Nurse Manager - Iowa River Landing

The Iowa River Landing Clinic is seeking a 100% Nurse Manager. This role provides managerial and clinical leadership to assure that all staff provide safe and clinical care and have the education, methods, and resources to accomplish their performance objectives.

University of Iowa Health Care—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.®

University of Iowa Health Care–Iowa River Landing offers the world-class, academic-level medicine you expect from UI Health Care in a convenient medical office building that makes visiting the doctor a pleasant experience. Our pledge at UI Health Care–Iowa River Landing is that our patients will receive the best possible care in a friendly, compassionate, efficient way.

Characteristic Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide managerial and clinical leadership for patient care to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary participation in the identification and resolution processes for clinical issues and situations.
• Educate and mentor staff in the management of complex patient care
• Monitor clinic patient volumes and ongoing changes in patient needs, acuity, and complexity.
• Formulate, review, and revise policy and other standards of professional practice essential for optimum delivery of patient care; assure compliance with established standards of care.
• Actively seek the participation from staff on decision-making and customer service improvement activities; provides staff incentives and rewards for contributions toward achievement of service excellence.
• Identify inefficiencies in current practice/processes, demonstrate tolerance for change and develops a means to enhance the process.
• Build and sustain relationships, resolve conflict, and develop collaborative working relationships.
• Monitor operating budget, analyze variance, and create a corrective action for expense reduction as needed.
• Manage the talents, strength, and behavior of each individual employee under their direct supervision and in a varied work group; provide each employee with the opportunity to contribute to the goals of the unit.
• Make effective and timely recommendations in matters of hiring, promotion, transfer, and disciplinary action(s). Make appropriate hiring decisions.
• Assure performance expectations are clearly understood; hold staff accountable to meet or exceed patient needs/expectations, as well as maintain standards of collaboration and respect within and among multidisciplinary teams.
• Review attendance data, recognize trends, and take appropriate follow-up with staff.
• Work in direct patient care, as needed, to ensure patient safety standards are met and maintained
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

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 plan
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Percent of Time: 100%

Schedule: 40 hours/week will be accomplished between the times of 7:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday; late coverage and rotating weekends.

Location: Iowa River Landing Clinic

Education And Certification Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Nursing or related field is required. If Master’s degree in a related field, Baccalaureate in Nursing is required.
• Must obtain an advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, or business administration within (5) years of beginning this position.
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa
  
  
  

Experience Requirements

• Considerable (3-5 years) experience in leadership/management roles
• Experience with unit operations including human resources, financial management, quality and regulatory standards
• Experience in clinical practice required: minimum (3-5 years) multispecialty outpatient clinical setting
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be proficient in computer software applications
• Certification in a role or specialty through a nationally recognized professional nursing certification body. If not currently certified, must seek certification in a role or specialty as soon as eligible to sit for an exam.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively in a welcoming and respectful workplace environment
  
  
  

Desirable Qualifications

• Considerable experience in leadership/management of multispecialty outpatient clinical setting
  
  
  

Application Process: In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume (under submission relevant materials) that clearly addresses how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 7 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a credential and criminal background check. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization. Professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact Anne Beyerink at anne-phillips@uiowa.edu.

Additional Information

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

Compensation

• Pay Level: 6A
  
  
  

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Anne Beyerink
• Contact Email: anne-phillips@uiowa.edu