Director of Women Services, Jackson North Medical Center

Jackson North Medical Center
Department:
Women Services
Address: 160 NW 170th Street, North Miami Beach, Florida, 33169
Shift details:
Full Time, Days

The Director of Patient Care Services Level 2 assumes responsibility for the planning, priority setting, coordination, management and evaluation of patient and staff education for the Jackson Health System(JHS). Provides the organization with a positive example of cooperative leadership by maintaining an enthusiastic and progressive relationship with patient care services, directors and vice presidents, as appropriate. Exercises shared responsibility for maintaining an appropriate balance of cooperation, communication, and integration among the departments, faculty and staff to ensure an efficient and progressive environment that carries out a program of quality education.

Provides the opportunity for growth and development of staff through learning opportunities, professional mentorship, research, and other staff development activities.

• Assumes responsibility for active involvement in policy formulation and the overall strategic direction of patient care.
• Assumes responsibility for developing appropriate admission, discharge, transfer, and continued stay criteria in order to reduce length of stay.
• Participates in the development of an effective and efficient care management system for the Jackson Health System (JHS).
• Collaborates to enhance patient care with multi-disciplinary team approaches.
• Participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating the Service Center mission, goals and objectives and assumes responsibility for ensuring that the goals and objectives of the nursing organization are consistent with those of the JHS.
• Assumes responsibility for defining and interpreting patient care practice.
• Develops compatible policies and programs that reflect utilization of available resources and a responsiveness to the personal and professional development of the patient care staff.
• Encourages and provides mechanisms for participation by the staff in the development, implementation and evaluation of policies and programs.
• Participates in the Service Center's strategic planning activities and interprets the role of nursing in the strategic plan.
• Participates with other members of management in developing, implementing and evaluating institutional policies and programs related to the determination and allocation of financial, human, material, and informational resources.
• Recruits, retains and motivates key personnel who will contribute significantly to the desired service orientation of the Service Center.
• Ensures that the services offered by the Service Center are of the highest quality and meet community needs, as well as supporting organizational needs.
• Is knowledgeable about hospital policies and able to present them to others.
• Takes initiative in ensuring that the Service Center has a broadly-based strategic planning program to help it determine its goals and objectives. This plan addresses changes in the environment and the needs of the community.
• Responds adaptively to situations where control is lacking.
• May undertake short-range planning or making immediate selections from existing alternatives.
• Assumes primary responsibility for ensuring that the Nurse Managers of the Service Center are kept informed about public policy and environmental issues and their effects on the Center.
• Assumes responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and corrective action, as required, for the Service Center's patient care budget.
• Ensures that the Service Center has an overall plan for the development and implementation of educational and research programs.
• Shares in the accountability for assuring a strong quality assessment/improvement program which monitors, evaluates, and improves the quality of health care services provided.
• Shares in accountability for revenue generation, cost control, program planning, quality care and the development of all Service Center Managers.
• Ensures that employees respect the rights, privacy and property of others at all times, including the confidentiality of information, according to Administrative…