PICU Emergency Room Nurse Manager

Company: Baylor, Scott & White Health
Location: Temple
Posted on: September 11, 2020

Job Description:

The PICU Nurse Manager for Baylor Scott and White Health (BSWH) is responsible for creating and sustaining a healthy work environment for staff which fosters excellent professional nursing practice, shared decision-making, interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration resulting in positive patient and staff outcomes. The Nurse Manager supervises all nursing and unit-based personnel in the department in order to provide a safe, caring environment for patient/family and staff. The Nurse Manager plans, develops, implements, evaluates and monitors policies/procedures, budgets, the allocation of resources, continuous quality improvement initiatives, educational programs and shared governance/shared leadership councils to achieve departmental and organizational goals and objectives and provides nursing care when necessary for age-specific patient population. In addition, the Nurse Manager for Baylor Scott and White Health has the following responsibilities: - Engages supervisors and staff in the development and implementation of departmental goals and objectives/strategic plan for area of responsibility.- Identifies, plans, implements, evaluates and monitors performance improvement opportunities that promote changes in nursing practice by maintaining current knowledge in nursing research, evidence-based clinical and leadership practice, patient care delivery models and work redesign. - Creates and sustains a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff. - Ensures the development of awareness by nursing staff, medical staff and there health care providers, of issues arising from individual differences.- Advocates on behalf of the nursing staff to represent the concerns of patients, families and staff. The ideal candidate will have strong managerial courage and a passion for patient care.

• Location/Facility - Baylor Scott & White Health McLane's Children's Hospital in Temple, TX
• Specialty/Department/Practice - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Shift/Schedule - Full-time Days
• Benefits - Our competitive benefits package includes*:

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1 *Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level. Qualifications- Bachelors Degree required- 3+ Years of experience required- Registered Nurse (RN) license required- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 30 days of hire required Associated topics: asn, bsn, care, care unit, coronary, intensive care unit, nurse clinical, nurse rn, psychiatric, unit

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