Clinical Manager RN Center Cancer and Blood Disorders Inpatient

Job

Location:

Aurora

Position Type:
Regular

The Clinical Manager is responsible for directing and managing the daily operations of a direct patient care department to ensure policies, procedures, and guidelines are being followed; providing clinical expertise, leading department team members in providing developmentally appropriate care and evaluating outcomes; and ensuring compliance with quality and safety initiatives and practices. The Clinical Manager ensures the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives to improve healthcare performance and patient experience of care in a cost-effective manner.

The Clinical Manager is a partner with others in the healthcare leadership team to enhance clinical practice by coaching for performance and promotion of professional growth. Finally, the Clinical Manager provides leadership in managing department team members and patient/family experiences.

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD) at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) is a 48-bed inpatient unit specializing in the care of patients with cancer, blood disorders, immunodeficiencies, and genetic disorders who require hospitalization for their treatment of their diseases or conditions. Treatments include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, cellular therapy, and radioactive therapy for oncologic and non-oncologic diagnoses. The CCBD Inpatient team is a multidisciplinary group of nurses, clinical assistants, inpatient service specialists, providers, social workers, dieticians, pharmacists, child life therapists, therapy dogs, and more!

This diverse team is committed to providing patient and family centered care to children and young adults facing life‑threatening illnesses. We have a passion for this patient population and are united through the opportunity to impact the lives of our patients and families.

Shift: Full Time, 40 hours per week. Benefit Eligible

Hours:

Monday - Friday with some weekend and night shift visibility. More to be discussed at time of interview.

Up to $4,400 in relocation benefits (100 mi. or greater) for qualifying positions.

• Directs and manages the daily operations of the department to ensure policies, procedures, and guidelines are being followed. Utilizes evidence‑based practice to develop and maintain policies, procedures and guidelines for practice.
• Develops and communicates departmental strategic plan and annual goals, ensuring employees are focused on priorities. Ensures the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives to enhance clinical practice and professional growth.
• Provides clinical expertise, leading department team members in providing developmentally appropriate care and evaluating outcomes for infants and children with complex health care needs.
• Represents the department in meetings senior leadership or with leaders from other areas of the hospital. Serves as a representative on various committees. Fosters collaborative relationships that benefit the organization.
• Interprets and explains regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to employees and ensures compliance with applicable quality and safety initiatives and practices.
• Ensures staff and financial resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and department needs within budget restraints.
• Resolves escalated, complex, or controversial operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
• Establishes performance metrics for department. Works with Associate Clinical Managers to achieve department outcomes, performance and professional development standards; identifies opportunities for continual improvement to performance standards.
• Continuously strives to improve clinical, educational, research, and advocacy programs in department; sets and models high performance standards that empower staff to achieve agreed upon outcomes. Encourages clinically‑based research projects to evaluate practice outcomes and mentors department team members in creating/evaluating projects.
• Selects, trains, develops, and evaluates department team…