Critical Care Director jobs in Georgia

The Director of Nursing is responsible for the development and implementation of the plans for providing nursing care, treatment, and services including determination of the types and numbers of nursing personnel necessary to provide nursing care and the development of a patient focused, team orientated culture, working in conjunction with all other medical, clinical and therapeutic disciplines to ensure optimal service and superior outcomes. The Director of Nursing holds responsibility for the quality of nursing care provided. Serves as a member of the hospital's administrative team and assumes administrative responsibility for the nursing in the absence of the SVP Chief Nursing Officer. Has the responsibility for the oversight of nursing standards, policies and procedures, and nursing care provided to the patients. Consults with and advises the SVP Chief Nursing Officer on issues relating to the operation of the hospital. Collaborates with other leaders in the health system to recommend changes in policy, facilities, equipment and programs to achieve the health system's objectives. Responsible for additional non-nursing departments as assigned.

Education
Bachelor's Degree

Experience
Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.

Licenses & Certifications

• Georgia Registered Nurse License or Multistate Nursing License

Qualifications

• Five year's experience in inpatient hospital setting.
• Preferred qualifications includes a Master's Degree in Nursing.
• Two years recent (within the last 5 years) Nursing Management experience with responsibilities including such as 24 hour accountability, FTE management policy, procedure, and budgetary oversight, and conducting disciplinary action.

Area of Responsibilities

• BUSINESS ACUMEN: Understands and applies general business, financial and management concepts. Solid understanding of clinical, financial, quality and organizational drivers of success and how they interrelate. Knows his her current and or potential patients and or customers (both internal and external) and takes proactive steps to identify and meet their needs. Understands the healthcare industry and how our business is impacted by external factors. Develops and operates within a budget. Improves results through business development, process and quality improvement, and cost control. Understands regulatory and quality initiatives such as CORE Measures and Value Based Purchasing (VBP) and how these initiatives affect organization and ensures top performance through direction and collaboration. Utilize data available and evidence-based practice information in planning and decision making. Monitors volumes, outcomes, customer service and payer mix for areas of responsibility.
• CHANGE AGILITY: Learns quickly. Anticipates and prepares for change. Readily adapts to new or changing circumstances. Learns and recovers quickly from setbacks. Is undeterred by ambiguous or complex situations. Takes others' change-readiness into account when planning, communicating, and implementing change. Develops effective goals, strategies and plans for achieving change and establishes a balanced sense of urgency. Energizes others and sustains their commitment to make or adapt to change. Works with others to view change as a challenge and opportunity for growth.
• COMMUNICATION: Listens well. Knows and meets the needs of communication recipients. Is clear and concise both orally and in writing. Organizes and presents material in a persuasive manner. Explains complex issues in simple terms. Is an effective presenter and public speaker. Responds well to questions. Conducts effective meetings. Solicits and provides communication from to the appropriate people in a timely manner. Uses communication technology effectively. Keeps confidences and protects sensitive information.
• STRATEGIC FOCUS: Aligns work with the fulfillment of higher-level goals. Develops clear objectives and strategies for what he she aims to accomplish and how he she plans to do it. Is well-organized. Sets clear priorities, challenging and achievable goals and objectives success measures. Understands organizational needs and allocates time, people and resources accordingly. Effectively manages multiple priorities while maintaining a proper work life balance.
• TALANT MANAGEMENT: Attracts, selects, on-boards, develops, and retains highly talented people. Knows the strengths, development needs and career interests of his her people and creates work and development plans that capitalize on strengths and provide development opportunities. Sets clear expectations and provides candid timely, and effective feedback and coaching. Rewards performance and recognizes accomplishments. Builds organizations with strong, deep, and diverse talent. Makes his her own development a priority.
• ANALYSIS: Anticipates needs. Gathers relevant information from a variety of sources. Quickly processes information to identify meaningful patterns and trends. Uses both data and intuition to identify root causes of problems and novel solutions. Analyzes and interprets data under pressure and in complex situations involving conflicting demands, needs or priorities. Breaks complex problems into manageable parts. Moves fluidly between micro and macro levels analysis.
• Collaborates with other nurse leaders in the system and within organization to ensure high quality nursing care, service and consistent nursing policies.
• COLLABORATION: Develops and maintains positive relationships with co-workers, customers, and other people and institutions important to our business. Leads and participates effectively in teams. Recognizes when a collaborative approach is and is not needed. Shows sensitivity to the diverse needs, feelings and perspective of others. Solicits and demonstrates respect for input and ideas from others - even when respectfully disagrees. Manages conflict constructively. Supports team decisions. Keeps commitments and responds to feedback. Establishes immediate credibility with peers, senior leadership, medical staff and board.
• DECISION MAKING: Decisions are ethical, principle-based and consistent with applicable laws, standards, policies, and procedures. Decisions are well-reasoned and flow logically from the data. Considers alternatives and acknowledges both benefits and risks. Can and knows when to build consensus, seek input from others, or make an independent decision. Decisions are timely and not influenced be emotions or stress. Know when and how to say no and can make unpopular decisions. Takes accountability for decisions and actions.
• Demonstrates the appropriate breadth and depth of technical knowledge and skills specific to his her function and or job description.
• Develops and implements programs enhancing a culture of safety and accountability related to all aspects of patient care.
• Ensure the appropriate types and numbers of nursing personnel necessary to provide nursing care are present and appropriately assigned.
• Ensures compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, State and hospital standards.
• JOB TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY:
• LEADERSHIP: Exemplifies and actively reinforces Tanner's values. Articulates a clear, compelling, and achievable vision of the future. Enrolls others to develop effective goals. strategies, and measures in support of the vision. Inspires commitment and energizes others to drive for results. Takes initiative. Delegates appropriately, ensuring the necessary resources and support are available and personally addresses significant obstacles. Holds self and others accountable for excellence in execution. Focuses both on results and on how they are achieved. Mentors and promotes professional development in direct reports.
• Monitors and appropriately controls labor utilization and expenses.
• Organizes, plans and manages time effectively to complete assignments.
• Participates in and may lead system-wide Nursing Quality Forum
• Participates in meetings or committees: Governing Body, PI Consulting, Med Exec., Infection Control, Education, Ethics Committees at a minimum.
• Provides crises management when necessary.
• Reports questionable situations, concerns, complaints, disruptive behavior or harassment immediately.
• Supervises and coordinates nursing personnel and the delivery of nursing care on a 24-hour basis insuring that all patient care activities are completed as required.
• Supports cultural diversity by ensuring that the delivery of quality, equitable and culturally competent patient-centered care is provided. Promoting and maintaining an inclusive work environment and culture that is respectful and accepting of diversity. Ensuring that cultural diversity and sensitivity training is part of new employee orientation on an on-going basis to meet the needs of the patient population served in the hospital.
• Works to control and reduce turnover and increase retention.

Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.

Education
Bachelor's Degree

Experience
Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.

Licenses & Certifications

• GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE

Supervision

• Reports to SVP Chief Nursing Officer

Qualifications

• Five year's experience in inpatient hospital setting.
• Five year's experience in inpatient hospital setting.
• Preferred qualifications includes a Master's Degree in Nursing.
• Preferred qualifications includes a Master's Degree in Nursing.
• Two years recent (within the last 5 years) Nursing Management experience with responsibilities including such as 24 hour accountability, FTE management policy, procedure, and budgetary oversight, and conducting disciplinary action.
• Two years recent (within the last 5 years) Nursing Management experience with responsibilities including such as 24 hour accountability, FTE management policy, procedure, and budgetary oversight, and conducting disciplinary action.

Definitions

• The Director of Nursing is responsible for the development and implementation of the plans for providing nursing care, treatment, and services including determination of the types and numbers of nursing personnel necessary to provide nursing care and the development of a patient focused, team orientated culture, working in conjunction with all other medical, clinical and therapeutic disciplines to ensure optimal service and superior outcomes. The Director of Nursing holds responsibility for the quality of nursing care provided. Serves as a member of the hospital's administrative team and assumes administrative responsibility for the nursing in the absence of the SVP Chief Nursing Officer. Has the responsibility for the oversight of nursing standards, policies and procedures, and nursing care provided to the patients. Consults with and advises the SVP Chief Nursing Officer on issues relating to the operation of the hospital. Collaborates with other leaders in the health system to recommend changes in policy, facilities, equipment and programs to achieve the health system's objectives. Responsible for additional non-nursing departments as assigned.

Contact With Others
Devotes most of time to intensive contact with key people or intermittent contacts with many people at all levels. Requires maximum knowledge of organization policies and objectives, persuading, negotiating, and planning strategy and timing to the best effect, to gain acceptance of the point of view of the organization.

Effect Of Error
Probable errors in information developed independently which may involve continuing adverse effect on the overall operation and major functions of the organization and a substantial loss of organization funds, organization effectiveness, and public image. Work is not generally subject to check. Full and complete access to highly restricted objectives, plans, and programs.

Supervisory Responsibility
Responsible for overall direction of more than one distinct and independently structured department through subordinate associate or assistant directors. Has human resources responsibilities and authority to hire, discipline, and terminate staff. This position typically reports to an Executive.

Mental Demands
Tasks and responsibilities require integration of diverse functional areas and involve variables that are more abstract. Work is substantially complex and varied, and requires the interpretation of technical and detailed guidelines, policies, and procedures in combination. High-level responsibility for budget, revenues, and/or expenditure authority. Develops strategic direction, goals, plans, and policies for an area of responsibility. Sets broad objectives and is accountable for overall results in respective area of responsibility. Authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance. Requires high degree of independent judgment and problem solving of complex problems.

Physical Effort
Minor physical effort - Job requires person to stand and/or walk frequently. Lifts, carries, or uses lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment less than half of the day. Works in reaching or strained position intermittently. Office or laboratory work requires close visual effort less than half of day. Office or Laboratory work with concentration on a monotonous, repetitious procedure or skill most of day, where speed and accuracy are essential.

Working Conditions
Generally pleasant working conditions/normal office environment.

Working Conditions Aspects For Immunizations

• Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles)

Physical Aspects

Continually (at least once per day)

• Hearing
• Visual

Frequently (at least 3 times a week)

• Typing
• Speaking
• Standing
• Walking
• Lifting up To 25 lbs.

Occasionally (at least once a month)

• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching With fingers etc.
• Feeling (Touch) - determining temperature, texture, by touching
• Reaching - above shoulder
• Reaching - below shoulder
• Color Vision
• Balancing
• Running - In response To an emergency
• Lifting 25 To 60 lbs.
• Lifting over 60 lbs.
• Handling - seizing, holding, grasping
• Carrying
• Kneeling
• N95 Respirator usage (PPE)
• Pushing/Pulling - up To 25 lbs.
• Pushing/Pulling - 25 To 60 lbs.
• Pushing/Pulling - over 60 lbs.