Job Listing: Inpatient Metabolic Program/ Day Hospital Nurse Manager
Duty Locations
1 vacancy - Bethesda, MD 1 vacancy - Bethesda, MD Join us on the edge of discovery. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the premiere biomedical research center for the Nation and the world. The 27 Institutes and Centers at NIH employ approximately 18,000 scientists and administrative/support staff leading the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people's health and save lives.The Nurse Manager is accountable for managing nursing practice and care delivery system for a new 10 bed inpatient Metabolic unit and a multi-istitute Medical-Surgical Day Hospital attending to over 6,400 patient visits per year in the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (CRC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Major Duties
The Inpatient Metabolic Program/ Day Hospital Nurse Manager will be expected to: provide vision and leadership to the patient care staff of a PCU, working in partnership with Institute colleagues to advance the clinical research programs of the NIH; be held accountable for directing unit operations, staffing and budget for a program representing a major research area defined by clinical specialty and research focus, and may include services provided in an Inpatient PCU in the CRC, Day Hospital and/or ambulatory Care Clinics; design and manage a nursing care delivery model to assure both clinical expertise and protocol knowledge; monitor and manage clinical quality, customer service effectiveness and operational efficiency of the unit to assure research support requirements and patient care needs are met; collaborate with Institute and administrative colleagues to create and maintain aneffective system for PCU-based decision-making and communications (PCU Governance); create recruitment, competency assessment, and educational strategy for unit. Serves as the accountable supervisor for all hiring / personnel actions; create unit-based roles (e.g. unit based education coordinator, core team leader for cross coverage, etc) as needed to support the varied programs on the unit. Manages PCU annual operating budget for personnel, supplies and small equipment.
Provides justification for variances in expected performance; represent NIH and Nursing and Patient Care Services at community and professional organization events.
How to Apply
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1. Your resume
Contact Information:
Cynthia Herringa
Phone: 800-732-5985
Fax: 301-480-2190
Email: ccnurses@cc.nih.gov
Or write:
Department Of Health And Human Services
Nursing and Patient Care Services
10 Center Drive, Rm. 7D50, MSC-1199
BETHESDA, MD 20892-1199
US
Fax: 301-480-2190
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Required Skills
Qualifications
EDUCATION: Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
REGISTRATION: Applicants must have active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory of the United States.
Applicants must submit a copy of their current license and/or registration.
Selective Factors:
Minimum of 3-5 years of management experience
Experience in change management, creative leadership, and program development
Knowledge of clinical research is desired
OCN certification preferred
Masters Degree preferred
Previous experience in managing inpatient and ambulatory care settings preferred
Previous experience in Obesity, Bariatrics and /or Endocrine disorders preferredTo qualify based on education, submit copy of transcript or list of courses with credit hours, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Application materials will not be returned. Submit proof of your education with a transcript or list of courses with credit hours, major(s), and grade point average or class ranking. We will be unable to return these to you. You can receive credit for education received outside the United States if you provide evidence that it is comparable to an accredited educational institution in the United States when you apply.
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
You will need to successfully complete a background security investigation before you can be appointed into this position.
Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment medical examination.
Job Details |
Job Location |
Candidate Application |
| Employer: Department Of Health And Human Services | Address: | Contact: |
| Job Type: Full-time | City: Parkville | |
| Experience:Any | State: Maryland | |
| Education: Masters Degree | Zip Code:21234 | Online: Website Link |
Salary and Benefits
Salary Range: 90,000.00 - 105,000.00 USD per yearSalary is commensurate with experience
Benefits
Location, location, location. NIH’s main campus is located in beautiful Bethesda, MD, a stone's throw from downtown Washington DC. Surrounded by world class eateries and shopping areas, a career at NIH has many great benefits in addition to its location. Some of the great benefits that an employee MAY be eligible to receive are:
· Flexible/Compressed work schedule
· Free parking
· Paid Holidays, Vacation and Sick Time
· Teleworking opportunities
· Convenience: A Metro stop right on the NIH campus
· On site fitness center
· Transit Subsidies
· On site credit union
· Cultural events
· Scientific lectures
· On site child care centers
· A variety of employee clubs such as Toastmasters, karate, and sailing
In addition to the benefits listed above, the following links will navigate you to the federal government’s generous benefit packages such as annual, sick, and holiday leave, health insurance, and a Thrift Savings Plan with matching contributions. For more information, check out New Employee Benefits and OPM's Employee Benefits Information..
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