Clinical Director - Emergency Department

About the role

Description Summary: Manages the nursing services and staff for a department; ensures quality and full compliance with relevant policies and standards.

What you'll do

• Implementing and monitoring programs and practices for the delivery of safe and efficient quality nursing care for patients and their families
• Ensuring consistent application of nursing services policies and standards throughout the organization
• Monitoring patient outcomes and quality and effectiveness of nursing care
• Overseeing performance of teams; identifying and addressing staff training and development needs
• Apprising medical staff, department heads, and administrators in matters related to nursing service and strategies
• Standard I: Financial Management Recognizes the impact of reimbursement on revenue
• Understands the relationship between values-based purchasing and quality outcomes with revenue and reimbursement
• Creates, monitors, and analyzes a budget; explaining variance
• Conducts ongoing evaluation of productivity, forecasting future revenue and expenses
• Documents capital appropriations and project authorizations
• Standard II. Human Resources Management Evaluates and specifies the critical resources required to accomplish the team's objectives
• Initiates requests for required resources based on staff competency with patient acuity
• Allocates team resources responsibly and equitably within the scope of labor laws
• Calculates resource usage to set a baseline for comparison
• Discovers opportunities to improve resource utilization
• Implements changes in role consistent with scope of practice
• Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow
• Resolves conflicts in a wide variety of situations, such as workload allocation, schedule overlap etc.
• Adjusts management and personal style to fit the needs of different people and different situations
• Explores motivational factors and tailors motivational efforts to individual needs and situations for the department
• Conducts evaluations on personnel performance at the work place and recommends improvement plans
• Coaches others on operating personnel management systems and their processes
• Standard III. Relationship Management and Influencing Behaviors Situation Management Identifies issues that require immediate attention
• Applies principles of crisis management to handle situations as necessary
• Manages conflict Promotes team dynamics
• Mentors and coaches staff
• Promotes Professional Management Promotes and encourages stress management
• Encourages participation in professional action
• Principles of self-awareness
• Fosters a healthy work environment

What you'll bring

• Education/Skills Bachelor's Degree Experience Minimum of 3-5 years of clinical patient care experience in a relevant setting
• Minimum of 2 years of healthcare leadership
• Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications RN License in state of employment or compact BLS Work Schedule: 8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday Work Type: Full Time