Manager, Nursing

Manager, Nursing Texas Children's Hospital - Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit Texas Children's Hospital, voted one of the best places to work in Houston by the Houston Business Journal and ranked among the nation's top children's hospitals in U.S. News World Report, is opening an 8 bed Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit in late spring 2012 that will provide an acute inpatient rehabilitation program for children. The program is designed for diagnoses and conditions including brain injury, multiple trauma, musculoskeletal disorders, neurological disorders, spasticity, spinal cord injury and stroke as well as other disabling diseases and conditions. If you're committed to providing the best possible care for children and their families, while working in an environment that encourages and expects professional growth and excellence, then Texas Children's encourages you to join our team. Texas Children's has an excellent opportunity for a full time Nursing Manager at its new Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit. In this position, the Nursing Manager will manage daily clinical and personnel activities and to provide administrative support to the Assistant Director. The Nurse Manager participates and coordinates the delivery of high quality, family centered and developmentally appropriate patient care at the unit level. To qualify for this position, you must fulfill the following requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Current RN licensure by the Texas Board of Nurses Five (5) years nursing experience Progressive experience in rehabilitation nursing and nursing management Certification in rehabilitation nursing (or obtained as soon as eligibility requirements are met) This unit will provide comprehensive and interdisciplinary rehabilitation care for children and adolescents under the direction of a pediatric physiatrist and an interdisciplinary rehab care team consisting of nurses, occupational and physical therapists, speech language pathologists, behavioral and neuropsychology, social workers, educational specialists, dieticians, child life specialists, recreation therapist, music and art therapists as well as a clinical care manager. The interdisciplinary team creates an individualized plan of care specific to each child and designed to promote mobility, communication, cognitive awareness, social skills and self-care with the intended goal of reintegration back to home, school and community. To learn more about this position and to apply, please contact Bree Akingbola at oiakingb@TexasChildrens.Org, or visit http://jobs.texaschildrens.org/houston/registered-nurse/mgr-nursing-rehab-inpatient-jobs