What are the responsibilities and job description for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager position at UNC Health Southeastern?
POSITION SUMMARY:
The NICU Manager is a nurse leader who performs the primary functions of assessing, planning, implementing, directing, and evaluating patient care on a 24-hour basis for his/her designated unit(s). He/She manages all personnel, supplies and equipment necessary to facilitate safe, quality patient care. He/She keeps abreast of techniques, skills, current evidence based practices and regulations appropriate to age of patients served.
EDUCATION, CREDENTIALS, TRAINING and EXPERIENCE
Minimum Required:
- BSN
- Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
- Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
- Maintains current certification in BLS and NRP.
- Minimum of 2 years’ recent management experience.
- Knowledge of, and ability to, develop strategies to apply current theoretical approaches to the delivery of patient care.
- Knowledge of current leadership, management and quality improvement concepts.
- Ability to perform and/or lead program development and implementation.
- Strong quality service skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to deal with the public.
Preferred:
- MSN
- 3-5 years’ clinical experience in NICU nursing.
- NRP Instructor.
- S.T.A.B.L.E certification.
- Specialty certification i.e. High Risk NICU, Low Risk NICU.
Location: UNC Health Southeastern · NICU
Schedule: Full time-Benefits, Day, 40