Nursing Director Surgical and Procedural Services

Nursing Director Surgical and Procedural Services

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited university (or a willingness to obtain the master’s degree within 3 – 5 years of hire) is required. Either the bachelor’s or master’s degree must be in Nursing. Degree will be verified.
• Three (3) years of nursing leadership is required.
• A Montana RN License is required.
• Basic Life Support certification (BLS) for healthcare providers is required.
• Must have two (2) years clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and direct day-to-day operations and in Surgical Services at St. Vincent Regional Hospital.
• Develop the strategic planning process, standards of care, and attainment of organizational goals.
• Direct collaborative problem solving among interdepartmental disciplines.
• Allocate available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice.
• Create an environment of shared decision-making and professional autonomy by providing input into executive-level decisions, and by keeping managers informed of executive level activities.
• Implement the vision, mission, core values of the Nursing Philosophy of CARING and Intermountain Health’s Healing Commitments.
• Remain accountable for the financial management of designated departments/service lines, which includes the development, implementation and monitoring of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTEs) budgets.
• Provide support and education to department managers for meeting financial goals.
• Model and foster an environment of professionalism, along with ensuring competent and sufficient number of leadership staff to meet department and patient care needs.
• Guide the development of recruitment, retention, and employee satisfaction that keeps high performers in place and maintains focus on succession planning.
• Act as a role model through the demonstration of personal professional development, continuous learning and competency improvement.
• Participate in and contribute to educational offerings and visibility in professional organizations.
• Assure the delivery of safe high-quality patient care through ongoing process evaluation and reviewing clinical outcome metrics.
• Implement clinical program protocols and ensure ongoing monitoring and process improvement occurs to assure goals are achieved.
• Collaborate with departments, physicians, service lines, and across the facility and region on benchmarks and best practices to ensure optimal patient care, along with medical directors and system colleagues in the development and implementation of clinical program goals.
• Participate in professional nursing organizations appropriate to position and service line.
• Assure that processes and programs are in place that supports the achievement of patient satisfaction and service quality goals.
• Act as a leader/mentor for staff in Healing Connections and promote department-based and service line research activities.
• Partner with physicians at the service-line level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals.
• Participate in community outreach activities and supports staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly prefer Surgical Services nursing leadership experience.