Nursing Unit Director Outpatient Surgery Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital

The Unit Director/Manager Nursing

• Has 24-hour accountability and responsibility for a direct care nursing unit/area providing a vital link between the strategic direction of the organization and the point of care. Responsible for creating safe healthy environments that support the work of the healthcare team and contribute to patient and employee engagement.
• Provides clinical knowledge leadership mentoring and support to Assistant Nurse Managers and unit staff. Initiates developmental and performance-based conversations and provides opportunities for professional growth. Cultivates interprofessional relationships and maintains high visibility on the nursing unit.
• Responsible for the development of unit goals action plans and outcome monitoring in alignment with nursing and organizational strategic plans. Engages direct reports in meeting strategic unit goals including quality patient experience employee engagement staff retention and throughput metrics.
• Responsible for planning budgets and managing expenses in alignment with cost-saving initiatives including staffing mix and supply management.
• Monitors and evaluates patient experience with services and implements programs to continuously enhance patient experience in conjunction with senior service line management.
• Facilitates professional growth and development including education effective performance appraisal processes developmental conversations and succession planning.
• Responsible for implementation and monitoring of department budgets expense management and engagement in cost containment initiatives.
• Supports facility and organizational mission goals values and scorecard objectives.
• Creates a safe comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and families in accordance with standards and patient rights. Monitors and evaluates quality appropriateness and safety of care provided by the department and implements solutions for quality and patient safety opportunities.
• Responsible for employee recognition activities and developing retention strategies to promote a positive work environment. Activities include staff and patient rounding and maintaining high visibility.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory licensure and accrediting standards including The Joint Commission CLIA COLA OSHA AAAHC and others as applicable.
• Provides day-to-day leadership for successful implementation of departmental goals and objectives including throughput patient experience rounding employee engagement quality monitoring budget planning and expense management.
• Communicates organizes prioritizes leads facilitates coaches and problem-solves with reporting staff to ensure goals and objectives are met.
• Collaborates with other department leaders to implement new healthcare services and performance improvement initiatives and positively represents Carilion Clinic at public and professional meetings.
• May provide direct patient care or assist employees in overall patient care activities.
• Responsible for overseeing day-to-day department operations and managing departmental functions and resources in a collaborative and participative manner to optimize service performance.
• Coordinates resources to provide adequate staffing for the department. Demonstrates effective team building and leadership skills. Establishes day-to-day priorities directs staff assignments and facilitates team problem-solving processes.
• Facilitates professional growth and development through education and effective performance appraisal processes.
• Responsible for employee recognition activities and developing retention strategies that promote a positive work environment.

Other Minimum Qualifications: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Self-motivated individual. Aptitude for detailed record keeping. Communications: Communicates with patients patients family members and members of the healthcare team. Confidentiality: Accesses enters and/or updates confidential patient healthcare information as a regular responsibility of the job. Judgment: Ability to prioritize workflow and make appropriate assignments to others. Follows established protocols. Impact is department/facility specific. Age-specific criteria: Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development and assesses data reflective of the patients status.

This job description is intended to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by incumbents in this role. Incumbents may be required to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

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Employee pay is based on a variety of factors including qualifications credentials education and prior work experience. The compensation range does not include benefits or pension plan.

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