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Children's National Hospital

Nurse Program Manager - Full Time - Prenatal Pediatrics Physician, DC

Children's National Hospital, Washington, District Of Columbia, United States, 20010


The Nurse Program Manager for the Zickler Wellness Clinic manages initiatives, processes, and projects in a novel subspecialty prenatal, neonatal nursing program that focuses on the continuum of prenatal-neonatal and pediatric care. The Program Manager helps to create a nurse training program and curriculum to create and support nurse training in this subspecialty. The Program Manager works collaboratively between the Perinatal Pediatrics Institute and the Heart Center.

Qualifications: Minimum Education Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (Required) Master's Degree in nursing or healthcare program (Preferred)

Minimum Work Experience 5 years minimum work experience, demonstrating progressive work-related responsibility and growth (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge Strong interpersonal, operations, and program management skills. Excellent written and oral communications skills. Comfortable challenging organizational norms and accepted thinking to improve effectiveness. Possesses a working knowledge of nursing workforce trends and technologies.

Required Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse Licensed to practice in District of Columbia Upon Hire (Required)Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS) Upon Hire (Required)

Functional Accountabilities Professional Fulfillment & Engagement

Assess and prioritize wellbeing initiatives using qualitative and quantitative data sources that are representative of the nursing workforce Develop program curriculum for nursing trainees Leverage data driven strategy for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting nurse wellness initiatives and resilience Develop program budget, and monitor and adjust plan as resource requirements change Advocate for material, financial, and human resources to ensure program sustainability Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement

Utilize data to identify opportunities, implement change and improve outcomes related to nurse wellness and resilience Support research efforts to discover new knowledge and implement evidence-based improvement initiatives Ensure that initiatives are guided by the best available science and evidence Leverage modern technologies to address nurse wellness, symptom management, care delivery redesign, and support efficiencies of practice Innovate through internal and external collaborations to develop, design, and implement new ideas/ solutions to advance wellness and resilience strategies Disseminate new knowledge from innovation, research, and quality improvement outcomes at local, state, and national conferences and through scholarly publication Professionalism

Escalate any concerns or issues to Nursing Director and seek guidance as appropriate Demonstrates organizational cores values in all interactions Professional Development

Actively engages in professional development through conference and seminar attendance Seeks certification if not currently certified in preferred areas Maintain working knowledge of professional fulfilment, wellness, resilience, and engagement and continuously seeks new knowledge Organizational Accountabilities Organizational Accountabilities (Staff) Organizational Commitment/Identification

Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met Teamwork/Communication

Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior Partner with all team members to achieve goals Receptive to others' ideas and opinions Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

Contribute to a positive work environment Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

Use resources efficiently Search for less costly ways of doing things Safety

Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance