Nurse Manager 2, Pediatric Acute Care

Department Overview

Are you a dynamic nursing leader ready to make a lasting impact on pediatric care?

Join OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, the Pacific Northwest’s first full-service children’s hospital and a national leader in pediatric innovation, education, and family-centered care. As part of Oregon Health & Science University, Doernbecher offers an unmatched environment for clinical excellence and professional growth.

Why Doernbecher?

• Verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and Surgery Site
• Integrated with leading-edge research, education, and innovation at OHSU
• Home to world-renowned programs in oncology, neonatology, craniofacial medicine, and more
• Committed to nursing excellence, shared governance, and leadership development

The Opportunity: Nurse Manager 2

As a Nurse Manager at Doernbecher, you will lead a team of dedicated pediatric professionals committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care to children and their families. You will play a pivotal role in driving clinical outcomes, operational excellence, and team engagement within a highly specialized and supportive academic health system.

Your impact will include:

• Leading and mentoring a team of nurses and interdisciplinary staff
• Advancing patient safety, quality improvement, and clinical best practices
• Partnering in strategic planning and unit-based performance initiatives
• Fostering a culture of inclusion, professional development, and accountability
• Championing family-centered care and improving health equity for pediatric populations 

Function/Duties of Position

The Nurse Manager (NM) is a Registered Nurse (RN) who is responsible for operational, human resources, quality, and financial management of the assigned care area. The NM works with the interdisciplinary team to translate and implement organizational and division priorities into the care area’s operations. The NM ensures a patient care environment that supports a safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, productive, and engaged staff. The NM partners with the interdisciplinary care team to ensure the delivery of safe, quality patient care and compliance with administrative, regulatory and clinical policies and procedures. The NM implements quality and safety initiatives, leads process improvement, ensures adherence to hospital and clinical standards of performance, and human resource management. The NM ensures adherence to regulatory standards, bargaining care area agreements, hospital and clinical standards of performance, and human resource management. The NM creates and sustains a patient care environment that supports a safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, productive, and engaged staff.

The NM’s decisions and actions are based on the ethical principles outlined by the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Nursing. The NM practices in adherence with the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice for Nurse Administrators, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing, the Oregon State Board of Nursing’s Nurse Practice Act, and within the context of the Nurse Manager Competencies developed by the American Organization of Nurse Leaders (AONL). The NM exemplifies the principles of the OHSU Culture of Safety Position Statement by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.

Required Qualifications

• Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing.
• Master’s degree in nursing or healthcare-related field, or in process.
• Five years of experience as a registered nurse in a related clinical area of practice or focus.
• Two years of recent leadership experience.
• Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
•  AONL Nurse Leader Core Competencies 
•  AONL Nurse Manager Competencies
•  Experience in complex organization environments.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple conflicting priorities.
• Proficient with word processing,
• computational spreadsheet (e.g., Excel), and presentation software.
• Unencumbered Oregon RN License.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) resuscitation certification.
• Nursing professional certification (within 3 years).

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in nursing leadership

Additional Details

• Comprehensive health care plans. Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents for .9 FTE and higher.
• $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
• Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
• Paid time off- 208 hours per year (full-time), prorated for part-time
• Extended illness bank- 64 hours per year, prorated for part-time
• 9 paid holidays per year
• Three weeks of paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance program (up to 5k)
• Substantial Tri-met and C-Tran discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Innovative Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

All are welcome

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.