Director of Nursing | Emergency Department

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Primary Work Location

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

Department

RCH Emergency Services

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Job Summary

The Director Nursing Unit provides clinical and administrative leadership for a department, market, or service line. The Director promotes safe, efficient, effective, and evidence based nursing care delivered within the scope and standards of practice. The role serves as a conduit between nurses, first line nurse leaders, and executive leadership representing and advocating for their caregivers. The Director is accountable to ensure the achievement of organization and nursing division purpose, vision, values, and objectives while stewarding the entrusted resources. Demonstrates ongoing growth and development of self through active self-reflection, personal competency development strategies, and role modeling the “Grow myself, grow my team, and grow Monument Health (G3) Leadership Competencies” to promote our Monument Health vision and mission.

Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:

*Supportive work culture

*Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage

*Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account

*Instant pay is available for qualifying positions

*Paid Time Off Accrual Bank

*Opportunities for growth and advancement

*Tuition assistance/reimbursement

*Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions (extra pay for working evening, nights or weekends)

*Flexible scheduling

Job Description

Utilizes the American Nursing Association (ANA, 2010) Scope and Standards of Practice and Standards of Performance for Nurse Administrators for perform the following functions:

Standard 1: Assessment

• The Director collects comprehensive data pertinent to issues, situations, and trends.
• Collects data in a systematic and ongoing process using appropriate evidence based assessment techniques and instruments
• Uses analytical models and problem solving tools
• Identifies gaps and methods to address or resolve

Standard 2: Identifies issues, problems, or trends

• The Director analyzes the assessment data to determine issues, problems, or trends.
• Demonstrates ability to examine and synthesize complex data
• Promotes the integration of clinical, human resource, and financial data to support and enhance decision making
• Derives and validates the issues, problems, or trends using the assessment data

Standard 3: Outcomes Identification

• The Director identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the situation
• Collaborates with providers and other stakeholders in the identification of desired outcomes
• Defines expectations for attaining outcomes
• Develops outcomes that provide direction for continuity of culturally appropriate care

Standard 4: Planning

• The Director develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes while maintaining alignment with the purpose, vision, values, and objectives of the organization.
• Plans are in alignment with regulatory agencies and integrate current trends, standards, and research evidence.
• Leads the design and development of multidisciplinary processes to address issues and/or achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrates competency in developing business plans, construction plans, annual plans, development plans, and performance improvement plans.
• Integrates clinical, human, and financial resources to enhance decision making processes. Considers the economic impact of the plan

Standard 5: Implementation

• The Director coordinates and implements plans. The plan strategies foster health promotion, health teaching, and provision of educational services and resources.
• Plans are implemented in a safe, timely manner utilizing system and market resources.
• Utilizes evidence based interventions specific to the problem or issues and incorporates new knowledge and strategies to initiate, lead and hard wire change.
• Implements the plan using project and system management principles.