NICU Manager

HCA Healthcare; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Prescription drug coverage

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Behavioral health benefits

Telemedicine

Job summary

Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Kansas City area seeks a Manager of Nursing to oversee 24/7 unit operations and ensure safe, high-quality patient care. The role emphasizes leadership, staffing, budget adherence, and interdisciplinary coordination to maintain excellent patient experiences.

The position requires a BSN with current RN licensure, 3 years of experience, and preferred certifications. Masters degree and leadership credentials are a plus; BLS/NRP are required on hire.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in nursing preferred.
• Masters degree preferred.
• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state of practice.
• National Nursing Certification in Specialty or Nursing Leadership preferred.
• BLS and NRP required upon hire.
• Three (3) years experience required.

Responsibilities

• Manage 24/7 unit/department operations or a business function.
• Ensure patient safety, quality outcomes and adherence to standards of care.
• Lead in improving patient experience and satisfaction.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary care and staff development.
• Oversee admissions and discharges for efficient throughput and care quality.
• Manage staffing, scheduling and budget with cost awareness.
• Ensure equipment maintenance per regulatory standards.

Skills

Leadership

Staffing & scheduling

Nursing leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Strong staffing Support when it matters most. Technology and tools that streamline patient monitoring and communication to help you work more efficiently. Robust supply chains to keep you fully equipped. Ongoing clinical education to improve your skills. As a Registered Nurse at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, you’ll have all the staffing support, technology and resources you need to deliver safe, high-quality care—so you can focus on what you do best.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Manager Nursing manages 24/7 unit/department operations or a business function.

Quality Helps create a superior clinical identity by operationalizing evidence-based practices to enhance patient safety and quality outcomes. Ensures adherence to standards of care. Supports efforts to reduce variation in clinical practice and improve efficiency, effectiveness and cost. Ensures a culture of accountability and transparency in the provision of care. Supports the achievement of internal/external benchmarks, accreditations and designations. Ensures compliance with all policies procedures and regulatory standards. Manages admissions and discharge processes to ensure efficient throughput and high quality, patient-centered care. Facilitates effective interdisciplinary care coordination within and across departments. Ensures staff with appropriate clinical competencies are assigned to meet patient care needs. Manages nursing practice and unit operations. Monitors and evaluates the provision of nursing care in accordance with established policies and procedures to ensure patient and family needs are assessed and met. Ensures equipment maintenance is performed regularly and according to regulatory and/or accreditation standards.

Service Provides leadership in attaining and sustaining an unparalleled patient experience. Instils accountability for providing consistent positive patient interactions that differentiates the organization as a healthcare leader. Reviews various feedback mechanisms and helps identify opportunities to improve customer/patient satisfaction. Supports the development and implementation of strategies to elevate the patient experience.

People Leads in a way that inspires commitment to the vision, mission, and values of the organization. Implements evidence based employee engagement practices. Identifies development opportunities or training needs of individual employees and teams. Provides coaching, feedback and training to improve performance. Builds a competitively superior organization through attracting, developing, engaging and retaining talent. Ensures people with the right skills and motivations are in the right role, at the right time, to meet business needs.

Growth Represents the organization positively within the community; participates in company-supported community/patient events and in-services.

Finance Manages staff scheduling. Maintains staffing in accordance with patient care needs and established productivity guidelines. Manages operating expenses including the utilization of supplies and equipment. Identifies cost reduction opportunities and implements actions to achieve savings.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor degree in nursing preferred. Masters degree preferred
• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or has an active compact license, in accordance with law and regulation. National Nursing Certification in Specialty or Nursing Leadership preferred. BLS and NRP required upon hire.
• Three (3) years experience required.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Behaviors:
• Service and Quality Excellence: Ability to demonstrate an uncompromising commitment to delivering exceptional care to create an unmatched value proposition for our patients.
• Honor our Mission and Values: Ability to build trust and act with authenticity to cultivate a culture of dignity and respect.
• Effective Decision Making: Ability to make timely, informed decisions that are in the best interest of our patients, employees, providers, community and HCA.
• Attain and Leverage Strategic Relationships: Ability to develop and strengthen collaborative relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to advance the care of our patients and the growth of HCA.
• Lead and Develop Others: Ability to lead others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives; provide meaningful coaching and mentoring to increase the capabilities of individuals and teams and drive employee engagement.
• Communicate with Impact: Ability to deliver information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner to effectively engage others and achieve desired results.
• Achieve Success through Change: Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation, remove barriers and resistance, and enable desired behaviors.
• Drive Execution and Financial Results: Ability to commit to the success and financial wellbeing of HCA by challenging others to excel and hold themselves and others accountable for achieving results.
• Independent Judgment: Ability to use independent judgment and decision making in the execution of supervisory responsibilities, including when considering schedules, workload, and skill mix in assigning work; rewarding, counseling, or disciplining employees; leading and developing others; and directing employees within their responsibility.

Benefits

Overland Park Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location

Overland Park Regional Medical Center (https://oprmc.com) is a 340+ bed facility offering acute medical services to our patients. We are Johnson County’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Level II Trauma Center. We have an Accredited Stroke and Chest Pain Center. Our hospital is a premier area destination for Women's & Children’s healthcare services. We offer the region’s only Maternal Fetal Health Center to care for critically ill mothers and their babies. Our hospital has an antepartum unit, a labor and delivery unit, and a Level III NICU. We have four emergency rooms, including a dedicated Pediatric emergency room and two freestanding ERs located in Olathe and Shawnee. Each year our colleagues treat over 45,000 patients. Caring for patients is more than a job for us, it's our mission and our calling. OPRMC is part of HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City’s leading healthcare provider in the region.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

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