Acute Care Services - Director

• Oversees the development and implementation and assists the Acute Care Manager with staff education and orientation to train and develop effective and efficient staff.
• Works with Acute Care Manager and House Administrator to ensure that enough qualified nursing personnel are assigned for each unit/shift to meet the patient s needs.
• Assists in the interview and hiring process and the employee annual evaluation process.
• Helps to implement quality and safety standards and audit for compliance and ongoing process improvement.
• Represents the Acute Care Services unit through departmental and assigned committee meetings.
• Participates in the developing and updating of department policy and procedures.
• Manage budget and resources for each unit ensuring optimal utilization while minimizing costs.
• Works closely with the Acute Care Manager to understand and manage the correct productivity for the units.
• Regularly rounds on the units and is visible for staff.
• Participates in problemsolving issues and communicates openly with all members of the team.
• Maintain regular communication with the Senior Leadership Team providing updates on unit progress discussing strategic initiatives and obtaining valuable input to ensure the Acute Care division continues to meet its operational and clinical goals. This communication will involve offering critical insights raising concerns promptly and providing constructive solutions for consideration.
• Based on primary staffing needs may need to take a patient assignment or be a resource for staff.

• 5 years or more experience as an Acute Care Clinical Leader required.
• Experience as a Unit Level Director strongly preferred.
• Competency of RN for Med/Surg or ICU.
• 2 years or more experience for bedside RN.
• Demonstrated success with tabulating collaborative work with physicians project management and process improvement projects.
• Experience with a team with a variety of skill levels including new graduate RN s.
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records.

• Exhibits pride of ownership and is customer focused strategically oriented demonstrates teamwork and delegates appropriately.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Requires excellent written and oral communications presentation and computer/pc skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other related software.
• Demonstrated success with tabulating collaborative work with physicians project management and process improvement projects.

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