NURSING SUPERVISOR (Ambulatory Care: Pediatric Infusion)

Purpose of Position:

To assist the Senior Nursing Director in planning and management of the patient care services in Pediatric Infusion. To provide professional nursing leadership and administrative direction for nursing practice for Registered Nurses, and, as indicated, for Licensed Practical Nurses and assistive personnel. To participate as a member of an Ambulatory Care Unit's leadership team to provide and continually improve health care services and to support the mission and goals of Michigan Medicine. To ensure the quality of nursing services provided to patients.

Organizational Relationships:

Supervision Received: Administratively responsible to the Senior Director for Ambulatory Care Services, with responsibility for nursing practice, administration of the nursing contract, and operational leadership. Works collaboratively with all members of the leadership teams across multiple departments and services.

Supervision Exercised:

Responsible for professional practice and clinical competence for regular and temporary Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses. Works collaboratively with the ACU management teams in the management of support staff. Responsible for professional practice and clinical competence for regular and temporary Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses. Works collaboratively with the ACU management teams in the management of support staff.

Personnel Management

• Creates job postings, recruits, interview and select nurses. Works collaboratively with leadership teams in the hiring process.
• Manages staffing and scheduling of nursing staff. Assists Senior Nursing Director in determining adequate complements of staff, scope of staff roles and appropriate workload. Manages or facilitates nursing relief staffing for multiple clinics.
• Provides supervision, counsel, discipline, and performance evaluation of nursing and as indicated, assigned clinical assistive staff, with feedback from medical faculty, peer groups, and ACU leadership teams.
• Manages the orientation and competency evaluation of nursing staff.
• Connects individually with each employee, increasing employee engagement scores and satisfaction.

Clinical Practice

• Serves as a role model, mentor and expert resource to nursing and assistive staff in the provision of direct patient care.
• Provides leadership for the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of nursing practice and interdisciplinary clinical guidelines.
• Facilitates and supports a nursing practice environment in which empowerment, responsibility, autonomy, accountability, collaboration and peer review are exercised.
• Develops standard processes and protocols to minimize variation, support efficient workflows, and confirm the right work is performed by the right role.

Support of Clinical Operations

• Participates in planning and problem-solving of daily unit operations and priorities of patient services.
• Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of unit goals and objectives.
• Manages, directly and in collaboration with others, staffing, scheduling, benchmarking, work redesign and variances.
• Organizes and facilitates unit based educational activities and in-services.
• Assures compliance with regulatory programs' standards related to the nursing. Provides leadership, assists and advises Administrators, Medical Directors, in satisfying other regulatory standards.
• Interprets and implements Michigan Medicine policies and procedures.
• Assists in the planning and implementation of new or expanded services and programs.
• Provides interface and liaison communications regarding programs external to the unit which have implications for nursing staff.
• Represents nursing, Ambulatory Care Services and/or the clinical department(s) or unit(s) on assigned committees

Quality Management and Research

• Participates in and conducts the analysis of data, assists in the development of strategies to improve care management within the area or unit.
• Participates in and supports the involvement of nursing staff in patient and ACU quality improvement metrics/activities.
• Provides leadership to staff in understanding and applying quality improvement principles and adoption of evidence-based changes in practice into daily work. Promotes the integration of research findings into clinical practice.
• Supports research activities on the unit, as indicated.
• Works closely with each team to define and measure productivity, holding teams accountable to expectations, and ensuring work performed is within their scope of practice.

Professional Development and Education

• Facilitates the education of health sciences students.
• Develops self professionally through continuing education, professional reading, participation in professional organizations and networking.
• Evaluates own performance periodically with the Senior Nursing Director.

Required Educational Requirements:

Applicants must meet one of the following:
* Bachelor of Science in Nursing OR
* Associate's degree or Diploma in Nursing and a Master's degree in Nursing.

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Michigan
• Minimum five (5) years RN experience
• Minimum two (2) years of recent (within the last 5 years) RN experience in pediatric service line. Leadership experience preferred
• Demonstrated leadership skills including creative and effective problem-solving, ability to effectively collaborate within a multidisciplinary team, and ability to direct nursing practice and apply critical thinking skills/judgment to a variety of situations.
• Nurse Leadership certification or completion of a nursing leadership certification within two (2) years of accepting this position. Certification is expected to be maintained while in this leadership role. Examples include Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) or, Nurse Executive (NE-BC). The nursing leadership certification must be recognized by the Magnet Recognition Program and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), for the list, visit here.

NOTE: Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position.

RESUME REQUIRED (for both internal & external applicants):
You must attach a complete and accurate resume to be fully considered for this position.

• Minimum of one (1) year ambulatory experience in the last 5 years
• Previous supervisory/management experience
• Experience in managing budgets, aligning resources
• Masters Degree preferred
• Certification in specialty or ambulatory care.
• 2 years recent full-time experience (within the last 5 years) in a leadership title/role.
• Evidence of demonstrated or potential leadership ability, including charge nurse, team leader or other leadership experience.
• Active participant in professional organizations
• Experience with Epic or MiChart
• Previous experience in the application of evidenced-based medicine in a clinical patient care environment is desired.

Hours per week: 40 hours/week
Hours/Shift: Hours and days will be based on unit/clinic need.
Location: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and other sites that provide pediatric infusion services