Program Manager jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA
Program Manager coordinates and monitors the scheduling, pricing, and technical performance of company programs. Negotiates and prepares contracts by considering the financial conditions, resources, and contractual requirements. Being a Program Manager develops new business and expands product line. Ensures adherence to master plans and schedules, develops solutions to program problems, and directs work of incumbents assigned to program from various departments. Additionally, Program Manager ensures projects are completed on time and within budget. Acts as advisor to program team regarding projects, tasks, and operations. Prepares proposals to win new programs. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a department head. The Program Manager manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be a Program Manager typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1 - 3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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- Adult Dialysis Program - Jobs@UIOWA Careers
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Iowa, IA
FULL_TIME
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The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seeking a Nurse Manager to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Department Administrator and Department of Nursing Director.
Position Specific Summary:
The Nurse Manager provides managerial and clinical leadership for the Dialysis Program to assure that all staff provide safe clinical care and have the education, methods, and resources to accomplish their performance objectives. Positions in this job family usually have limited involvement in direct patient care and focus their efforts on planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving health care operations, clinical education programs and research programs of clinical and health service departments. However, this position may periodically need to assume some direct patient care responsibilities to support the staff and programs.
Key Areas of Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:
- Human Resources Management:
- Hire, develop and manage the performance of staff.
- Responsible for talent management of staff and identify succession plan strategies.
- Follow and apply leave management policies.
- Knowledgeable of and implement human resources policies/procedures and provisions in the collective bargaining agreements.
- Ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.
- Staff Development:
- Educate and mentor staff in the management of complex patient care issues.
- Provide clinical education and coaching to develop staff competency and professionalism.
- Participate in and support education of health care students.
- Financial Management:
- Assist in budget development; provide projections and recommendations.
- Monitor and maintain clinical operating budget within specified targets.
- Analyze variances and create action plans to take corrective action.
- Understand financial implications of collective bargaining agreements.
- Knowledge of, and ability to apply, policies and practices for planning and administering a budget.
- Customer Relations, Communication, Collaboration:
- Review patient satisfaction data and collaborate with clinical leadership to develop, implement, and evaluate plan(s) to enhance patient satisfaction.
- Ability to meet or exceed customer service needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
- Ability to effectively transmit and interpret information through appropriate communication with internal and external customers.
- Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and civil manner while appreciating the unique contribution of individuals from varied cultures, nationalities, genders, ages, etc.
- Operations, Standards of Care, Regulatory Compliance, Quality and Patient Satisfaction:
- Provide leadership to establish and/or maintain efficient and effective systems to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Knowledge of and ability to manage effective and smooth operations in a clinical service or department by utilizing various management principles and techniques.
- Identify trends and determine quality initiatives and priorities.
- Understanding of the issues related to the decision-making process; ability to analyze situations fully and accurately and reach productive decisions.
- Knowledge and understanding of legislation and regulatory bodies affecting healthcare and clinical research practices.
- Ensure clinical area is survey ready.
- Patient Care/Services Delivery:
- Assess care coordination within multidisciplinary team to maximize patient satisfaction and continuity of care.
- Identify needs, trends, and forecasts to provide quality patient care and ensure appropriate flex staffing.
- Advocate for needs of clinic with healthcare leaders.
- Facilitate multidisciplinary participation in clinical problem solving.
- Utilize unit councils to identify opportunities for improvement and innovative models of care using a multidisciplinary team to impact patient outcomes.
- Encourage staff to participate in evidence-based practice research initiatives and incorporate best practices into clinical operations.
- Able to demonstrate ethical behavior in diverse situations while producing results.
- Allocate resources to meet quality and productivity expectations.
- Monitors patient volume and ongoing changes in patient diversity, acuity, and complexity.
- Planning & Goal Management:
- Collaborate in the development of action plans for the clinical area that meets health care strategic goals.
- Monitor/evaluate goal implementation and provide progress reports to clinical and nursing leadership.
- Ability to utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals/needs.
Percent of Time: 100%,
Classification Title: Nurse Manager
Department: Internal Medicine
Schedule: Full time. 24-hour accountability for units operations. Work hours are typically Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm (1 hour meal break) with rotating on-call for the program, holiday and weekend coverage as needed.
Location: UIHC Main Campus - Iowa City; Satellite Units: Grinnell, Muscatine, North Liberty, and Washington, Iowa. Travel between units would be required.
Pay Grade: 6A https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/professional-and-scientific-pay-structure
Benefits Highlights: Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. Relocation Assistant available to qualified applicants. https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefitsFor more information about Why Iowa?, click here
Education or Equivalency Required
- Master’s Degree in Nursing or related field. If Master’s Degree is in related field, Baccalaureate in Nursing is required.
- If qualified applicant does not have Master’s Degree in Nursing, the applicant will need to complete an advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, or business administration within five years of beginning this position.
- Current license to practice nursing in Iowa or ability to obtain an Iowa license by date of hire is required.
Required Qualifications:
- Considerable (3-5 years) experience in leadership/management roles to include prior experience working with regulatory bodies and survey readiness/negotiations is required.
- Minimum of at least 12 months of experience in clinical nursing, and an additional 6 months of experience in providing nursing care to patients on maintenance dialysis. If candidates do not have dialysis experience, this will need to be achieved prior to officially assuming Nurse Manager position.
- Demonstrates time, management, organization of workload, delegation, attention to detail, and thoroughness.
- Demonstrates the ability to work effectively with interdisciplinary teams by demonstrating excellent interpersonal and team leadership skills.
- Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills to serve as a liaison and to collaborate with physicians, staff, patients, and other consumers.
- Established skills for leading change and implementation of evidence-based practice.
- Demonstrated job-related experience with and/or commitment to diversity in the work/academic environment is required.
- Proficiency with computer software applications (such as Microsoft programs).
Desired Qualifications:
- Considerable (3-5 year) experience working with the care of dialysis patients which includes hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis is highly desired.
- Experience working in an academic medical center is highly desired.
- Demonstrated skills in effective communication, collective bargaining, knowledge of UI and UIHC Policies, procedures, protocols, and regulations.
- Expertise and knowledge for coaching and mentoring team members to reach their highest potential.
- Membership/involvement in professional organizations.
- Professional certification in relevant nursing or clinical area. If no professional certification, expectation is that it will be achieved when employee is eligible to sit for the exam.
Please include a resume with your submission. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact the Nicole Peak at nicole-peak@uiowa.edu.
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