Director of Nursing - Genesys Hospital

Responsible for the direction, leadership, and support of operational, financial, programmatic, continuous improvement and personnel activities for inpatient care provided at Genesys Hospital. Responsible for directing patient flow and care coordination through optimizing day-to-day operations, budgeting, financial management, and human resource management.

Areas of direct oversight and responsibility include intensive care, telemetry and step-down units, inpatient nursing, nursing assistants, unit secretaries, and includes establishing, meeting and continuously monitoring goals and objectives for areas of responsibility while maintaining alignment with system strategic goals and objectives.

Works closely with a variety of stakeholders, coordinating the activities of patient flow throughout a patient's stay and discharge to home or other outside facility. Provides coaching (e.g. teaching, leading and mentoring team members in continuous process improvement) and interacting with physicians, mid-level providers, team members, patients and family members, and other leaders at Genesys Hospital to identify and support improvement efforts toward performance excellence. Serves as the programmatic and operational leader for inpatient care and works closely with other leaders.

Responsibilities:

• Develops departmental goals and objectives consistent with medical, administrative, legal and ethical requirements of the health care delivery system.

• Directs clinical activities, including patient assessment, care plan development, service level determination, patient visits, and complaint management.

• Prepares and monitors budget(s) and ensures that the assigned nursing area operates within allocated funds.

• Coordinates and directs internal and externally driven audits.

• Works collaboratively with physicians, administration and directors to develop streamlined operations where equipment, supplies and staff are utilized efficiently and resourcefully.

• Removes obstacles to achieving clinical quality, service excellence and financial effectiveness targets.

• Conducts hiring, training, directing, development and evaluation of staff.