Clinical Manager Oncology Hematology BMT

Position Details

Department: PCH-MAIN | CA 7


Location: Phoenix


Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm

Category: Director/Management


Posting #: 1023599


Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

Posting Note: Join Phoenix Children's as the Clinical Manager for our Oncology Hematology Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT) program, leading one of the most specialized pediatric teams in the Southwest. This leadership opportunity oversees a large, high-acuity inpatient service line supporting children with oncology, hematology, immunology, and blood and marrow transplant needs.

The Clinical Manager provides operational and people leadership for frontline leaders across a large, specialized inpatient service line supporting pediatric oncology, hematology, immunology, and blood and marrow transplant patients. This role is primarily focused on staff development, operational excellence, quality outcomes, patient safety, and fostering a highly engaged team culture. Direct patient care is not a routine responsibility of this position.

We are seeking an experienced nursing leader with a minimum of five years of Oncology, Hematology, or BMT experience who is passionate about building strong teams, leading through growth and change, and driving exceptional clinical outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess a systems-thinking mindset, strong collaboration skills, and a commitment to creating a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.

Key areas of focus include:
• Quality and patient safety initiatives
• High Reliability Unit (HRU) principles
• Staff engagement and retention
• Performance management and professional development
• Operational efficiency and workflow optimization
• Partnership with physicians, nursing leadership, and interdisciplinary teams

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a nationally recognized pediatric healthcare system that continues to expand and invest in nursing leadership, quality, and innovation.


The Manager, Clinical Service promotes family-centered care by subscribing to and supporting Phoenix Children's mission and values. This position manages, evaluates and supervises operational functions and activities of an assigned area by guiding and supporting staff. The Manager, Clinical Service also serves as a liaison with other departments to plan, implement, communicate, evaluate and coordinate patient care operations across the enterprise, while also facilitating quick resolution of issues to ensure excellence in a family centered care environment.

Position Duties

• Clinical Leadership
  
  
  1. Maintains 24/7 accountability for patient care operations. Works with unit leadership and House Supervisors to support unit needs and access to leadership representation 24 hours, 7 days a week.
  2. Responsible for collaborating with colleagues to develop and implement the patient care philosophy, standards of practice, department goals, policies and procedures.
  3. As needed, provides developmentally appropriate clinical care within professional domain to ensure delivery of quality integrated developmentally appropriate patient care; participates as appropriate in emergent situations.
  4. Assesses necessary nursing and technical personnel are available to meet fluctuating census, acuity and budgetary goals. Implements innovative and effective recruitment, retention and onboarding strategies in collaboration with HR and other departments/disciplines to meet unit needs as well as to foster growth and staff satisfaction.
  5. Ensures continual delivery of high quality nursing care.
  6. Assures compliance of The Joint Commission and CMS standards as well as other regulatory agencies.
  7. Enforces adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measures health outcomes against standards; makes or recommends adjustments.
  8. Assumes bed-manager responsibility in collaboration with House Supervisor as scheduled.
  9. Remains current and works towards best practice in nursing management, clinical knowledge and Phoenix Children's policies and procedures. Incorporates nursing expertise by serving as a resource related to clinical aspects of areas of responsibility.
  
  
• Human Resource Management
  
  
  1. Manages all aspects of personnel administration for unit(s) of responsibility including by not limited to recruitment, interviewing, selection of professional, technical or supervisory staff.
  2. Implement strategies to foster staff's high engagement, maintain low staff turnover, and support high level of staff satisfaction.
  3. Assists staff with goal setting; implements continual performance development.
  4. Evaluates staffing patterns/needs; match staff competency with patient acuity.
  5. Effectively manages grievances in collaboration with appropriate leadership and Human Resources, monitors staff for fitness for duty, performance improvement and initiates corrective action as appropriate.
  6. Identifies key performance indicators; establishes data collection methodology; evaluates performance data; responds to outcome measurement findings; complies with documentation requirements.
  7. Works collaboratively with Clinical Supervisors to identify staff performance issues/needs, provides feedback and support to address staff issues requiring immediate intervention, and identifies educational needs to ensure maintenance of established performance, competency, and quality standards.
  8. Monitors/reviews MIDAS safety reports and collaborates with Clinical Supervisors for trends; develops and implements strategies to address drifts in practice.
  9. Assesses customer and patient satisfaction; develop strategies to address satisfaction issues.
  10. Develops and supervises staff through provision of timely feedback and use of appropriate Human Resource policies and tools to facilitate and ensure the ability of staff to achieve highest level of professional growth and desired performance standards.
  11. Collaborates with unit-based Clinical Education Specialist for orientation and ongoing professional development of all staff.
  12. Participates both proactively and retroactively in assessing and reviews quality of care by utilizing modalities such as rounding, data collection through dashboards, etc. and participating in event reviews, as appropriate.
  
  
• Financial Management
  
  
  1. Recognizes the impact of reimbursement on revenue. Monitors to ensure accuracy of room accommodation and procedural charges.
  2. Provides timely review and feedback to management team for fiscal responsibilities of designated areas reflecting optimal utilization of all resources.
  3. Works in collaboration with other leaders and departments to develop, secure approval for, and monitor revenue, expenses and capital budget for areas of responsibility.
  4. Reviews financial data monthly and recommends/implements strategies to ensure compliance with approved budgets.
  5. Conducts ongoing evaluation of productivity.
  
  
• Strategic Management
  
  
  1. Establishes and oversees unit-based goals in conjunction with division and organizational goals/priorities.
  2. Supports the growth of Phoenix Children's; participates in the development and implementation of programs, as applicable.
  3. Oversees all aspects of care delivery, both direct and indirect, for areas of responsibility.
  4. Facilitates, attends and participates, as appropriate, in medical staff, hospital and patient care area committees.
  5. Facilitates a structure of shared governance; support a just culture.
  6. Supports unit based and system wide research and quality improvement initiatives.
  7. Influences the practice of nursing through participation/professional organizations.
  
  
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission
To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision
Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.


We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable