among nursing personnel and other health care disciplines throughout the organization.

Children’s National Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., was established in 1870 to help every child grow up stronger. Today, it is one of the top 10 children’s hospitals in the nation and ranked in all specialties evaluated by U.S. News & World Report. Children’s National is transforming pediatric medicine for all children. The Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus opened in 2021, a first-of-its-kind pediatric hub dedicated to developing new and better ways to care for kids. Children’s National has been designated four times in a row as a Magnet® hospital, demonstrating the highest standards of nursing and patient care delivery. This pediatric academic health system offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network and specialty care locations in the D.C. metropolitan area, including Maryland and Virginia. Children’s National is home to the Children’s National Research Institute and Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. It is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional and national levels. In 1987, Children’s National founded Safe Kids Worldwide, a non-profit dedicated to reducing unintentional injuries among children through comprehensive national and global education, research and advocacy. As a non-profit, Children's National relies on generous donors to help ensure that every child receives the care they need.

Qualifications

Minimum Work Experience

5 years (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge

Strong knowledge of JCAHO and other regulatory agency requirements.

Demonstrated leadership and management skills.

Expertise in the area of specialty.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Licenses and Certifications

Registered Nurse in District of Columbia (Required)

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS) (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

Grow

• Encourage and share new ways of making the right work easier to do
• Recognize and share incremental improvements in operations
• Promote the success of organizational and department initiatives by clearly aligning programs to the mission

Exemplary Practice

• Establishes collaborative relationships with all members of the healthcare team to ensure optimal state of health and well-being of the patients and families served.
• Utilizes expertise in cultural competency to enhance relationships, processes, and outcomes for patients/families, ensuring education through face to face or telephonic methods.
• Treats every patient/family with dignity and worth, acknowledging their individuality and autonomy.
• Engages opportunities to act in the best interest of the patient/family, building trust and confidence, while upholding moral and legal standards of due care.
• Consistently evaluates care delivery model, incorporating various sources of data, (e.g. patient satisfaction data) to improve processes.

Transformational Leadership

• Contributes to the development of departmental strategic plans. Supports and communicates the strategic plan to all employees.
• Uses budget tools to forecast and make decisions while analyzing and interpreting variances.
• Accountable for planning for staffing. Continuously monitors and adjusts staffing based on area needs. Uses trended data (e.g. labor productivity data) to manage the staffing plans.
• Assumes coverage of other areas when the need arises and assumes the responsibility, accountability and level of authority within authorized scope.
• Communicates and escalates clinical and administrative issues as appropriate to senior leadership
• Employs varied performance measures to analyze and enhance patient outcomes and staff/organization effectiveness.
• Ensures regulatory requirements are met and upholds overall safety standards of the work area.

Structural Empowerment

• Responsible for full implementation of Shared Nursing Leadership and participates in Hospital wide committees.
• Promotes staff/unit involvement in the community.
• Coordinates mechanisms across systems, institutions, and community to provide continuity of care in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Employs critical attributes of effective collaboration to create, promote, and maintain an environment that supports successful partnership and high performance team outcomes.
• Develops and engages ongoing monitoring, and staff and member education to assure environmental management plans provide safe, accessible, effective and functional environment of care.

New Knowledge

• Ensures that the practice of nursing is based upon scientific evidence and
• best practice.Encourages staff participation in research.
• Encourages and facilitates professional certification and further education.