Critical Care Nursing Director

Job Description:

The Nursing Director is responsible for providing leadership and operational direction to the Critical Care Units at Lutheran Hospital. The director will partner with the Chief Nursing Officer, along with additional leaders and facility management to ensure optimal patient care, attainment of financial goals, and coaching and development of the management team. The director has accountability for all department rolling up to Critical Care at Lutheran, along with budget management, budget development, supply acquisition, process improvement, and employee performance evaluations. The director will develop goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and hold employees accountable to those goals.

Along with offering a chance to work in a stable, strong, mission-based environment, this role offers the opportunity to experience Colorado’s diverse culture and incredible landscape. You’ll be able to explore abundant outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, hiking, and fishing, as well as stunning national parks and forests, all within hours of where you’ll call home. Becoming a part of the Intermountain team means gaining a family and finding a place to plant your roots. 

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and spiritual well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning. 

This is an exempt, full-time position. To show our commitment to you and assist with your transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and/or relocation bonus when applicable. 

With this position, you are eligible to participate in an annual pay-for-performance opportunity (“AP4P”). This plan enables Intermountain Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The AP4P opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected Intermountain Health Board-approved goals.

The Critical Care Nursing Director will oversee all aspects of the department. The role involves significant physician interaction, leadership and facilitation of strategic and operational activities, along with:

• Oversight of the Critical Care Units at Lutheran Hospital.

• Developing the strategic planning process, for day-to-day operations, standards of care and attainment of organizational goals.

• Problem solving among interdepartmental disciplines, along with allocating available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice.

• Providing input into executive-level decisions, and by keeping managers informed of executive level activities.

• Implementing the vision, mission, and core values of the Nursing Philosophy of CARING and Intermountain Health’s Healing Commitments and Operational Effectiveness.

• Being accountable for the financial management of designated departments/service lines, which includes the development, implementation and monitoring of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTEs) budgets, along with supporting and educating the management team for meeting financial goals.

• Modeling an environment of professionalism and ensuring competent and sufficient number of leadership staff to meet department and patient care needs.

• Guiding the development of recruitment, retention, and employee satisfaction that keeps high performers in place and maintains focus on succession planning.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited university is required

• Either the bachelor’s or master’s degree must be in Nursing (degree will be verified)

• RN License, required

• Basic Life Support certification (BLS) for healthcare providers

• 3 years management experience  and 2 years clinical experience, required

• Highly prefer previous Critical Care nursing experience

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Physical Requirements:

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information,