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The Nurse Manager joins the Nursing Monitor Techs department to support the delivery of high reliability cardiac monitoring services across the organization. This role provides operational oversight, workforce planning, and leadership support for centralized monitoring teams and collaborates closely with clinical and technical partners to ensure consistent, safe, and accurate physiological monitoring.

The Nurse Manager, Cardiac Monitoring Program provides daily operational leadership and strategic oversight for the enterprise cardiac monitoring program and centralized monitoring technicians across the organization and HAL locations. The manager is accountable for clinical operations, human resources, finance, and quality outcome management specific to physiologic/cardiac monitoring, including workforce scheduling, performance management, competency validation, alarm/data management, downtime readiness, workflow design, regulatory preparedness, patient safety, and program growth. The role partners closely with nursing leadership, physicians, ancillary departments, IT, biomedical engineering, and quality/safety teams to ensure reliable monitoring, timely escalation, and excellent patient outcomes.

MD Anderson Cancer Center is a leading institution focused on cancer care, research, education, and prevention. The Nurse Manager plays a significant role in ensuring effective monitoring practices that contribute to overall patient safety and clinical outcomes throughout the enterprise.

The ideal candidate brings strong nursing leadership experience, demonstrated competency in clinical operations, and a background in cardiac or physiologic monitoring. Preferred qualifications include one year of telemetry or cardiac monitoring experience, including demonstrated proficiency with rhythm interpretation, alarm management workflows, and collaboration with bedside clinical teams. One year of professional nursing experience in cancer care and experience leading or developing clinical programs, particularly those involving cardiac monitoring, physiologic monitoring, or centralized monitoring services.

The typical work schedule will be varied shifts since this position supervises both night and day employees.
Work Location: Texas Medical Center

Why Us?
This position directly supports the systems that keep patients safe through effective clinical monitoring and timely escalation, offering meaningful impact while contributing to the organization's mission. Team members benefit from professional growth opportunities, leadership development, and a supportive environment that values balance and long term career success.
• Employer-paid medical coverage starting day one for employees working 30+ hours/week, plus optional group dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Accruals for PTO and Extended Illness Bank, plus paid holidays, wellness, childcare, and other leave options.
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service and access to extensive wellness, fitness, and employee resource groups.
• Defined-benefit pension through the Teachers Retirement System, voluntary retirement plans, and employer-paid life and reduced salary protection programs.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Operational Oversight
• Manage daily operations for the cardiac monitoring program and centralized monitoring technicians.
• Align staffing, skill mix, and equipment resources with program needs and coverage across locations.
• Implement and monitor program budgets and ensure responsible resource stewardship.
• Maintain daily staffing plans, shift assignments, and contingency strategies.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding, coaching, counseling, evaluations, and retention strategies.
• Establish and validate role-specific competencies such as rhythm interpretation and alarm management.

Innovation, Technology & Workflow Improvement
• Maintain and enhance monitoring workflows including admissions, transfers, telemetry orders, and alarm parameters.
• Collaborate with IT and biomedical engineering on device integration, middleware, and electronic health record workflows.
• Lead downtime readiness planning, drills, manual workflow safety, and system recovery processes.
• Analyze alarm/data trends to reduce nonactionable alarms and enhance escalation practices.
• Guide curriculum development and simulations for arrhythmia recognition and device troubleshooting.
• Share performance dashboards, close feedback loops, and sustain improvements through auditing.

Clinical Practice, Collaboration & Communication
• Promote evidence based nursing practice consistent with institutional and national standards.
• Identify barriers in education and establish plans for resolution.
• Support systematic, outcome based approaches to patient monitoring operations.
• Facilitate strong partnerships with nursing units, physicians, respiratory therapy, IT, biomed, and quality teams.
• Apply ethical principles to monitoring practices, privacy, documentation, and protocol adherence.
• Ensure staff maintain necessary knowledge of technology and the healthcare environment.

Program Governance, Safety & Regulatory Compliance
• Standardize alarm parameters, escalation logic, and middleware configurations.
• Ensure compliance with institutional policies and external regulatory standards.
• Support device selection, validation, deployment, upgrades, and cybersecurity considerations.
• Lead safety event reviews, RCAs, and corrective actions to reduce risks and alarm fatigue.
• Assist in expansion projects including staffing models, training plans, and go live readiness.
• Maintain accurate documentation and communication standards such as SBAR and closed loop practices.

Financial & Policy Management
• Manage operational expenses and support capital planning for monitoring equipment and systems.
• Identify cost saving opportunities aligned with equipment maintenance and infection prevention.
• Develop, update, and disseminate policies and SOPs for monitoring operations, downtime, transport monitoring, and care related decisions.

EDUCATION

• Required: Bachelor's Degree Nursing.
• Preferred: Master's Degree Nursing or related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Required: 5 years Professional nursing experience, to include one year of supervisory experience in direct patient care activities.
• Successful completion of the LEADing Self Accelerate and/or LEADing Self Discover programs may substitute for one year of required supervisory or management experience. Completion of both programs can be substituted for a maximum of two years of supervisory or management experience.
• Preferred: One year of professional nursing experience in cancer care and experience leading or developing clinical programs, particularly those involving cardiac monitoring, physiologic monitoring, or centralized monitoring services. One year of telemetry or cardiac monitoring experience, including demonstrated proficiency with rhythm interpretation, alarm management workflows, and collaboration with bedside clinical teams.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Required: RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure Current State of Texas Professional Nursing License (RN). Upon Hire and
• Required: BLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire or
• Required: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Upon Hire
• Preferred: OCN - Oncology Nurse Certification Certification in oncology or specialty practice area. Upon Hire
• Preferred: ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification as required by patient care area. Upon Hire
• Preferred: PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification as required by patient care area. Upon Hire

OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Must pass pre-employment skills test as required and administered by Human Resources.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.

This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html