Job Summary
Purpose of Position:
To assist the Senior Nursing Director in planning and management of the patient care services in the Rogel Cancer Center clinics (Blue Team and Bone Marrow Transplant). 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 and Ambulatory Care Services, for nursing practice, administration of the nursing contract, and provision of operational leadership. Works collaboratively with all members of the leadership teams of the multiple departments/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.
Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.
Responsibilities*
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create job postings, recruits, interviews and selects 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.
- Develop 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 inservices.
- Assures compliance with regulatory programs' standards related to nursing. Provides leadership, assists and advises Administrators, Medical Directors, in satisfying other regulatory standards.
- 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.
- Works closely with each team to define and measure productivity, holding teams accountable to expectations, and ensuring work is performed within their scope of practice.
- 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.
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.
Nursing Specific Info
If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with nursing opportunities please contact Nurse Recruitment at (734) 936-5183.
Required Qualifications*
Required Educational Requirements:
Applicant must meet one of the following:
* Bachelors of Science in Nursing OR
* Associates degree or diploma in Nursing and a Masters degree in Nursing.
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
- Minimum five (5) years experience as a Registered Nurse.
- Minimum of two (2) years of recent (within the last 5 years) of progressively responsible clinical experience in an oncology service line, with leadership experience strongly preferred.
- Minimum one (1) year (within the last 5 years) experience in Ambulatory Care.
- Nurse Leadership certification or completion of a nursing leadership certification within one (1) year 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
Evidence of demonstrated or potential leadership ability, including charge nurse, team leader or other management experience.
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.
Desired Qualifications*
- Master?s Degree preferred.
- Minimum of one (1) year in the last 5 years of Bone Marrow Transplant experience.
- Experience in managing budgets, aligning resources
- Evidence of demonstrated or potential leadership ability, including charge nurse, team leader or other management experience
- 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.
- Experience with tele-phone triage
- Certification in specialty or ambulatory care.
- Active participant in professional organizations.
- Experience with Epic or MiChart.
- Previous experience in the application of evidence-based medicine in a clinical patient care environment is desired.
Work Schedule
Hours/Week: 40 hours/week
Hours and days will be based on unit/ clinic need.
Location: Ann Arbor Rogel Cancer Center (Blue Team and Bone Marrow Transplant, and other sites that provide oncology care.
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Background Screening
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.