Nursing Services Senior Director

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Nursing Services Senior Director (Ambulatory Care Services: Surgical Centers)
The candidate will Provides professional nursing leadership and administrative direction with and through nursing supervisors for the practice of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses and others involved in clinical patient services in the Ambulatory Care Perioperative unit(s). Participates as a member of a leadership team in Ambulatory Care Services and in planning and coordinating care delivery for ACS patients. Provides and continually improves health care services, education and research in support of the mission and goals of the Health System. Ensures that processes meet or exceed regulatory and professional standards. Supervises the quality of nursing and clinical assistive staff services provided to patients in Ambulatory Care Services within the Surgical Centers. Initiates policies, program planning, and evaluation related to Ambulatory Care Services in the Surgical Centers. Maximizes patient and staff satisfaction within human systems and material resources. Will responsible to the Chief Nursing Officer, Ambulatory Care Services and the Corporate Director of Perioperative Services, also works collaboratively with the Medical Director of the Ambulatory Care unit(s) for operation of the units, and with the ACS administrators, medical leads, and operations supervisors. Collaborates with UMHS leaders to integrate the standards and quality improvement for perioperative services. Supports the alignment of UMSN with ACS processes, practices for education of students, faculty practice, and research, as appropriate. Will responsible for the management and nursing leadership functions of nursing services, including Clinical Directors, and supervisors for Ambulatory Care Perioperative Services along with duel reporting of CSPD Manager and supervisors along with the System Manager for Sterile Processing. Responsible for clinical competence for regular and temporary employees and Licensed Practical Nurses, and the professional practice of all levels of Registered Nurses. Collaborates with medical leads, administrators, and operations managers in the administrative and functional supervision of nursing and clinical assistive staff. Will directs the recruitment, interviewing and selection of all levels of nurses, staff in Patient and Family Support Services, and clinical assistive personnel. Works collaboratively with leadership teams in the hiring process. Oversees and is accountable for staffing and scheduling of nursing and clinical assistive staff. Assists Medical Director and/or medical leads, Administrator and/or unit managers in determining adequate complements of staff, scope of staff roles and appropriate workload. Manages or facilitates relief staffing for the Ambulatory Care Services units. Will oversees and provides supervision, counsel, discipline, and performance evaluation of clinical nursing directors and nursing supervisors, nursing and clinical assistive staff, with feedback from administrators, clinical directors, medical staff and operations managers. Will oversees the professional development of nurses and the development and training in clinical skills of all nursing and clinical assistive staff. Provide leadership for the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of nursing practice and for interdisciplinary clinical guidelines, using best evidence. Collaborates with nursing management of satellite sites who provide care to perioperative patients, ensuring that orientation and competency plans are shared and assistance provided as appropriate. In collaboration with other members of the ACU leadership team, identify and plan for staffing consistent with the needs of the patient population and budgetary requirements, and appropriate to the scopes of a variety of roles. Participate in and coordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of multi-disciplinary patient care activities and programs. Work collaboratively with medical directors and leads, and administrative and operations managers, to identify and resolve unit operational problems and process improvements. Provides leadership, assists and advises with the Medical Director, Administrator, medical leads and operations managers in satisfying other regulatory standards. Will represent nursing services in inter-unit planning and problem-solving regarding patient care. Plan, coordinate and evaluate LEAN initiatives and other quality improvement activities. Will interpret and implement Hospital and University policies and procedures. Will facilitate the education of health sciences students. Evaluate and manage clinical equipment and recommend necessary expenditures. Will assure compliance with affirmative action, regulatory, legal, patient care and safety programs.

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