Director-Nursing Community Hospitals - Holmes​/Lexington

Job Summary

The Director of Nursing for Community Hospitals organizes and directs a team that collaborates with medical staff to ensure efficient patient care and participates in direct patient care as needed. It includes planning and coordinating administrative activities, setting yearly goals, ensuring adequate staffing, and developing capital equipment and clinical space plans. The position also requires conferring with hospital administration on policy and operational issues, maintaining compliance with standards, serving on committees, and developing effective internal and external relationships.

• Minimum:
  Bachelor's degree in nursing and five (5) years of RN experience, two (2) of those years in a leadership role.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor's degree and clinical experience in area to be managed.

Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license.

• Knowledge of healthcare administration.
• Organizational and analytical skills.
• Computing skills, including use of personal computers and related software applications.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.
• Ability to make independent judgments.
• Ability to train, motivate, and supervise employees.

• Organize, direct, and staff assigned areas in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with medical staff and other individuals in planning and facilitating efficient patient care services and patient management; maintain competence to help in direct patient care as needed.
• Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate administrative activities; collaborate in tactical and strategic program planning; establish yearly goals for all assigned areas and implement action plans that support strategic goals.
• Ensure adequate staffing and coverage; conduct interviews and process hiring for department needs.
• Develop capital equipment plans and clinical space plans for ongoing operations and new programs.
• Confer with hospital administration and other pertinent individuals concerning policy recommendations, patient care and operational issues; identify and assist in resolution of problems between staff, physicians, and other departments.
• Maintain an organizational structure and staff to accomplish organizational goals and objectives; hire, supervise, and evaluate staff; ensure compliance with applicable standards, practices and regulatory requirements.
• Serve on at least one hospital or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area; demonstrate core standards of exceptional customer service.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships internally and externally with physicians, staff, CEO, hospital outreach, local and national organization, agencies, professional associations and community stakeholders allowing for effective communication and results‑based leadership activities.
• Prepare budgets and monitor revenue and expenditures.
• Work to maintain effective use of departmental resources, routinely report and adjust scheduling based on volume and utilization in cooperation with medical staff.