IA-Director of Surgical Serv

We are looking for a full‑time Director to work in our Surgical Services department. This is a salaried position. Work hours will be days, Monday - Friday, for 80 hours per pay period. You will be required to flex to other shifts to accommodate the needs of the departments.

• Provides leadership in the implementation of patient care delivery strategies.
• Synthesizes and integrates divergent viewpoints for the good of the organization. Provides visionary thinking on issues that impact the organization.
• Establishes mechanisms that provide for early identification and mentoring of staff with leadership potential.
• Represents Finley Hospital on health‑related topics and issues through community involvement.
• Serves as a professional role model and mentor to future nursing leaders.
• Serves as a change agent, assisting others in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change. Supports staff during times of difficult transitions.

• Provides for two‑way conversations between associates and leadership.
• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with staff, peers, physicians, and administration to advance the core inpatient business strategy.
• Communicates a shared vision regarding the strategic goal of strengthening the core.
• Engage staff in shared decision making by facilitating unit practice committees and similar shared governance committees.
• Builds credibility with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality, and professional practice.
• Collaborates with medical staff to implement evidence‑based practice and process improvement
• Builds partnerships that support and promote care coordination and case management strategies.

• Develops annual and multiyear capital budget.
• Develops annual operational budget to support strategic plan.
• Executes the established plan through measurement, monitoring, and analysis of resource utilization and adjusting direction when needed.
• Collaborates with the VP of Operations and the CNO to support program/practice changes to continually improve resource utilization.
• Educates patient care team members on financial implications of patient care decisions.
• Measures and analyzes performance from multiple perspectives (customer, staff, growth & development, fiscal, etc.).
• Utilize hospital database management, decision support, and expert system programs to access information and analyze data from disparate sources for use in planning of patient care processes and systems.

• Ensures timely patient flow throughout the organization, monitoring the data and contributing to process modifications and changes when needed.
• Designs safe clinical systems, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Interprets information from evidence‑based nursing literature and research. Use research findings for the establishment of standards, practices, and patient care models in the organization.
• Leads the development of multidisciplinary rounds for the medical‑surgical units.
• Articulates the organization’s quality improvement program and goals. Sets target outcomes that are evidence‑based.
• Analyzes the root causes of variation from quality standards.

• Ensures that written organizational clinical policies and procedures are reviewed and updated in accordance with evidence‑based practice standards.
• Ensures compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act, state Board of Nursing regulations, and regulatory agencies’ standards.

• Minimum Requirements
  • Education
    • Undergraduate nursing degree
    • Master’s degree in nursing, health administration, or business
  • Experience
    • Five to seven years of professional experience
    • Two to three years of leadership experience with evidence of successful change management
  • License(s)/Certification(s)
    • Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work‑related reasons.
  • Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
    • Knowledgeable about patient care and nursing practice across service lines and management principles and practices including performance management and performance improvement
    • Knowledge of Joint Commission, CMS, and state regulatory standards
    • Knowledge of the current healthcare environment and its impact on nursing…