Assistant Director of Nursing - Critical Care

Assistant Director of Nursing - Critical Care

Patient Care Admin

Full Time

Any

7a-3p

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607‑bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Assists the Director of Nursing in the day‑to‑day leadership for the operations of patient care areas, which includes the planning, organizing, and coordinating of patient care delivery to meet established standards as well as developing and managing personnel and fiscal resources. Promotes a practice environment that empowers others to provide effective, compassionate and efficient patient care. Works with Director of Nursing and other nursing and non‑nursing leaders to ensure quality services are provided to LMC patients and family members.

Identifies best practices and works with team to implement measures to continually improve patient care. Works with leaders and staff through formal and informal processes to assure compliance with regulatory standards and research‑based practice guidelines. Able to problem‑solve / critically think through complex issues to determine best approach to resolve the situation.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master’s in a healthcare related field.

Minimum Years of

Experience:

5 Years of experience in acute care, which includes a minimum of 2 years of experience in a nursing leadership/management position.

Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional):
Consideration will be given to candidate enrolled in Master’s program with the understanding that degree must be completed within 12 months of entering role.

Required Certification/Licensure:
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina;
National nursing certification in specialty or must be acquired within 6 months of hire into the role.

Required Training:
None.

• Assists Director of Nursing with oversight of patient care in areas of responsibility.
• Assists Director of Nursing in identifying trends and changes in health care delivery and clinical practice and collaborates with staff to implement improvements.
• Assists personnel to accept responsibility with respect to attainment of goals and utilization of resources.
• Assists Director of Nursing in developing and implementing systems to measure patient care outcomes, utilization of standards of practice and hospital policy and procedures.
• Ensures that each department has an implemented quality monitoring plan that measures patient outcomes and practice standards and that improvement action plans are designed and implemented when adherence to standards meets thresholds for evaluation.
• Ensures that members of the staff serve on appropriate hospital committees and PI task forces to identify opportunities for improvement and evaluate and create system enhancements to obtain desired outcomes.
• Investigates patient, family, visitor, and physician complaints concerning services provided, initiates an action plan to resolve the concern and communicates activities with VP.
• Develops, reviews and revises nursing and interdisciplinary policies and procedures to reflect current standards of practice and care. Considers professional organization standards and related statutes and regulations when developing…