Registered Nurse - Clinic Manager, Neonatal Intensive Care

Children's Health (Dallas) is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Clinic Manager, NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a nursing job in Dallas, Texas.

Job Description and Requirements

• Specialty: NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Job Title: Clinical Manager NICU

Department: NICU

Location: Dallas, TX

Shift: Monday – Friday days

Job Type: On-site

Why Children’s Health?
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary:
This position provides overall clinical and operational management of the NICU, in collaboration with other clinical managers and the patient care area Director. Provides leadership for the patient care area(s) with specific operational and management oversight of the patient care area(s). Accountable for the performance and results of the patient care area(s). Oversees the execution of short- and long-term strategies in support of organizational goals pertinent to department. Establishes and ensures compliance with standards of clinical care, as well as maintains service line accountability for staffing, quality, safety, service and clinical excellence throughout the department.

Responsibilities:

· Oversees staffing to ensure adequate coverage on every shift. Serve on-call in the event additional coverage is needed. May work at the bedside during high census.

· Ensures that all staff members deliver competent and skilled care to patients and families according to their identified needs and does so with a team-orientation, an emphasis on good customer relations, sound clinical judgment and appropriate decision-making abilities that take into consideration evidence-based practice.

· Provides performance feedback to direct reports, including the documenting and counseling of performance issues. Maintains positive staff relations through Evidence Based Leadership and Just Culture.

· Provides mentoring to direct reports and provides them with developmental opportunities that will help them achieve their career goals.

· Conduct family rounding. Address patient / family concerns / complaints in a timely fashion.

· Uses clinical judgment based on nursing skills acquired through formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines to globally assess situations and through critical thinking and clinical decision making, develop an appropriate plan of action to resolve situations that have been escalated.

· Collaborates with physicians, families and staff to assist in developing and implementing an appropriate plan of care in a way that promotes / encourages each person's contributions towards achieving the best patient outcomes. Provides education and facilitates learning for patients, families and patient care team in a way that demonstrates a sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences related to diversity.

How You’ll Be Successful:

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is required
Certifications: BLS, PALS and NRP required

Experience: minimum 5 years’ nursing experience required

License: TX RN License required

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.

Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care for You:

· Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.

· 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure

· Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)

· Caregiver Leave

· Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.

Children's Health (Dallas) Job ID #21631. Posted job title: Clinical Manager - NICU

About Children's Health (Dallas)

Benefits

• Wellness and fitness programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Holiday Pay
• Pet insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• License and certification reimbursement
• Life insurance