Nurse Manager II (RN) - Acute Care Pediatrics 11
Company: VCU Health
Location: Richmond
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) is
seeking an experienced and visionary Nurse Manager II to lead the
launch of Acute Care Pediatrics 11, a brand-new pediatric unit
scheduled to open in January 2027. This is a rare opportunity for a
nursing leader to staff and lead a unit from the ground up within a
nationally recognized academic children’s hospital. In this role,
you will be instrumental in recruiting and building a
high-performing nursing team, establishing unit culture, and
driving clinical and operational readiness well in advance of
opening day. You will partner closely with nursing leadership,
educators, physicians, and operational teams to execute a phased
staffing strategy that supports hiring, onboarding, competency
development, and workflow design—ensuring a strong foundation for
long-term success. Acute Care Pediatrics 11 will be a 24-bed
pediatric unit caring for surgical patients across trauma, burn,
and general surgery, with telemetry monitoring in both general care
and step-down settings. The unit will also include epilepsy
monitoring services, accredited by the National Association of
Epilepsy Centers, delivering advanced seizure management through
continuous video and EEG monitoring. At Children’s Hospital of
Richmond at VCU, nurse leaders join a mission-driven academic
medical center known for exceptional pediatric outcomes,
innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Leaders are
supported by robust professional development, access to specialty
expertise, and the opportunity to make a meaningful, lasting impact
on children and families throughout the region. The Nurse Manager
II is accountable for delivering high-quality, family-centered care
by ensuring appropriate staffing levels, skill mix, and clinical
competencies. This leader fosters a healthy, healing, and
respectful environment for patients, families, visitors, and staff
while promoting engagement, accountability, and a culture of
excellence. Additional responsibilities include partnering with
interdisciplinary teams to deliver outstanding service; supporting
environmental control planning; coordinating materials management;
and overseeing daily unit operations to ensure safety, efficiency,
and quality outcomes. The Nurse Manager II job ensures that
excellent patient care is provided by a nursing staff of sufficient
number and competency to meet patient needs. Care is delivered in
an environment that is healthy, healing and respectful to all
patients, visitors and staff. The Nurse Manager II job provides
quality customer service to patients of all ages, their families,
visitors, medical staff, clinicians and co-workers, ensuring that
everyone will be treated courteously, quickly and with respect.
This role establishes and maintains an environmental control plan,
coordinate materials management for the department, assist in
monitoring clinic activities. Licensure, Certification, or
Registration Requirements for Hire: Current RN licensure in
Virginia or eligible Licensure, Certification, or Registration
Requirements for continued employment: Current RN Licensure in
Virginia AHA BLS Certification or equivalent Experience REQUIRED: 5
years of relevant clinical experience with 2 of those years of
progressive leadership and/or supervisory/management experience
Experience PREFERRED: Experience in academic medical center
environment Education/training REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in
nursing. Must be enrolled in a Master’s degree program at the time
of application and must be complete within 36 months of hire.
Special consideration will be given for applicants enrolled in
baccalaureate to doctoral programs who will not attain a Master’s
degree and may require longer than 36 months to complete the
terminal degree. If the Master’s degree is not in nursing then it
is required to have a BSN from an accredited school. unless
grandfathered under previous requirements Education/training
PREFERRED: Master's Degree in Nursing or a related field. If the
master’s degree is not in Nursing, then it is required to have a
Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. Certification in specialty area.
Independent action(s) required: All day-to-day operations of the
unit are handled independently. Advice and guidance are sought from
the Director on an as needed situational basis and when there is a
major impact on: activity outside the unit. Actions that are taken
without prior approval include daily operational functions and
leadership, of staff. With Guidance of Supervisor; advice and
guidance are sought for termination of employees, handling employee
grievances, review of annual unit goals and budget, approval on
unit guidelines and procedures and review of staff annual
performance evaluations. Supervisory responsibilities (if
applicable): All employees of the nursing unit report to this
position and with responsibility of 50 or more FTEs; however,
supervisory responsibilities may be delegated as appropriate.
Additional position requirements: Requires 24/7 visibility to
enhance staff communication and monitor staff effectiveness. Age
Specific groups served: N/A Physical Requirements (includes use of
assistance devices as appropriate): Physical: Lifting 50-100 lbs.
Other: Exposure to potentially hazardous and infectious substances
Activities: Prolonged standing, Frequent bending, Walking
(distance), Climbing (steps, ladder, other), Reaching (overhead,
extensive, repetitive) Mental/Sensory: Strong recall, Reasoning,
Problem solving, Hearing, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading,
Logical thinking Emotional: Fast pace environment, Steady pace,
Able to handle multiple priorities, Frequent and intense customer
interactions, Noisy environment, Able to adapt to frequent, change
EEO Employer/Disabled/Protected Veteran/41 CFR 60-1.4.
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