What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Nursing, Intensive Care & Progressive Care Units position at Inova Health System?
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is seeking an experienced Clinical Director to manage our Intensive Care & Progressive Care Units.
The ICU & PCU Director oversees assigned units to ensure they are 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.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Nursing at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Director, Nursing, ICU & PCU 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
Director, Nursing, ICU & PCU Minimum Requirements:
- 1 year of leadership experience (leadership experience may include RN Unit Supervisor Role, dedicated charge nurse or Assistant Nurse Manager or equivalent role)
- 2 years of acute care nursing experience
- Education - Bachelors Degree in Nursing
- Certification - BLS & ACLS via American Heart Association
- Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse
Preferred Qualifications:
- Critical care experience is highly preferred
- Masters degree
- Experience mentoring and developing teams
- Experience leading teams 100 FTEs
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