Clinical Nursing Director

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Clinical Nursing Director
The candidate will review and evaluate unit performance, quantity of services, operation and support system and costs, and implement changes to enhance and improve effectiveness of operations. Will be responsible for professional practice and clinical competence of Nursing. Facilitate in the planning, development and implementation of 5A Adult Ortho/Trauma and Moderate Care Surgical Unit goals and objectives. Supervise, hire, train and evaluate staff. Develop and monitor staffing requirements consistent with the needs of patient population and budgetary requirements. Oversee and provide staffing schedule changes and evaluate impact. Manage performance of nursing and assistive personnel including compliance with clinical and organizational competencies. Plan, coordinate and evaluate quality assurance activities and interpret and implement University policies and procedures. Responsibilities: will plan and manage the clinical and administrative operations of 5A, Ortho/Trauma and Moderate Care Surgical Unit. Assure implementation of patient care and quality assurance standards; and to plan, organize and evaluate clinical practice and educational activities in collaboration with other members of the Nursing community. Participate in planning, development and implementation of unit policies, goals and objective and standard of nursing practice. Counsel and evaluate the performance and clinical practice of the nursing staff. This includes staff development programs, unit orientation to ensure compliance with practice standards. Identify and resolve unit operational problems. Represent the unit on assigned clinical area and Hospital committees. Maintain compliance with Federal and State regulations regarding affirmative action, safety and patient care. Actively collaborate in the development of annual budgets; manage and provide variance reporting of activity, payroll, commodity, & capital budgets; participate in the new program development & implementation; work closely with relevant physicians to promote and foster a clinical care environment that strives to deliver the ideal patient care experience for our patients. Provide administrative /management leadership personnel management. Goals and outcomes are achieved in collaboration with the unit Medical Director partner. Work closely with the Medical Director, Nursing Supervisor, Clinical Nurse Specialist and area Associate Chief Nursing Officer to create and support an environment where cutting-edge and innovative care is provided to a continually growing and evolving population of patients. Develop and implement unit goals and objectives which include the establishment of standards of practice in patient care consisted with national professional and regulatory guidelines. Integrate unit goals and objectives with Nursing Service goals and objectives. Advise and assist with the establishment of priorities and institutional program development. Work closely with medical staff and other disciplines for the successful implementation of patient, department and institutional objectives. Assist in the resolution of interdisciplinary operating problems. Supervise operations of the department. Establish minimum/maximum staffing patterns to insure quality patient care. Initiate and implement a staffing schedule which is consistent with care requirements and responds to varying patient activity and patient mix. Identify and recommend specific staffing needs and position qualifications consistent with the respective unit objectives and patient case mix. Interview and select qualified personnel. Evaluate performance of nursing staff responsible to patient care unit. Make recommendations for merit awards and personnel classification changes. Counsel and discipline nursing staff to enable achievement of unit and institutional objectives, particularly as related to high quality patient care. Interpret and implement University and hospital personnel policies and programs and ensure their uniform and correct application. Project and monitor personnel budget for patient care unit. Provide information regarding budget variances to Associate Chief Nursing Officer. Collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines to plan, evaluate, and implement the commodity and revenue budget for the patient care unit. Collaborate with staff and department educator to initiate and implement in-service guidelines for unit level orientation and staff development. Encourage and provide opportunities for continuing education of the nursing staff. Initiate, plan, analyze, and participate in Nursing staff development programs and workshops. Participate in concurrent and retrospective evaluation of patient care consistent with the hospital quality assurance program. Through this review process, evaluate and recommend changes and improvements in areas affecting the quality of patient care. Establish guidelines with the nursing faculty, which support the institutional goal of providing the primary clinical environment for nursing students. Facilitate, coordinate, and monitor the clinical experience of nursing and other students. Initiate and cooperate in the applied research in health care in keeping with the institutional objectives of maintaining prominence in developing new modes of clinical practice. Formulate personal professional goals and prepare written annual self-evaluation for Associate Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO).

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