Description This position is incentive eligible.
Introduction Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Director Med Surg today with LewisGale Medical Center.
Benefits LewisGale Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
- Additional options for 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% off 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.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. Come join our team as a Director Med Surg. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!
Job Summary and Qualifications
SPECIFIC ELEMENTS AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (Core Skills) 1. Communicates Effectively and Builds Relationships with all External and Internal Customers.
2. Pursues Professional Growth and Development through Knowledge of the Health Care Environment.
3. Provides Leadership in the Professional Setting.
4. Creates an Environment of Professionalism.
5. Actively uses Business Skills in the areas of Finance, Human Resources and Strategic Planning.
6. Integrates Ethical Provisions in all Areas of Practice.
Exemplary Professional Growth and Development: • Maintains education/knowledge level to demonstrate commitment to professional improvement and also as a role model to the department.
• Demonstrates accountability for development of professional growth:
a. Attends seminars, CE offerings, keeps up with professional journal readings (life-long learner), pursues advanced degree(s).
b. Attains/maintains national certification.
c. Active participation in a professional organization.
d. Active support of community health-related programs/activities.
• Uses evidence-based findings and research in day-to-day practice of leadership and growth of clinical specialty.
Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Self motivated produces work on time and complete.
• Supports and is an exemplar of American Nurses Association (ANA) Professional Practice Nursing Administration Scope of the ANA Practice and Professional Practice Standards.
Transformational Leadership: • Effectively manages the change process to achieve high performance outcomes.
• Demonstrates effective teambuilding skills.
• Demonstrates positive engagement with employees, patients, and physicians.
• Coaches and manages staff performance. Uses the Performance Management Plan (PMP) process to communicate, educate, and set performance expectations. Assures that PMPs are completed on time.
• Using evidence-based practice and research, develops implements, and maintains a plan for the provision of patient care, including a scope of service, acuity and staffing plans. Reviews periodically, at least annually.
• Supports and contributes to hospital and nursing annual strategic plans, Professional Practice Model, Shared Governance bylaws, Nurse Residency Program, educational programs, clinical ladder, and essential Nursing Administrative functions.
• Supports Shared Governance structure through staff attendance, assuring discussion at staff meetings, facilitating a council when asked, and attendance at Nursing Leadership Council.
• Maintains visibility with staff and other clinical disciplines.
• Sets performance improvement priorities and identifies how to adjust priorities in response to unusual or urgent events.
• Assures that all staff has received appropriate orientation and on boarding to practice in areas of responsibility.
• Mentors and coaches potential staff for leadership positions.
• Develops structures to assure effective communication on unit and with other disciplines and departments.
• Works collaboratively with all disciplines to achieve hospital strategic plan.
• Provides opportunities for career development of staff such as educational, certification, Clinical Ladder, or professional association participation.
Quality: • Leads staff in the integration of the 5 Components of the Magnet Model into everyday nursing practice.
• Leads staff in adoption of all Quality Initiatives and evidence-based practice.
• Monitors Quality Outcomes and makes changes to correct deficiencies. Achieves performance within national benchmark of all nursing sensitive indicators at least 3 out of 4 quarters yearly.
• Makes appropriate referrals to the Quality Department when issues arise.
• Rounds on patients daily and effectively addresses patient care concerns.
• Establishes collaborative relationships and rounds regularly with physicians seeking their insight into clinical performance of unit.
• Makes Staff Rounds on areas of responsibility weekly and monthly including evening/night shifts.
• Knowledgeable of all regulatory requirements for areas of responsibility and takes appropriate action to improve/achieve.
• Maintains knowledge and keeps up-to-date on electronic medical record system.
• Educates staff and develops processes to ensure nurse-sensitive patient satisfaction above national mean at least 3 of 4 quarters in all nursing sensitive indicators. Works with all departments to achieve patient satisfaction scores consistently above National Mean.
• Supports and contributes to effectiveness of hospital iMPaCT Patient Satisfaction team.
Works with Bed Management to ensure efficient patient throughput.
• Integrates with Case Management to incorporate Interdisciplinary Rounding on the unit.
Financial Management: • Monitors departmental operations reports. Initiates corrective action, as necessary.
• Manages budget within targets.
• Ensures that labor hours are accurately recorded in Kronos.
• Knowledgeable of PLUS system for appropriate labor planning and utilization.
• Participates in operational and capital budget process.
• Makes recommendations to CNO concerning equipment, staffing targets, vacancies, and programs for yearly budget planning.
• Assures staff has input into equipment need identification, staffing targets, supplies and other needs.
• Assures that nursing department has needed supplies/equipment and staff to operate effectively safely and effectively.
• Manages and updates FPC plan regularly.
• Works with Case Management to improve length of stay (LOS) and other operational metrics.
• Able to write business plans to support capital expense programs.
Retention and Recognition: • Maintains working knowledge of human resources, recruitment, compensation and related policies to ensure compliance with policies, procedures and applicable laws.
• Uses effective methods for interviewing to ensure the most qualified candidate is selected and the process is free from bias.
• Works with staff to resolve turnover issues to achieve reduced staff turnover rates, and improved RN satisfaction to above National NDNQI Mean.
• Works with staff to improve overall employee engagement year over year.
• Regularly recognizes staff for outstanding performance. Participates in DAISY recognition program by regularly nominating all deserving RNs and LPNs.
Supports Patient Rights and Organizational Ethics: • Ensures that ethical behavior is followed in patient care, treatment, and services, and in all business practices.
• Supports the HCA Ethics and Compliance Program.
• Integrates the values expressed in the HCA Code of Conduct into day-to-day activities.
• Demonstrates compliance with applicable laws and regulations . click apply for full job details
