Director, Nursing Services - Acute Care Labor and Delivery - Unity Hospital in ROCHESTER, New York at Rochester Regional Health

Job Title: Director, Nursing Services

Department: Unity Hospital Administration

Location: Unity Hospital

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm

SUMMARY:

Directs, supervises and coordinates the function and activities of acute hospital inpatient units. Is responsible for the overall management and coordination of nursing services to include fiscal resource management, human resource management, provision of quality care delivery and exceptional customer service.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible and accountable for established unit/department quality measurements and outcomes. Establishes improvement process changes to achieve established goals and targets.

• Directs, monitors, and coordinates safe, efficient and quality clinical and patient care activities to meet departmental objectives, goals, and benchmarks.

• Responsible for the development, adherence and implementation of departmental and corporate policy and procedures, in accordance with regulatory and accredited agencies standards.

• Responsible for the managerial oversight and performance appraisals of all department staff.

• Responsible to develop and manage departmental revenue cycle, operational budget, long range capital, variable, and staffing budgets.

• Demonstrates and directs customer focused behaviors, develops, monitors, and reports all departmental performance improvement initiatives.

• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge base within identified area of specialty and assures staff competency in clinical care delivery.

• Demonstrates independent problem identification and problem solving skills and follows through on timely plans of corrections.

• Accountable for patient care clinical outcomes, demonstrating ability to work with department Chief’s to support goal development, implementation and mission.

• Responsible for recruitment, retention, development, support and mentoring of all staff roles, promoting staff advancement of leadership skills as well as remedial education as required, and ongoing succession planning.

• Additional responsibilities may be aligned by the business to meet operational needs as appropriate.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• BSN required.

• Minimum of three years acute clinical experience.

• Registered in NYS as a Registered Professional Nurse.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters degree preferred in Nursing or Healthcare related field.

• National Certification in defined specialty preferred.

• Previous clinical experience in defined specialty required.

EDUCATION:

• BS: Nursing (Required)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA)American Heart Association (AHA)American Heart Association (AHA)
• RN - Registered Nurse - New York State Education Department (NYSED)New York State Education Department (NYSED)New York State Education Department (NYSED)

PAY RANGE: $115,000.00 - $160,000.00

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for successful applicants. It may be modified in the future. Pay is determined by factors including experience, clinical licensure date, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.