Director - Emergency / ICU

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Lower Bucks Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

 

Lower Bucks Hospital is a community hospital, serving the Lower Bucks County region with medical, surgical, and emergency care. Located in historic Bristol, Pennsylvania, the Hospital is well-known for its knowledgeable medical staff, including cardiology, orthopedics, radiology, wound care, and general surgery. The hospital has more than 200 physicians on staff, as well as another 700 employees.

 

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Responsibilities

Director of Emergency Department is a Registered Nurse who assumes 24 hour administrative responsibility for the management and coordination of all Emergency Care Nursing Service functions. Supervises, assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the delivery of patient care. Develops and implements departmental plans including performance improvement activities and compliance with current regulations. Assumes 24 hour accountability for the ED department. Supervises and evaluates all personnel assigned to the ED and effectively utilizes nursing personnel, time responsibilities for the ED and is directly accountable to the CNO or Administrator. Consults and communicates with staff, physicians and administration both written and verbally on nursing issues and interpretation of hospital policies to ensure patient needs are met. Interacts with outside agencies, patients and patients' families/significant other(s) to provide comprehensive care. Provides triage and treatment to pediatric, adult and geriatric patients seeking emergency care. Assumes house supervisory responsibilities as assigned, including responding to codes throughout the hospital, assessing and charting, and following through with appropriate documentation.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

 

1. Current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.2. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.3. Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certificate upon hire and maintain current.4. Current PALS upon hire and maintain current.5. Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred.6. A minimum of two years supervisory/management experience necessary.7. Minimum of three years of continuous clinical experience in a clinical/acute care setting.8. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required for all new hires after 1/11/2021.

Facility Specific Requirements (facility may require items listed below):

 

1. Non-OB facilities: NRP certificate within 30 days upon hire and maintain current.