Assistant Nurse Manager - Orthopedic Inpatient Unit - North Liberty Campus at University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa

Job Description:

The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus will open in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility will be home to UI Health Care's nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient, and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching, and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly skilled, and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. ®

The Assistant Nurse Manager for the inpatient unit at the North Liberty campus will manage direct care nursing functions to assure that health services, medical care, medical/health professions education, and evidence-based practice research programs are delivered effectively and efficiently. Positions in this job family will have direct patient care responsibilities. Additional efforts will focus on planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving health care operations, clinical and education programs of clinical departments.

Position Responsibilities:

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  Human resource management: Hire or assist in hiring nursing unit staff. Develop and manage the performance of staff as directed. May complete performance appraisals on assigned staff. Assure staff members are compliant with competencies, policies, procedures, and regulations. Understand and apply appropriately the provisions in the union contracts.
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  Financial Management: Actively help manage operating expenses for the unit. Review with nurse leaders financial reports and provide insights to budget variances. Recommend budget ideas, resources, and cost containment strategies.
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  Operations, Standards of Care, Regulatory Compliance, Quality and Patient Satisfaction: Collaborate with nurse leaders to identify Quality Management and patient satisfaction opportunities for improvement. Implement and maintain standards and quality plans. Engage staff in meeting plan goals.
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  Patient Care Services/ Services Delivery: Supervise care delivery and assist in coordinating patient care teams on the unit. Serve as a resource for patient care problems. May provide some patient care.
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  Planning and Goal Management: Collaborate with nursing leaders to develop and implement unit/clinic or division strategic plans.
• Communication & Collaboration: Communicate with physicians, staff, and other health care providers on a regular basis to promote effective and efficient operations within the unit/clinic. Communicate with patients, families, and staff to address and resolve issues.
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  Education: Provide evaluative feedback staff members and health care students. Work with clinical instructors/educators to facilitate clinical education experiences.
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  Research Administration: Support unit evidence-based practice research initiatives by facilitating the incorporation of quality management and evidence-based practices in nursing care.

Percent of Time: 100%

Schedule: Day shifts, with unit on call as needed

Location: Medical Center North Liberty

Pay Grade: 5A - https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/plans

Benefits Highlights:

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
• Fringe benefits 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 Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in nursing is required
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa or ability to obtain an Iowa license upon hire
• Certification in a role or specialty through a nationally recognized professional certification body. If not currently certified, must seek certification in a role or specialty as soon as eligible to sit for the exam

Experience Requirements:

• 1+ years of nursing experience with demonstrated skills in leadership
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be proficient in computer software applications
• Demonstrates time management, organization of workload, delegation, attention to detail and thoroughness
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions
• Demonstrates effective teaching skills for staff and patient education
• Professional experience working effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives
• Demonstrated job related experience with and/or commitment to employee engagement in the work/academic environment

Desired Qualifications

• 2+ years of nursing experience with demonstrated skills in leadership is preferred
• Orthopedic inpatient care experience preferred
• Experience with scheduling and ELMS
• Experience with performance management
• Previous experience working in a large academic medical center

Application Process: In order to be considered, applicants must upload a cover letter and resume/CV (under submission relevant materials) that clearly addresses how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications for this position. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This position may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be asked to provide five (5) professional references. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Please contact Kylie Guy at kylie-guy@uiowa.edu with any questions.


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: Kylie Guy
• Contact Email: kylie-guy@uiowa.edu

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