RN NURSING MANAGER- NEUROSCIENCES ACUTE CARE - University of Maryland Medical System

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

General Summary

Under general administrative direction, is accountable for the delivery of patient care services which support the strategic plan of the organization and achieves clinical, financial and service quality objectives, in one or more clinical units or care delivery sites.  This role is accountable for the quality of clinical services delivered for the competency and performance of nursing staff and for designing and maintaining systems to support multidisciplinary team functioning and continuity of services with a product line.  Serves as a key participant in organizational project teams and work groups.

• BSN required.  Master’s degree with management coursework preferred.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland, or eligibility for licensure due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing, is required.
• Three years of clinical experience required. 

Opportunity to be the nurse leader of UMMC's Neurosciences Acute Care Unit. This unit is a twenty bed mixed Neurosurgical and Neurological unit that uses the latest advances in treating both surgical and medical patient populations.  The unit is part of the UMMC’s Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC), one of just three (CSC) in the state, the Neurosciences team works closely with our colleagues from neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, stroke neurology, epilepsy, and neuromuscular disease to diagnose and manage the most complicated Neuroscience patients. CSC designation recognizes our commitment to ensuring that both Neurological and Neurosurgical patients receive therapies that are, research-based, cutting -edge and based on the latest scientific evidence.

Every day the leaders, nurses and multidisciplinary team in the Neurosciences fulfill the mission to deliver exemplary, specialized patient care. Neurosciences nurses are dedicated to the highest quality of compassionate care, distinguishing themselves as leaders, educators, care providers and scholars.