Director Inpatient Medical Surgical Services

SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Vice President and Associate Chief Nursing Officer, the Director Inpatient Services Surgical is accountable for the strategic direction, implementation of planned change, and evaluation of adult inpatient surgical services and nursing informatics.

In addition, our leaders will demonstrate an aptitude for:

Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams
Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes

By applying core and leadership competencies, leaders help Brown University Health achieve its strategic goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitates the development of short and long-term goals for surgical inpatient services and nursing informatics in collaboration with unit leadership and staff while considering Brown University Health 's mission, its values and key business objectives.

• Provides sponsorship to the function by identifying resources required to achieve the operating results and advocates for them during resource allocation.

• In conjunction with unit leadership, develops, recommends, implements, and monitors capital and operating budgets for the academic medical center 's critical care service.

• Facilitates the effective utilization of resources (people, financial, material and equipment) to meet established goals and objectives of Brown University Health and the individual academic medical center.

• Accountable for operating priorities to ensure activities support the system 's strategies, while maintaining fiscal responsibility.

• Ensures effective recruitment, selection, development, and evaluation of managerial, professional, and support staff to optimize achievement of goals and objectives.

• Collaborates with surgical physician leaders, the Vice-President Patient Services/ Associate CNO, unit leadership, information services staff and colleagues to plan, design, and implement customer-focused, coordinated delivery of inpatient surgical services, clinical programs and information systems. Collaborates and consults with peers and colleagues by defining functional standards and translating them into usable applications and/or care patterns.

• Collaborates with peers, colleagues, and physicians to develop mutually workable solutions in order to ensure consistency and continuity of functional applications across nursing, such as improved patient placement, etc.

• Participates in development and assessment of new programs; assesses market position and provides analysis for decision-making process; participates in the development of related business plans.

• Ensures in-patient billing process for billable services, such as telemetry and specialty beds, provides for maximum reimbursement.

• Shares accountability with unit leadership and staff to develop the plan for providing patient care, which is designed to support improvement and innovation in professional practice based on patient need and the mission of the hospital. Collaborates with the physician chiefs or designees in strategic planning for services and evaluation of clinical programs.

• Ensures all patient care activities support established clinical standards of care, meet or exceed patient care quality standards, are in compliance with various regulatory agencies, and consider diversity and age-specific needs of the patient populations served.

• Promotes effective planning and coordination of services with physicians, other departments, and outside agencies.

• Ensures effective customer relations between the emergency department, the peri-operative service, other in-patient units and services, physicians, and the community.

• Facilitates the development, implementation and evaluation of programs and services to consistently meet or exceed customers ' needs, through effective continuous quality improvement practices.

• Accountable for compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards. Ensures systems to assess patient, family and community needs for services and programs.

• Serves as a role model to staff by continuously demonstrating Brown University Health 's values and principles, creating and maintaining effective, positive customer services relationships by identifying customers and their needs, ensuring the needs are met or exceeded, and responding appropriately to difficult interactions, and educating staff on the importance of quality customer service.

• Effectively and continually communicates with staff, management, and customers to facilitate the flow of information necessary to the success of employees, department, function, and the organization.

• Provides effective labor and employee relations to promote employee-manager effectiveness and satisfaction in the workplace. Ensures compliance with collective bargaining agreements and human resource policies.

• Creates employee ownership in their careers and success and provides staff with positive and actionable feedback to maximize the utilization and potential of the organization 's human resources.

• Facilitates continuous performance improvement by encouraging innovation, supporting reasonable risk-taking, and maintaining openness to new ideas.

• Collaborates with Center for Practice Excellence and human resources development staff to identify needs and develop programs to provide for continuous development of staff.

• Maintains level of knowledge of and expertise in leading edge developments in the fields of nursing, inpatient surgical services and programs, and innovations in technology by participating in ongoing independent study, education-related professional activities, and professional affiliations.

• Participates in or leads various committees, task forces, and quality improvement teams as needed.

• Fosters the development and implementation of succession plans for key clinical, education, and leadership positions within the organization by seeking out leaders and staff who demonstrate the actual or potential skills, desire, and commitment to advance.

• Supports professional and leadership development in nursing by promoting collegial and collaborative relationships with area nurse educators and by offering preceptorships to graduate students in nursing administration.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Facilitates the development of short and long-term goals for surgical inpatient services and nursing informatics in collaboration with unit leadership and staff while considering Brown University Health 's mission, its values and key business objectives. Provides sponsorship to the function by identifying resources required to achieve the operating results and advocates for them during resource allocation. In conjunction with unit leadership, develops, recommends, implements, and monitors capital and operating budgets for the academic medical center 's critical care service.

Facilitates the effective utilization of resources (people, financial, material and equipment) to meet established goals and objectives of Brown University Health and the individual academic medical center. Accountable for operating priorities to ensure activities support the system 's strategies, while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Ensures effective recruitment, selection, development, and evaluation of managerial, professional, and support staff to optimize achievement of goals and objectives.

Collaborates with surgical physician leaders, the Vice-President Patient Services/ Associate CNO, unit leadership, information services staff and colleagues to plan, design, and implement customer-focused, coordinated delivery of inpatient surgical services, clinical programs and information systems. Collaborates and consults with peers and colleagues by defining functional standards and translating them into usable applications and/or care patterns. Collaborates with peers, colleagues, and physicians to develop mutually workable solutions in order to ensure consistency and continuity of functional applications across nursing, such as improved patient placement, etc. Participates in development and assessment of new programs; assesses market position and provides analysis for decision-making process; participates in the development of related business plans. Ensures in-patient billing process for billable services, such as telemetry and specialty beds, provides for maximum reimbursement.
Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor 's Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university.
Master 's Degree in Nursing or a related field such as healthcare administration or its equivalent. Consideration will be given to internal candidates who are matriculated in a Master 's Degree program.
Must have current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island.

EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of 5-7 years of progressively responsible related experience, preferably gained in a similarly diverse and operationally complex healthcare environment. Experience should demonstrate a very high level of written and verbal communication skills; the ability to conceptualize, develop, and effect quality in-patient services; effective leadership/management skills; and commitment to continuous quality improvement. Thorough knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Rhode Island is required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
Supervisory responsibility for up to 425 FTEs.

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EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

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