Director of Nursing - Critical Care Services - Brookwood Baptist

Position Summary

Responsible for strategic and operational oversight of a large scope, service line, and/or complex setting. Accountable for achievement of departments and hospital goals in concert with other hospital and medical staff leadership.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure optimal patient comfort, safety, and compliance with various standards of care, regulatory / governing bodies i.e., OSHA, JCAHO, infection control, risk management.
• Plans, leads, organizes, directs, & evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes
• Facilitates a healthy environment that promotes patient and team member safety, high reliability of processes, and quality outcomes.
• Embraces workplace diversity and participates in nursing organizational policy formulation and decision-making
• Ensures that a continual improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards for nursing and patient care.
• Serves as an agent of change, assisting leaders and team members in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change.
• Analyzes, develops, and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs, ultimately achieving desired outcomes.
• Integrates technology to support the improvement of patient care and workload of team members.
• Responsible for management of team members including recruitment, development, retention, supervision, evaluation, and productivity.
• Knows and practices sound business and operational excellence.
• Applies key financial principles and organizational financial targets to departmental projects/budgets.
• Achieves financial and operational benchmarks by developing capital & operating budgets and monitoring all operational expenses.
• Assures development, implementation, and evaluation of evidenced based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, organizational and national practice standards.
• Demonstrates initiative and situational leadership skills.
• Embraces, communicates, and promotes effective change.
• Ensures the customer experience is exceptional.
• Serves as a liaison to nursing administration for team members.
• Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining proficiency in assigned role and involvement in professional organizations.
• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities.
• Upholds self and staff accountable to comply with ethical principles, corporate compliance, and standards of practice.
• Demonstrates The Orlando Health Way: Assure, Engage, and Unite.
• Holds self and others accountable to Orlando Health's mission, vision, and values.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by the Patient Care Administrator or designee.
• Manages various human resources functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and performance counseling.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of risk management concepts.
• Able to interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age specific needs and to provide nursing care needed as described in the unit/department's policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education/Training

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with Graduate degree in Business or health-related field preferred.

Licensure/Certification

• Current professional license as a registered nurse in the State of Alabama
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Experience

Three (3) years as a registered nurse in an acute care or outpatient setting and one (1) year leadership experience.