Clinical Director (RN) of Women's Health Services

Nursing Services Nashville, Tennessee


Description

Nashville General Hospital is hiring a Inpatient Clinical Director (RN) of Women’s Health for Full-time!  
    
The Clinical Director (RN) of Women’s Health Services has 24/7 operational responsibility & accountability for standards of care and service within specified clinical areas/units. This includes establishing, meeting, and continuously monitoring the goals and objectives while maintaining alignment with the strategic goals and objectives for NGH. While the range of duties and responsibilities is broad and varied, the position’s major responsibility is directing the day-to-day operations, budgeting, financial management, and human resource management. The Director works closely with a variety of stakeholders, coordinating the activities of the Women’s Health Services across the organization. The Clinical Director of Women's Health is a vital leadership role responsible for the overall management and clinical operations of the Labor & Delivery (L&D), Postpartum, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) departments within the LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum) model of care. This individual will champion the family-centered approach of LDRP, ensuring high-quality, comprehensive, and compassionate care for mothers, newborns, and their families. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in LDRP settings, a passion for women's and newborn health, and a strong commitment to evidence-based practice. The Clinical Director of Women’s Health Services is also responsible for clinical care delivery, leadership of employees, fiscal stewardship of the department's/unit(s) resources, and the creation of a positive clinical and employee work environment focusing on safe patient care while effectively managing operations.
  
As a RN Clinical Director, you will:   
  • Leadership: Directs staff and services to ensure the delivery of efficient, quality care. Actively supports the organization’s leadership functions and collaborates with other organizational leaders.
    • Knows, practices, and communicates the organization’s mission, vision, and values throughout the areas of responsibility.
    • Works collaboratively with the organization’s leadership and medical staff, to set, achieve and maintain a highly ethical, hardworking organization that delivers efficient, quality services in a comfortable caring atmosphere.
    • Develops, plans, and implements strategies for providing safe, high-quality care, increasing revenue, enhancing volumes, maximizing the use of resources, and decreasing costs.
    • Demonstrates critical thinking skills in finding and implementing innovative solutions to problems. Takes the initiative to identify problems and design solutions.
    • Establishes lines of authority and responsibilities within the Women’s Health Services Division, clearly defines the duties of personnel to ensure departmental objectives are accomplished and disciple/structure maintained. Holds personnel accountable to their duties.
    • Creates and maintains an environment and climate for all personnel to practice safe, high quality, and individualized nursing care. Continually seeks, analyzes and enhances patient care and services to meet and exceed the needs and expectations of the customer.
    • Appropriately responds to customer concerns; follows up to issue resolution. At times, integrates customer concerns into performance improvement activities. 
     
     
    Operational Management: Effectively manages daily operational clinical operations, personnel, and processes.
    • Effectively manages and develops direct reports. Ensures the effective management and development of all employees in assigned areas of responsibility.
    • Ensures availability of resources and utilizes resources effectively through standardization of equipment, inventory management, and implementation of effective staffing based on patient acuity, census, and regulatory requirements. Appropriately plans staffing and scheduling.
    • Recruits, interviews, and hires staff in accordance with hospital policies to meet departmental needs; Collaborates with Human Resources to promote an effective and efficient hiring process. Build a cohesive team conducive to staff retention.
    • Determines the need for and initiates counseling, disciplinary actions, EAP referrals and other employee administrative/ managerial measures.
    • Develops, implements, and monitors capital and operational budgets. Ensures accurate and timely capture of revenue via overseeing dept charges, maintaining updated charge master and ensuring staff awareness to charging processes.
    • Oversee/Arrange for repair/replacement of equipment as necessary; forecasts 5 yr. plan need to ensure department has equipment to effectively perform.
    • Ensures that all employees possess the necessary competencies to perform their assigned duties; ensures individual corrective plans are developed and implemented as needed. Ensures employees receive feedback on their performance; evaluations are timely and complete in all areas of accountability.
    • Must be able to step in clinically if needed to ensure efficient operations and throughput. 
      
     
    Collaborates with patient care services staff at all levels, inter-disciplinary and other stakeholders
    • Facilitates collaboration within organized nursing and patient care services and the organization.
    • Collaborates with nursing staff and other disciplines at all levels in the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services.
    • Collaborates with administrative peers in determining the acquisition, allocation, and utilization of organizational fiscal and human resources.
    • Collaborates with the human resources staff to develop and implement recruitment and retention programs for staff.
    • Provides the opportunity for ongoing communication between self and staff.
    • Collaborates with other providers of nursing/patient care within the delivery system for provision of seamless delivery of services.
    • Assist hospital administration in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the women’s health service program which is multi-disciplinary, and patient-outcomes focused.
     
     
           Quality and Service
    • Review unit performance in relation to established goals, implementing changes to effect continual improvement in the services provided.
    • Create service standards from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and evidenced based practice.
    • Standardize services, processes, resources, and practices where appropriate to improve efficiency maximizing continuity of patient care while maintaining professional standards within disciplines.
    • Lead activities related to performance improvement to establish and meet clinical quality goals, effective cost management, and patient satisfaction.
    • Lead the development and implementation of work systems, with a focus on enhancing patient throughput.
    • Implements and enforces processes and policies necessary to coordinate the operations of the emergency department and ensure department-wide regulatory compliance related to patient safety and regulatory standards.
Required Skills & Qualifications:   
  • Master's degree in health-related field required or completed within 2 years of assuming the position
  • 3-5 years of Directing experience in Women’s Services required 
  • BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications required upon hire
  
About Nashville General Hospital   
   
Nashville General Hospital (NGH) is Nashville’s original community-based hospital. Joint Commission accredited, NGH readily accommodates a wide range of needs from emergency services and acute care to ancillary and ambulatory services. NGH continues to maintain its strong commitment to the healthcare needs of Nashville and Davidson County underserved, while also providing care to all segments of the community   
   
Our benefits include:   
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance within first 31 days of employment
  • Programs to reduce share of deductible and total out-of-pocket expenses
  • Metro Health Incentive Program - Access to high quality healthcare without incurring out-of-pocket expenses
  • Short and Long-Term Disability - up to 60% of eligible weekly pay
  • Life Insurance - Metro provides you with basic life and AD&D coverage equal to $50,000 ($32,500 if you are age 65 or older), at no cost to you.
  • Retirement Plan - eligible up to IRS max limits and includes company contribution
  • Tuition Reimbursement for employee and dependents
  • 12 paid holidays - any holiday worked is another holiday banked
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Free Parking for all employees
  
 Nashville General Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran  

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