Nurse Manager, Full-Time, Days

Job Description

Join University of Chicago Medicine as Nurse Manager of our Oncology center at our Valparaiso and Chesterton locations. 

The Nurse Manager, under the general direction of the Assistant Director, Ambulatory Operations, the Physician Director for the practice, and the Director of Nursing, is responsible for ambulatory patient care activities at the Chesterton and Valparaiso locations. The Nurse Manager oversees day-to-operations, including scheduling, planning, organizing, and directing all activities related to patient centered care in the unit, and handles an array of administrative duties, including recruitment and hiring; supervision; purchasing; inventory; facility, safety and equipment management. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Participates in the recruitment and selection of clinical staff.
• Determines staffing needs in consultation with other leadership and assures proper scheduling and utilization of services in maintaining quality patient care.
• Assists staff members in identification of learning needs and promotes staff participation in professional and institutional activities. 
• Participates in and promotes educational opportunities for staff.
• Assesses patient acuity and plans appropriate assignments to meet patient needs for both inpatients and outpatients.
• Evaluates staff performance on a formal and informal basis.
• Completes annual performance evaluations and forwards to appropriate individuals. Provides recommendations for merit increases.
• Recognizes staff for performance, provides constructive criticisms and/or reprimands, commendations, suspensions, discharges, transfers, promotions or demotions.
• Handles difficult situations involving interpersonal relationships between staff and physicians, patients, families of patients, and other employees.
• Establishes priorities and assures implementation of goals and objectives, evaluating performance and reporting significant results.
• Ensures that appropriate staff attend mandatory educational programs and in-services.
• Assists in testing and evaluating new equipment, procedures and programs.
• Participates in periodic review of sectional activities needs assessment and development and prioritization of goals and objectives.
• Assists in the development and review of policies, procedures, and standards.
• Confers with physicians and supervisors concerning the care and treatment of individual patients.
• Makes regular inspections to ascertain state of maintenance of the environment, including equipment, and takes required corrective action.
• Confers with supervisory and administrative personnel concerning management problems.
• Provides orientation and training of staff members in carrying out physicians' orders, seeing to the needs of patients, and developing approved nursing practices.
• Collaborates with medical director on quality assurance issues. Collaborates with medical director in collecting data for staff meetings, research, reports and evaluation.
• Promotes safety of patients and personnel by compliance with institution and regulatory agency standards and policies.
• Assists in providing patient care and obtaining necessary documentation for a wide variety of research protocols.
• Participates in budget development, making recommendations regarding staffing, equipment, and supply issues.
• Monitors expenditures throughout the year, and takes required corrective action.
• Acts as a role model to promote professional growth and clinical competence.
• Participates as appropriate in educational programs designed to promote professional growth and development, including planning, teaching and coordination of education programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Five or more years nursing experience required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred, but experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Indiana.
• Demonstrated clinical and/or leadership skills that serve as a role model for subordinates.
• Considerable skill in determining priorities, working independently, and exercising sound judgment.
• High degree of initiative and problem-solving ability.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
• Willingness to learn new systems and processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Several years in a nursing leadership capacity.
• Oncology or Infusion nursing experience.
• Ambulatory nursing experience.
• Familiarity with UCM Information Systems (ie. Epic). 

Position Details:

• Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: Days 
• Work Location: Onsite 
• Unit/Department: Multispecialty Cancer Clinic 
• CBA Code: Non-Union

Why Join Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits - UChicago Medicine.