Clinical Nurse Manager- Med Surg, Clinical Nurse Manager, Pavilion 8 - Cooper University Hospital

About Us:

At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees by providing competitive rates and compensation, a comprehensive employee benefits programs, attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development.

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Overview:

Pavilion-8, an Intermediate surgical and medical surgical unit with 30 single rooms and the capacity to be a complete intermediate unit, is genuinely committed to providing extraordinary patient care. Our surgical services include ENT, Vascular, Plastic Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Surgical oncology, and Urology. Our leadership structure, comprised of a clinical director, an assistant clinical director, clinical nurse managers, and a clinical educator, is dedicated to supporting our staff and patient safety.

 

Pavilion-8 is supported by our unit secretaries, critical care technicians, and registered nurses seven days a week.  Our nurses work with ratios ranging from 3:1 up to 6:1, depending on our unit census and acuity.  We work towards having all of our nurses’ cross-trained in surgical intermediate within the first year at Cooper.  Pavilion-8 fosters a close relationship with our providers, as our APN’s and Surgical Residents are easily accessible for support, questions, and directions with patient care.  They have offices right here on the unit, along with our leadership team and our transitional care team. 

Short Description:

The Clinical Nurse Manager will provide the knowledge, skill, and expertise necessary to successfully support the daily operations of the clinical unit while supporting unit alignment with organizational mission, vision, and goals.

• Support and maintain successful unit-based throughput efforts through the facilitation of appropriate and timely bed assignments resulting in fair, safe, and balanced clinical workloads for all clinical team members.
• Ensure that all available resources are utilized in an efficient, effective, fiscally responsible manner that supports the delivery of safe, high-quality care to all patients.
• Identify, implement, and support the deployment of evidence-based interventions designed to maximize successful input, throughput and output-related processes.
• Support staff engagement by serving the unit in a consistent, supportive, compassionate, and nurturing manner.
• Facilitate the successful and appropriate allocation of clinical resources through preemptive planning while also demonstrating the ability to execute safe and clinically appropriate strategies to address urgent and emergent clinical needs.
• Serve as a role model/mentor empowering all clinical staff to identify innovative solutions to address patient needs while ensuring all clinical staff receive the support needed to practice in alignment with the full scope of their clinical role.
• Support and empower the clinical team in the implementation of successful evidence-based practice changes in effort to address opportunities for improvement that are identified through quality, process, and performance improvement efforts.
• Ensures the delivery of quality patient care through the coordination of organizational priorities at the direction of the Clinical Director. Assists the Clinical Director in coordinating interdepartmental and ancillary activities to ensure quality, cost-effective patient care.
• Lead the collaboration of inter-professional care teams to achieve successful clinical outcomes for all patients.
• Identify and support the elements of improved care quality including, improvements in nursing sensitive care quality indicators (NDNQI), effective care coordination, mitigation of gaps /omissions in care, prevention of potential errors from reaching the bedside.

Experience Required:

• A minimum of 2 years of clinical nursing experience in an acute care setting, with 1 year of demonstrated leadership abilities.  

Education Requirements:

• Graduate from an NLN accredited school of nursing. 
• Bachelor’s in Nursing required, Masters preferred or in progress within 6-12 months of hire.

License/Certification Requirements:

• NJ-RN: Current New Jersey license as a Registered Nurse.
• BLS & ACLS certification.
• CNL or AACN Specialty certification preferred.

Special Requirements:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills required.