Assistant Nurse Manager, Prep/Recovery – North Liberty Campus

The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus will open in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility will be home to UI Health Care’s nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.

University of Iowa Health Care presents an opportunity for an experienced nurse leader to join our team. We are seeking a full time Assistant Nurse Manager for Prep/Recovery at our North Liberty Campus. The Assistant Nurse Manager with Prep/Recovery manages direct patient care nursing functions to ensure that health services, medical care, medical/health professions education, and evidence-based practice research programs are delivered effectively and efficiently. Positions in this job family will have direct patient care responsibilities. Efforts will focus on planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving health care operations, clinical and education programs of clinical departments.

Key Areas Of Responsibility Include

• Human Resources Management
• Financial Management
• Planning and Goal Management
• Communication/ Collaboration
• Education Programs
• Collaboration and Embracing Diversity
• Positive Impact/Achieving Results
• Service Excellence/Customer Focus
• Clinical Service/Department Operations Management
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking
• Performance Management

Percent of Time: 100%

Schedule: primarily day shift M-F between the hours of 07-1730. Extension of shift and call per unit needs. Possible weekends and holidays per unit needs.

Location: North Liberty Campus

Pay Grade: 5A https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/plans

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/benefits

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is required.
• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire.
• Three years of progressing leadership responsibilities.
• Three years PACU, Prep/Recovery in OR or procedural setting RN experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, decision making and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency with computer software applications (such as Microsoft programs)
• Demonstrates time management, organization of workload, delegation, attention to detail and thoroughness
• Collaborates and develops effective interpersonal relationships with nursing staff, medical staff, interdisciplinary teams, and other hospital departments.
• Demonstrates effective teaching skills for staff and patient education.
• Professional job-related experience fostering or promoting a welcoming and respectful work/academic environment where people of all backgrounds and perspectives feel welcomed and appreciated; or demonstrated the ability to do so
• Professional nursing certification within one year of employment relevant to position

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in a large academic medical center.
• Leadership and/or manager experience
• Experience in a union environment.
• Specialty certification within one year of eligibility to sit for exam.
• Master’s degree in a healthcare related field

Please attach a resume as part of the application process. 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 Rebecca Beggs at [email protected]

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

Additional Information

• Classification Title: Assistant Nurse Manager
• Appointment Type: Professional and Scientific
• Schedule: Full-time
• Work Modality Options: On Campus

Compensation

• Pay Level: 5A

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Rebecca Beggs
• Contact Email: [email protected]