Ambulatory Nurse Manager (RN)- Cardiac Device

Position Title

Ambulatory Nurse Manager (RN)- Cardiac Device

Medical Pavilion

Position Summary / Career Interest

The Ambulatory Nurse Manager for the Cardiac Device Program provides clinical, operational, and administrative leadership for the cardiac device team across ambulatory and inpatient settings. This role oversees the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care for patients with implanted cardiac devices, ensuring safe, efficient workflows related to device interrogation, reprogramming, and remote monitoring. The Nurse Manager is responsible for managing cardiac device services across all health system locations and Cardiovascular Medicine (CVM) clinic settings, including Olathe and Liberty, ensuring standardized practices and consistent care delivery across sites.

This role supervises and develops nursing and technical staff specializing in cardiac device management while promoting clinical excellence, patient safety, and regulatory compliance. This position coordinates multidisciplinary collaboration across services including Electrophysiology, General Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Imaging, Perioperative Services, Primary Care, and inpatient teams to optimize patient outcomes and continuity of care. The Ambulatory Nurse Manager leads program development, standardization of device workflows, and integration of new technologies and best practices.

Responsibilities include oversight of remote transmission management, device-related care coordination during procedures and imaging, and ensuring appropriate triage and response to device alerts. This role partners with physician leadership and administration to drive quality improvement initiatives, achieve operational efficiency, and support strategic growth of the cardiac device program while fostering a culture of accountability, professional development, and patient-centered care.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

Achieve business and organization goals, visions and objectives. Manages the delivery of nursing care and practice of professional nursing for non-hospitalized patients (ambulatory population) within a specified department, procedural area, and/or infusion area. Collaborates with liaison departments in maintaining patient care standards utilizing evidence based practice as applicable.

Participates in clinical nursing research and supports The University of Kansas Health System research activities. Assists with front and back office as needed to Identify and resolves issues affecting patient flow and the delivery of care. Manages operation of assigned areas by analyzing personnel structure, determining staffing needs, monitoring productivity, and providing direction that reflects patient and family needs across the continuum of care to achieve desired outcomes.

Provides supervision, evaluates performance, conducts selection and termination process. Ensures clinical team works at top of licensure / responsibility. Actively promotes staff and self-development.

Develops and maintains department related patient care standards through continuous quality improvement. Develops quality and safety initiatives to provide highest level of care. Oversees development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure efficient, effective, evidence-based delivery of health services.

Assess the environment and make recommendations to ensure optimal patient comfort, safety and compliance with various regulatory bodies (OSHA, JCAHO, etc.) Fosters patient and employee satisfaction. Promotes shared decision making with input from staff. Assists in the development and monitoring of the budget.

Approves purchases, establishes and revises inventory quotes. Collaborate with nursing colleagues in ambulatory care to promote optimal utilization of nursing resources among the various clinics. Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor Degree Nursing High School Graduate 5 or more years of clinical experience in practice area.

Preferred Education and Experience

Master Degree Nursing 1 or more years of nursing leadership. 2 or more years of management experience.

Required Licensure and Certification

Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing - in state in which you live OR Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing - active with multistate in progress with proof of application Must have current active multistate state Register Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live. Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multistate state RN license from the state in which they live by 4/30/2026. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) or obtained within 14 days of hire.

Preferred Licensure and Certification

Nursing Professional Development Certification (NPD-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Professional Nursing Certification

Time Type

Full time

Job Requisition ID

R-54602

Important information for you to know as you apply

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion .

The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu .

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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