Senior Nursing Projects Manager - Pediatric Staffing Office

Vanderbilt Health; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Nursing Projects Manager at Vanderbilt Health Staffing leads strategic projects for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. This role bridges daily scheduling with clinical strategy, guiding project teams and coordinating resources to meet organizational goals.

Responsibilities include planning, leadership, cross-department communication and driving process improvements across nursing programs and systems, ensuring alignment with executive expectations.

Qualifications

• Strategic Planning: ability to forecast long-range needs and align stakeholders.
• Project Management: manage multiple projects, budgets, and timelines.
• Consulting Services: apply expert advisory skills to project work and teams.
• Process Improvement: identify and improve business processes for quality.
• Project Planning: break work into tasks and schedule complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Develops project plans, goals and objectives with leadership.
• Provides professional/technical leadership in day-to-day activities.
• Communicates across departments to share progress and dependencies.
• Ensures successful implementation of people, process and system changes.
• Participates in institutional task forces and committees.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Consulting Services

Process Improvement

Project Planning

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health : With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you’ll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization

MCJCHV Nursing Operations

Job Summary

The Senior Nursing Projects Manager is the frontline leader of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Health Staffing office. The role bridges the gap between daily tactical scheduling and high-level clinical strategy. It has oversight and accountability of the staffing office and ensures there is relationship building and strategic alignment with the Nurse Managers that they support.
They will be responsible for independently leading projects and projects teams that support the strategic or operational goals of VUMC nursing. Identifies and assesses appropriate resources and creates timelines to ensure appropriate completion of projects. Coordinates the activities of teams by becoming familiar with systems scope and project objectives, as well as the role and functions of each team member. Collaborates with key nursing and system stakeholders to create standard processes that facilitate projects and programs.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops project plans, goals and objectives in collaboration with project and department leadership.
• Provides professional and/or technical leadership in the execution of day-to-day project activities.
• Communicates within and across departments to maximize information sharing around progress, needs, interdependencies and accomplishments.
• Assures successful implementation of people, process and systems changes to support professional nursing.
• Participates in institutional task forces and other special committees related to the achievement of goals and objectives.

The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Strategic Planning (Intermediate): Demonstrates ability to successfully prepare long-range plans for a major functional area. Demonstrates ability to forecast complex resource needs and recognize risks. Merges diverse points of view into a coalition with shared goals and objectives. Identifies relevant stakeholders and gains their commitment.
• Project Management (Advanced): Develops plans for personnel, facilities and equipment resources for multiple projects concurrently. Reviews and approves estimates prepared by project staff. Responsible for project phases, costs, and sign-offs. Trains others in planning and operations management techniques. Resolves complex problems and takes corrective action.
• Consulting Services (Intermediate): Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of consulting services in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses mastery of the core technology, products, services and operations within field of work and is fully capable of their delivery without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to train and educate by setting the example and giving technical instruction. Demonstrates acute knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies. Attends industry seminars and forums on a regular basis.
• Process Improvement (Advanced): Identifies, analyzes and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality.
• Project Planning (Advanced): Demonstrates ability to forecast resource needs, identify and break work down into discrete and measurable tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, prepare acceptance criteria and organize work for large, complex projects requiring diverse functions and/or operations. Continuously monitors and follows up on buyins and commitments. Competently handles multiple projects simultaneously, balancing and scheduling tasks requiring dependencies and those which can be accomplished independently. Accurately estimates and plans complex projects and assignments. Maintains perspective between the overall picture and the details. Is proficient in the advanced features of project management tools.

Our Nursing Philosophy

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

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