Nurse Manager - NICU in Bedford

Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We’re looking for qualified candidates like you to join our Texas Health family.

Work location: Texas Health HEB

Core work hours: Monday – Friday; 8:00a-5:00p

Since 1973, Texas Health HEB has been a cornerstone of care in the DFW mid-cities. As a 322-bed, acute-care, full-service hospital, we provide high-quality, convenient care to residents of Hurst, Euless, Bedford, and the surrounding communities. We offer a broad range of specialties, including women’s health, perioperative services, heart and vascular care, acute and medical-surgical care, intermediate/step-down care, oncology, behavioral health, and emergency medicine. Additional services include nuclear medicine, interventional radiology, respiratory therapy, and neuroscience care, including neurosurgery and stroke care.

Texas Health HEB is ANCC Magnet® designated, Joint Commission-certified in Chest Pain (PHAC), a Primary Stroke Center, and a Level III Trauma Center. We also provide Level III NICU and Level III Maternal Care services, making us a trusted destination in North Texas for women’s health, cardiac care, surgical services, emergency medicine, and more.

Job Qualifications

• OPERATIONS: Plan, organize, and delegate activities as required for safe, efficient, and effective operation of the unit including active participation with other hospital departments and leadership to accomplish this purpose. Provide resources and guidance to support the utilization of evidence-based practice standards. Identify and utilize processes and resources that support optimal delivery of data and information to staff. Facilitate activities that prepare unit, environment, and staff to meet credentialing bodies requirements. Identify key drivers in throughput process, evaluate areas role, and develop solutions to barriers.
• QUALITY PATIENT CARE OUTCOMES: Plan, manage, patient care processes to improve performance. Facilitate delivery of quality patient care. Require documentation that meets hospital and credentialing standards/policy/guidelines. Demonstrates positive supportive role in change process.
• HUMAN RESOURCES: Responsible for staffing based on patient care needs. Responsible for personnel functions including staff, performance reviews and corrective action. Promote professional growth and development of all employees. Recognize and reward individual and team accomplishments. Promote staff retention. Facilitate new staff orientation. Supports shared decision-making through the unit-based council.
• CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Incorporate customer needs and expectations into daily operations and business planning strategies. Promote team building strategies and principles of group process in interaction with staff.
• BUDGET: Prepares operating and capital budgets for areas of responsibility. Manages approved operating and capital budgets effectively and adjusts strategies as needed to meet budget expectations. Identifies and evaluates patient care requirements and outcomes based upon patient acuity, system and budgetary guidelines.
• PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY: Demonstrates involvement in professional organization. Participates in hospital/department/system committees. Stays current with professional activities. Alerts appropriate individuals regarding ethical and legal concerns (i.e. Risk Manager, Compliance Officer, Director). Educates, promotes and evaluates appropriate use of chain of command by staff. Acts as a role model/mentor. Adheres to ANA Code of Ethics. Complies with hospital policies and with Nurse Practice Act. Active in Reach Out THR and other community activities. Makes appropriate referrals to Peer Review. Participates in 360 degree evaluations. Creates development plan that identifies and addresses areas of needed growth. Completes reports in a timely manner. Utilizes various resources for development.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Required

Experience: 3 Years Experience as a registered nurse with previous experience as a charge nurse or similar leadership role (i.e., charge nurse, committee chair, preceptor, supervisor) Required. NICU Experience Strongly Preferred. Supervisory or Managerial Experience a Plus.

Licenses and Certifications: RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required. BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required. NRP - Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 Days of hire Required. CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually within 90 Days of hire Required. NRPA-Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 Days of hire Required. RNC-NIC a plus.

Skills: Knowledge of industry standards: organization, theory, principles, and research processes, quality improvement and change management techniques, financial analysis, budget process and planning, accreditation and regulatory standards, strategic planning principles, ability to assess nursing care requirements based on nursing principles, scope of practice, and regulatory standards.

At Texas Health Resources, our mission is “to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve”. As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we’re one of the largest employers in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.