RN Assistant Director of Nursing NICU

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Med Star Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s special care nursery is a level II neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) that cares for babies born at 32 weeks or later, or who weigh at least 1,500 grams (about 3.3 pounds). The special care nursery is led by a team of on-site neonatologists from Med Star Georgetown University Hospital, who bring their specialized expertise in helping the smallest babies thrive, and has a staff of experienced NICU nurses.

• In collaboration with the Director of Nursing develops unit/department goals objectives policies and procedures and ensures compliance with hospital/entity policies and procedures clinical practice guidelines and regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships and partnerships across disciplines (e.g. medicine) and departments (e.g. environmental services) to ensure the delivery of efficient and quality patient care services. Contributes to the hospital/entity capacity management efforts; ensures unit activities and patient throughput proceed smoothly.
• In collaboration with the Director of Nursing develops standards of performance for associates evaluates performance and conducts performance management planning. Initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions. Sets clear expectations for performance and holds associates accountable. Maintains ongoing communication with associates to review programs discuss new developments and exchange information.
• Completes annual performance reviews of unit/department-based associates in a timely manner. Ensures the reviews reflect the individual associate's ability to meet performance expectations and beneficial ongoing developmental goals. Provides associates with ongoing feedback and champions their continued professional growth and development.
• In the absence of the Director of Nursing maintains communication with the Senior Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services unit-based associates Medical Director providers other nurse leaders and personnel from other departments for the purpose of coordinating operations among the unit/department clinical nursing division and hospital/entity.
• Contributes to the development implementation monitoring and management of the unit/department-based budget and to support the organizational objectives patient care standards and quality of care. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility with day-to-day unit productivity and operations. Ensures availability of necessary materials supplies and equipment for safe and optimal patient care delivery.
• Implements approaches and strategies that optimize patient care delivery and outcomes. Ensures effective utilization of the interdisciplinary model of care (IMOC) and associated standards of excellence. Rounds on patients during the shift for the purpose of engagement satisfaction and improvement in the care experience. Investigates and follows through on patient complaints and safety events.
• Supports and promotes quality and patient safety initiatives and high reliability standards. Leads unit-based safety huddles. Escalates care delivery concerns to the Director of Nursing and other leaders as necessary and following the chain-of-command. Takes action to ensure optimal execution of the National Patient Safety Goals nursing sensitive indicators/measures regulatory requirements and other identified quality metrics. Identifies and participates in performance improvement opportunities as appropriate and based on findings.
• Collaborates with the Director of Nursing in the hiring evaluation promotion and termination of personnel within the assigned unit/department as needed. Initiates coaching and counseling of associates. Monitors and ensures appropriate staffing for unit(s).
• Collaborates with other nurse leaders (Directors of Nursing Directors of Clinical Nursing Informatics Practice Innovation Professional Development and others) to ensure associate competencies. Identifies individual staff development needs and provides appropriate resources to meet needs.
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