The Director Clinical Inpatient Unit oversees Neurosciences unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization’s goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success. Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for assigned unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment, which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees assigned department or functional area to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization’s goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success.
• Ensures use of guidelines, standards and evidence-based practice in care delivery, producing quality patient outcomes and a safe patient environment.
• Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.
• Serves as a physician liaison and primary information resource/contact for the unit. Ensures compliance with the unit plan for physician satisfaction.
• Maintains and monitors budgetary standards and utilizes resources effectively and appropriately.
• Monitors patient/physician satisfaction and seeks ways to improve by ensuring continuous implementation of evidence-based practices to include, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversations.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN)
• One year of leadership experience and two years of acute care nursing experience. (Leadership experience may include RN Unit Supervisor role, dedicated charge nurse or Assistant Nurse Manager or equivalent role)
• BLS Certification through the American Heart Association. ACLS required for Emergency Department, Critical Care and Procedural areas. Specialty certification in Neurosciences or in Nursing Administration.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $130,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities

Experience:

• Leadership: 1 year (Required)
• Acute Care: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Falls Church, VA (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Falls Church, VA: Relocate with an employer provided relocation package (Required)

Work Location: In person