Director Of Critical Care
Nashville General Hospital is hiring a Director of Critical Care for Full-time!
Leadership: Knows, practices, and communicates the organization's mission, vision, and values throughout the areas of responsibility. Works collaboratively with the organization's leadership and medical staff, to set, achieve and maintain a highly ethical, hardworking organization that delivers efficient, quality services in a comfortable caring atmosphere. Develops, plans, and implements strategies for providing safe, high-quality care, increasing revenue, enhancing volumes, maximizing the use of resources, and decreasing costs. Demonstrates critical thinking skills in finding and implementing innovative solutions to problems. Takes the initiative to identify problems and design solutions. Establishes lines of authority and responsibilities within the Women's Health Services Division, clearly defines the duties of personnel to ensure departmental objectives are accomplished and discipline/structure maintained. Holds personnel accountable to their duties. Creates and maintains an environment and climate for all personnel to practice safe, high quality, and individualized nursing care. Continually seeks, analyzes and enhances patient care and services to meet and exceed the needs and expectations of the customer. Appropriately responds to customer concerns; follows up to issue resolution. At times, integrates customer concerns into performance improvement activities. Understands the intricate movement of forensic patients and the importance of ensuring rules are followed by self. Ensure staff understand the rules in caring for forensic patients.
Job Duties: Collaborates with patient care services staff at all levels, inter-disciplinary and other stakeholders. Facilitates collaboration within organized nursing and patient care services and the organization. Collaborates with nursing staff and other disciplines at all levels in the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services. Collaborates with administrative peers in determining the acquisition, allocation, and utilization of organizational fiscal and human resources. Collaborates with the human resources staff to develop and implement recruitment and retention programs for staff. Provides the opportunity for ongoing communication between self and staff. Collaborates with other providers of nursing/patient care within the delivery system for provision of seamless delivery of services. Review unit performance in relation to established goals, implementing changes to effect continual improvement in the services provided. Create service standards from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and evidenced based practice. Standardize services, processes, resources, and practices where appropriate to improve efficiency maximizing continuity of patient care while maintaining professional standards within disciplines. Lead activities related to performance improvement to establish and meet clinical quality goals, effective cost management, and patient satisfaction. Lead the development and implementation of work systems, with a focus on enhancing patient throughput. Implements and enforces processes and policies necessary to coordinate surgical and procedural operations and ensure department-wide regulatory compliance related to patient safety and regulatory standards.
Operational Management: Effectively manages & develops direct reports. Ensures the effective management & development of all employees in assigned areas of responsibility & availability of resources and utilizes resources effectively through standardization of equipment, inventory management, and implementation of effective staffing based on patient acuity, census, and regulatory requirements. Appropriately plans staffing & scheduling. Recruits, interviews, & hires staff in accordance with hospital policies to meet departmental needs; Collaborates with Human Resources to promote an effective & efficient hiring process. Build a cohesive team conducive to staff retention. Determines the need for & initiates counseling, disciplinary actions, EAP referrals & other employee administrative/managerial measures. Develops, implements, & monitors capital and operational budgets. Ensures accurate & timely capture of revenue via overseeing dept charges, maintaining updated charge master & ensuring staff awareness to charging processes. Oversee/Arrange for repair/replacement of equipment as necessary; forecasts 5 yr. plan need to ensure department has equipment to effectively perform. Ensures that all employees possess the necessary competencies to perform their assigned duties; ensures individual corrective plans are developed and implemented as needed. Ensures employees receive feedback on their performance; evaluations are timely and complete in all areas of accountability. Be able to step in clinically if needed to ensure efficient operations & throughput. Collaborates with patient care services staff at all levels, inter-disciplinary & other stakeholders; nursing staff & other disciplines at all levels in the development, implementation, & evaluation of programs & services; administrative peers in determining the acquisition, allocation, & utilization of organizational fiscal & human resources; the human resources staff to develop & implement recruitment and retention programs for staff; other providers of nursing/patient care within the delivery system for provision of seamless delivery of services. Assist hospital administration in the development, implementation, & evaluation of the ICU, Forensics, & Dialysis program which is multi-disciplinary, & patient-outcomes focused. Ensures dialysis has needed equipment & supplies as contracted. Provides immediate patient care concerns to dialysis management team & Quality.
Quality and Service: Review unit performance in relation to established goals, implementing changes to effect continual improvement in the services provided. Create service standards from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and evidenced based practice. Standardize services, processes, resources, and practices where appropriate to improve efficiency maximizing continuity of patient care while maintaining professional standards within disciplines. Lead activities related to performance improvement to establish and meet clinical quality goals, effective cost management, and patient satisfaction. Lead the development and implementation of work systems, with a focus on enhancing patient throughput. Implements and enforces processes and policies necessary to coordinate the operations of the emergency department and ensure department-wide regulatory compliance related to patient safety and regulatory standards. Ensures dialysis as a contracted service is meeting metrics set forth in the contract.
About Nashville General Hospital Nashville General Hospital (NGH) is Nashville's original community-based hospital. Joint Commission accredited, NGH readily accommodates a wide range of needs from emergency services and acute care to ancillary and ambulatory services. NGH continues to maintain its strong commitment to the healthcare needs of Nashville and Davidson County underserved, while also providing care to all segments of the community
Education
Degree/Diploma - Program of Study - Required / Preferred
Bachelors - Nursing - Required
Masters - Nursing - Preferred
Additional education requirements Master's degree or Doctorates accepted in health-related field required or completed within 2 years of assuming the position.
Certification & Licensures
Title of Certification / License - Required / Preferred
BLS - Required
ACLS - Required
Additional Certification & Licensures details
Experience
Years of Experience - Type of Experience - Required / Preferred
3 years - Healthcare/Medical - Manager Level - Required
Additional experience requirements 3 years of Acute Care/ICU and Management Experience Our benefits include:
- Benefits begin on the first day of the month after one full calendar month of employment
- Programs to reduce share of deductible and total out-of-pocket expenses
- Metro Health Incentive Program - Access to high quality healthcare without incurring out-of-pocket expenses
- Short and Long-Term Disability - up to 60% of eligible weekly pay
- Life Insurance - Metro provides you with basic life and AD&D coverage equal to $50,000 ($32,500 if you are age 65 or older), at no cost to you.
- Retirement Plan - eligible up to IRS max limits and includes company contribution
- Shift and Weekend Differential Pay Offered on Nights and Weekends
- Tuition Reimbursement for employee and dependents
- 12 paid holidays - any holiday worked is another holiday banked
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Free Parking for all employees
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