Director Patient Care Operations, Critical Care and Emergency Services

Overview

 

The Patient Care Operations Director of Critical Care and Emergency Department has primary responsibility for daily operations of designated clinical departments. The Operations Director provides leadership to the assigned department directors and managers who are responsible for supervising and assuring patient safety and delivery of high quality care. 

 

 

Responsibilities

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

 

Operations 

 

Assists in the developing and managing the nursing services budget and ensuring sufficient number of qualified staff to assess patient needs  

 

Ensures that continuous performance improvement initiatives are designed to measure and improve the quality of care delivered and are consistent with the organization priorities

 

Works collaboratively with other patient care and support departments, fostering a climate of open communication and mutualproblem solvingactivities 

 

Initiates andparticipatesin joint performance improvement activities 

 

Assists in managing costs by continually seeking data that willidentifyopportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs 

 

Activelyparticipateswith others in planning activities associated with design or implementation of renovation or new construction of patient care areas 

 

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED 

 

Master’s degree in Nursing or BS degree in Nursing or related healthcare field and a minimum of five (5) years nursing experience, with at least two (2) years in a supervisory or managerial capacity; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. 

RN licensed in Georgia  

 

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED 

 

Two (2) years clinical experience in specialty. 

 

Work Hours:

8am-430pm