Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, University of Chicago Medicine , as a Patient Care Manager in the 9N&S Medical ICU department.
At UChicago Medicine, we bring the world’s most innovative approaches to patients with all conditions, from common to complex. The University of Chicago Medicine is designated as a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center, meaning the hospital is prepared to handle the most seriously injured trauma patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This department is a 24 bed unit split into two sides the north and the south with 12 beds on each side. We are the second largest unit and have a free-floating charge nurse.
The Patient Care Manager has the responsibility and accountability with the Nursing and Medical Directors for planning, organizing, and directing of all activities related to patient-centered care, fostering nursing excellence and the retention and recruitment of staff on a designated unit in the care center.
Essential Job Functions:
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of collective bargaining agreements.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills to maintain an open network of communication among staff members, care center and sector leadership, and other health care professionals and departments.
- Communicating with Patients and Customers, Adjusting to Patient and Customer Needs Respecting One Another, Maintaining an Appropriate Environment.
- Uses a broad theoretical knowledge base and the principles of patient centered care to assist in the establishment of patient centered care standards.
- Demonstrates clinical and leadership skills, serving as a role model for staff members.
- Recognizes and identifies clinical practice problems and facilitates solutions.
- Assists in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the budget within established guidelines.
- Schedules staff in accordance with patient care needs and union contracts.
- Provides and supports an environment which encourages staff to accept responsibility for learning as part of the development of their own professional practice.
- Complies with standards and regulations of various licensing, regulatory and accrediting agencies.
- Demonstrates awareness of and compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate of an NLN accredited School of Nursing.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing or higher
- Current Illinois RN license
- Charge Nurse experience with demonstrated leadership skills
- BLS Certification through the American Heart Association
Preferred Qualifications
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Level 1 Trauma experience
- RN experience in a Teaching Hospital
- Progressive Leadership experience
Position Details
- Job Type/FTE: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
- Shift: 8hr shifts; Days; Monday-Friday
- Work Location: Onsite
- Unit/Department: 9N&S MICU
- CBA Code: Non-Union
