Mary Elizabeth - Director of Nursing Emergency Services

Responsible for directing planning coordinating monitoring and evaluating nursing care and patient outcomes. Responsible for resource management policy and program development and fiscal management. Some may be responsible for 24/7 operations of a particular department/unit.

1. Design directs and oversees nursing practice for delivery of services to patients and families.
2. Direct personnel actions related to areas of responsibility including but not limited to hiring performance management staff development disciplinary action etc. Oversee recruitment and performance management for nursing leaders within scope of responsibility.

3. Formulates and implements hospital and departmental goals for assigned areas. Integrates goals with overall hospital strategies objectives and plans.

4. Serves as resource in area of expertise within the facility. Maintains effective working relationships communication and collaborative decision making with members of the medical staff other departments leadership staff employees community and others.

5. Provides leadership and effective personnel management by maintaining and evaluating employee performance and attendance and providing opportunities for staff development.

6. Promotes and communicates the culture values and commitment of UofL Health through programs that ensure provision of high quality levels of service excellence.

7. Maintain a spirit of inquiry utilizing nursing evidencedbased practice findings and research methodologies to improve the care delivered.

8. Develops base staffing patterns for each area and ensures availability of sufficient qualified nursing staff to meet patient care needs while maintaining productivity.

9. Performs duties as administrator on call as needed.
10. Participates in community activities on behalf of the hospital. Assists in community health events and education as needed.

11. Responsible for delivery of quality care and ongoing quality improvement efforts. Assists with quality management hospital wide. Monitors patient outcomes and develops corrective action as needed.

12. Supervises employees to ensure quality work.

13. Develop and support a shared governance structure. Assure staff participation in department and organizational nursing structures.

14. Maintain an active leadership role in support of UofL Health nursing committees and program development.

15. Current knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
16. Partner with Finance in preparation of annual budgets; evaluates budget variances regularly. Ensures that supply inventories are adequately maintained in order to provide quality and continuity of care.

17. Leads the organization in maintaining and achieving licensure regulatory and accreditation standards.

Skills Knowledge or Abilities
Demonstrates skill in critical thinking diplomacy and relationship building.
Highly developed communication skills successfully demonstrated in effectively working with a wide variety of people in both individual and group settings. Maintains confidentiality.

Demonstrates problemsolving and inductive reasoning skills which manifest themselves in creative solutions to operational issues.

Exhibits a consistent commitment to continuous quality improvement.
Demonstrates the ability to appropriately assign to subordinates work that is commensurate with their abilities and role in the organization.

Provides leadership as indicated by the ability to get individuals or groups to accomplish a task or accept an idea.

Organizes and manages work to achieve results and tracks performance so that problems are detected early or prevented entirely.

Demonstrates the ability to maintain stable performance under stressful conditions.
Provides consistent evidence of ability to effectively work in a matrix organization.
Demonstrates interest in employee development and ability in interpersonal communication exhibiting sensitivity to employee needs and cultural competence.

Project management including planning and organization of resources to move a specific task process department or service line toward completion. Will assist with definition of goals and objectives of the project and determines when the various project components are to be completed and by whom.

Set and manage expectations.

Education:

• Masters Degree in Nursing Administration Education or other Leadership field (required)
• If Masters Degree in other discipline outside of Nursing then Bachelors Degree in Nursing (required)
• PhD or DNP in Nursing (preferred)

Experience:

• Seven 7 years of experience as an RN (required)
• Five 5 years of leadership experience (required)

Licensure:

• Active Kentucky Registered Nurse License or compact license with privileges to work in Kentucky (required)

Certification:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)

National Nursing Certification in Field of Specialty completed within 1 year of hire date (required)