Clinical Nursing Director (Trauma Burn Unit/Wound-Ostomy)

The Trauma Burn Intensive Care Unit (TBICU) is a Level 1 Trauma Center and verified Burn Center, certified by the American College of Surgeons. It has a 10-bed intensive care unit and a 6-bed acute care unit. The TBICU cares for both adult and pediatric patients admitted to the burn center and adult trauma patients who have sustained multiple trauma and non-trauma emergency illnesses.

Michigan Medicine?s Trauma Burn ICU has received the Silver Beacon Award from AACN.

Wound/Ostomy Services- The team specializes in serving adult and pediatric patients with ostomies, chronic pressure ulcers, vascular and diabetic wounds, surgical wounds and fistulas, and pressure ulcer prevention.

Mission Statement

The University of Michigan Health System improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Responsibilities*

• Develop and implement unit goals and objectives, including establishing practice standards in patient care consistent with national professional and regulatory guidelines.
• Integrate unit goals and objectives with Nursing Service goals and objectives. Advise and assist with the establishment of priorities and institutional program development.
• Work closely with medical staff and other disciplines to successfully implement patient, unit, and institutional objectives. Assist in the resolution of interdisciplinary operating problems.
• Supervise operations of the unit. Establish minimum/maximum staffing patterns to ensure quality patient care. Initiate and implement a staffing schedule that is consistent with care requirements and responds to varying patient activity and patient mix.
• Identify and recommend specific staffing needs and position qualifications consistent with the respective unit objectives and patient case mix.
• Interview and select qualified personnel.
• Evaluate the performance of nursing staff responsible for unit patient care. Make recommendations for merit awards and personnel classification changes. Counsel and discipline nursing staff to achieve unit and institutional objectives, particularly related to high-quality patient care.
• Interpret and implement University and hospital personnel policies and programs and ensure their uniform and correct application.
• Project and monitor personnel budget for the patient care unit. Provide information regarding budget variances to the Associate Chief Nursing Officer.
• Collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines to plan, evaluate, and implement the commodity budget for the patient care unit.
• Initiate and implement in-service guidelines for unit-level orientation and staff development. Encourage and provide opportunities for continuing education of the nursing staff.
• Initiate, plan, analyze, and participate in Nursing staff development programs and workshops.
• Participate in a concurrent and retrospective evaluation of patient care consistent with the hospital quality assurance program. Through this review process, evaluate and recommend changes and improvements in areas affecting the quality of patient care.
• Establish guidelines with the nursing faculty that support the institutional goal of providing the primary clinical environment for nursing students. Facilitate, coordinate, and monitor the clinical experience of nursing and other students.
• Initiate and cooperate in the applied research in health care in keeping with the institutional objectives of maintaining prominence in developing new modes of clinical practice.
• Formulate professional goals and prepare an annual self-evaluation for the Associate Chief Nursing Officer.
• Utilize both leadership and management skills, including personnel management and the ability to perform as a role model for nursing staff.
• Utilize excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborate in a manner that fosters team building and to provides visionary direction for team members.
• Work effectively with administrators, physicians, peers, and subordinates.
• Utilize the change management process.
• Implement initiatives that positively impact patient care.

Reporting Relationship:
The TBICU/Wound Clinic Clinical Nursing Director reports to the Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Emergency, Psychiatry, & Surgical Services, Adult Hospitals.

Nursing Specific Info

If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with nursing opportunities please contact Nurse Recruitment at (734) 936-5183.

Required Qualifications*

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
• Master’s degree in Nursing or Health Care Administration, Public Health, Business or related field (a Juris Doctor degree may be considered). If Master’s degree is not in Nursing, a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is required.
• Two (2) years recent leadership experience, to include demonstrated leadership, management, communication, counseling, problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution and group process skills.
• Minimum of five (5) years of nursing experience with demonstration of progressive clinical competence
• Nurse Leadership certification or completion within one (1) year of accepting this position or when eligible to certify, whichever comes first. Certification is expected to be maintained while in this leadership role. Examples include Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) or, Nurse Executive (NE-BC). Certifications must be recognized by the Magnet Recognition Program and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). See full list

NOTE: To be considered for this position the applicant must have met or will have met all the required qualifications prior to the start date of employment.

RESUME REQUIRED (for both internal & external applicants):

You must attach a complete and accurate resume to be fully considered for this position.

Desired Qualifications*

• Two (2) years of recent supervisory experience, preferably in trauma and/or burn care
• Recent experience in nursing management in an Emergency/Critical Care setting
• Trauma/Critical Care Certification (TCRN/CCRN)
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, including personnel management and the ability to perform as a role model for Nursing Staff.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate in a manner that fosters team building and provides visionary direction for team members.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with administrators, physicians, peers, and subordinates.
• Knowledge of care related to burns and other types of wounds
• Experience with change management process required.
• Experience with Interest-based problem-solving and negotiations.
• Familiarity with the continuous quality improvement process

Work Schedule

Hours/Week: 40 hours/ 5 days per week
Shift: Day shift
Location: University Hospital Trauma Burn ICU

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.
This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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