Director of Cardiac Acute Inpatient and Telemetry

Director of Cardiac Acute Inpatient and Telemetry

Location:

Houston, TX | Salary: $ - $ | Incentive eligible

Are you ready to manage in a new era as a Director of Cardiac Acute Inpatient and Telemetry? Building a healthier tomorrow is more than a job. Our HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

• Comprehensive medical coverage including prescription drug, behavioral health, free telemedicine, and free Air Med medical transportation.
• Dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long‑term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% discount on HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family‑building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee‑only coverage to full‑time and part‑time colleagues based on income.

The Nurse Director works closely with other Nurse Directors and all interdisciplinary departments to ensure continuity of care for patients on the units. Works with professional and non‑professional employees of the hospital, and with physicians, patients and their families to ensure continuity of care.

• Responsible and accountable for nursing care rendered in the departments, based on the Nursing Process — assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
• Integrates service into the organization's primary functions.
• Coordinating and integrating interdepartmental and intradepartmental services.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.
• Recommends a sufficient number of qualified and competent persons to provide care and treatment.
• Determines and ensures the competence of all staff members is assessed, maintained, demonstrated, and improved on an ongoing basis.
• Continuously assesses and improves the performance of care and services provided.
• Maintains quality control programs, as appropriate.
• Responsible for orienting and providing in‑service training and continuing education for all persons in the departments.
• Recommends space and other resources needed by the departments.
• Participates in selecting sources for needed services not provided by the departments or the organization.
• Supports the mission, goals and objectives of the hospital.
• Maintains and improves own nursing knowledge.
• Maintains JCAHO standards and Patient Safety Goals; stays up to date on guidelines for other regulatory agencies.
• Follows up in a timely manner in response to all patient/family concerns, including communication with the Administrator‑on‑Site.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support.
• Registered Nurse license required.
• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Three years experience as Med/Surg staff nurse, CV experience preferred; one year management experience.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is a 530+ bed hospital where sophisticated, world‑class medicine meets the comfort, care and convenience of a community hospital. For more than 40 years, we have proudly been providing high quality, cost‑effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We opened our…