Assistant Nurse Manager - Stead Family Children's Hospital (Pediatric Specialty Clinic)
University of Iowa

Job Info

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The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Nursing is seeking an Assistant Nurse Manager to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager.

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics-recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States-is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

The Pediatric Specialty Clinic offers comprehensive care to patients from infancy through adolescence and for certain chronic diseases into adulthood. Our 34 exam rooms were opened in 2017; an additional 20 rooms are anticipated to open in 2018. This clinic focuses on multiple pediatric specialties including allergy/pulmonary/immunology, cardiology, genetics, neurology, renal, urology, diabetes, endocrine, gastroenterology, psychology, rheumatology, general surgery, and pain and palliative care. This unit has many state-of the art facilities including five echocardiography rooms, exercise lab, pulmonary function lab, EEG lab, two treatment rooms, and a phlebotomy lab.

Percent of Time: 100%

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Day Shifts, Monday-Friday

Location: Stead Family Children's Hospital (SFCH)

Rotations: Must be flexible to meet unit needs

SEIU Pay Plan: https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/seiu-pay-plan

Benefits Highlights:

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Education Required

• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is required
  

Experience Required

• Minimum 3 years current or recent (within the last 12 months) experience in pediatric specialty nursing
  
• Collaborates and develops effective interpersonal relationships with nursing staff, medical staff, interprofessional teams, and other hospital departments. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Demonstrates excellent problem-solving skills, decision making, critical thinking skills, time management, organization of workload, delegation, attention to detail and thoroughness
  
• Proficiency with computer software applications (such as Microsoft programs)
  
• Demonstrates effective teaching skills for staff and patient education
  
• Demonstrates appreciation for diversity with an understanding of benefits of a diverse workforce (stimulation, challenge, and energy that contributes to a productive and effective workplace)
  
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire
  

Desirable Qualifications:

• Certification in Pediatric Nursing
• PALS certified or complete within 1 year
• Experience working with pediatric specilaty care populations including high risk medication administration in an ambulatory and/or inpatient setting
• Experience working in an ambulatory setting
• Experience working in a large academic center
  
• Experience working in a union environment
  

Please attach a resume as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact Tiffany Perkins at tiffany-perkins@uiowa.edu.

Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check.

References:

Five professional references will be requested and required at a later step in the recruitment process

Additional Information

• Classification Title: Assistant Nurse Manager
• Appointment Type: Professional and Scientific
• Schedule: Full-time

Compensation

• Pay Level: 5A

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Megan Garton
• Contact Email: megan-garton@uiowa.edu

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