Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The Emergency Department Nurse Manager is responsible for the clinical, operational, and administrative leadership of the Emergency Department. The Nurse Manager ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centered care through effective leadership, staffing, regulatory compliance, performance management, staff development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Nurse Manager provides visible, accessible leadership and maintains accountability for department operations, nursing practice, workforce performance, and a culture of safety, professionalism, and continuous improvement.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Current California RN license
• NALS within 6 months of hire
• Progressive professional nursing experience with demonstrated clinical and leadership competency.
• Knowledge of emergency nursing practice, patient safety, quality improvement, staffing, performance management, and healthcare regulatory requirements.
• Working knowledge of The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and California Title 22 requirements applicable to Emergency Department operations.

Qualified Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field.
• Five or more years of progressive emergency nursing experience.
• Two or more years of formal nursing leadership experience.
• National certification in emergency nursing or nursing leadership, such as CEN, NEA-BC, or equivalent.
• Experience with Magnet, Lantern Award, professional governance, nursing research, or evidence-based practice.
• Experience leading interdisciplinary quality and operational improvement initiatives.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support
• Pediatric Advanced Life Supp (PALS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that sensitive information should be shared on a limited basis and actively takes steps to limit access to sensitive information to individuals who have legitimate business need to know. Ensure that sensitive information is properly safeguarded. Follow all organizational policies and laws on data protection and privacy. This includes secure handling of physical and digital records and proper usage of IT systems to prevent data leaks. The unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential work-related information obtained from any source on any work-related matter is a violation of these expectations.

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization