Patient Care Manager, MICU - Full-Time, Days

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, University of Chicago Medicine, as a Patient Care Manager in the 9N&S Medical ICU department.

At UChicago Medicine, we bring the world’s most innovative approaches to patients with all conditions, from common to complex. The University of Chicago Medicine is designated as a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center, meaning the hospital is prepared to handle the most seriously injured trauma patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This department is a 24 bed unit split into two sides the north and the south with 12 beds on each side. We are the second largest unit and have a free-floating charge nurse.

The Patient Care Manager has the responsibility and accountability with the Nursing and Medical Directors for planning, organizing, and directing of all activities related to patient-centered care, fostering nursing excellence and the retention and recruitment of staff on a designated unit in the care center.

Essential Job Functions:

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of collective bargaining agreements.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to maintain an open network of communication among staff members, care center and sector leadership, and other health care professionals and departments.
• Communicating with Patients and Customers, Adjusting to Patient and Customer Needs Respecting One Another, Maintaining an Appropriate Environment.
• Uses a broad theoretical knowledge base and the principles of patient centered care to assist in the establishment of patient centered care standards.
• Demonstrates clinical and leadership skills, serving as a role model for staff members.
• Recognizes and identifies clinical practice problems and facilitates solutions.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the budget within established guidelines.
• Schedules staff in accordance with patient care needs and union contracts.
• Provides and supports an environment which encourages staff to accept responsibility for learning as part of the development of their own professional practice.
• Complies with standards and regulations of various licensing, regulatory and accrediting agencies.
• Demonstrates awareness of and compliance with hospital policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an NLN accredited School of Nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing or higher
• Current Illinois RN license
• Charge Nurse experience with demonstrated leadership skills
• BLS Certification through the American Heart Association

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing
• Level 1 Trauma experience
• RN experience in a Teaching Hospital
• Progressive Leadership experience

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: 8hr shifts; Days; Monday-Friday
• Work Location: Onsite
• Unit/Department: 9N&S MICU
• CBA Code: Non-Union