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Job Summary
This position is accountable on a 24-hour basis for the organization, implementation, and evaluation of clinical care in the surgical areas with direct reporting accountability. This position is responsible for the development, monitoring and evaluation of the capital and operating budgets in the surgical areas. Responsible for providing overall leadership for decision support and supervises the Leadership in the surgical areas. Responsible for oversight and success of joint partnerships impacting surgical services. This position is also responsible for ensuring that the level of care provided and the atmosphere in which it is provided is consistent with the Mission, Vision, Values and Guiding Principles of SRH.
Essential Functions
In collaboration with organizational leadership, enhance nursing practice and patient outcomes. Assures successful implementation of organizational strategies including but not limited to efficiency, productivity, throughput, work place safety, patient satisfaction, employee engagement, quality and key performance measures. Utilizes Medial Staff Chain of Command when collaborative action is needed. Elicits input and evaluates physician requests for capital equipment. Collaborates with CFO and finance regarding procedural costs and equipment requests and or requirements for a service line. Manages the financial performance, identifying strategies to reduce costs while improving efficiencies and quality. Ensures policies, practices and procedures comply with administrative, legal and regulatory requirements as well as governmental and accrediting agencies. Maintains and updates regional administrative polices and procedure related to surgical services. Participate in outside organizations, which would benefit the outlined areas of responsibility, such as AORN and AWONE. Plans agendas, presents information, and works closely with Chair of Operating Room Committee to continuously improve care and efficiency in surgical services. Attend and participate on assigned hospital and medical staff committees, task forces and meetings. Ensures Clinical Managers and Charge RNs provide professional and clinical oversight including mentoring of staff. Maintains positive working and problem solving relationship with Anesthesia, surgeons, and service line partners. Mentors surgical managers in development of leadership skills, fiscally accountable staffing/scheduling practices, professional development of staff and outcomes based practice. Develops services that achieve a high level of customer satisfaction with emphasis on customer service, highest standards of quality and innovation. Manages the financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs while improving efficiencies and quality services. Directs the budget and resource allocations for designated departments. Completes performance reviews and other administrative functions in a timely and accurate manner. Accountable for all human resources, labor relations and employee and department safety and risk management issues to include employee health, mandatory education requirements, licensing, etc. Consistently supports compliance and the SRH code of conduct, policy and procedure, maintains the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting noncompliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements. Works actively with SRH Vice Presidents, Regional Directors, Directors, Directors and others to improve and maintain a high quality environment of care which meets regulatory requirements.
Education
Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Masters in health related field or applicable (MBA) field preferred and required to be obtained within 3 years of receiving the positon.
Experience/Training
Minimum of five years clinical nursing experience required. Minimum of five years of managerial experience required.
License/Certifications
Must maintain current licensure to practice nursing in the State of Washington. Current American Heart Association (AHA) Healthcare provider BLS required. Prefer Current American Heart Association (AHA) Healthcare provider ACLS. Prefer Certification in Operative or Leadership Nursing.
Other Skills
To effectively manage the responsibilities of this position, the incumbent must have a broad base of general nursing knowledge and surgical services. Progressive management experience is required. Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills. Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, and manage regulations such as Joint Commission and CMS/DOH standards. Must be able to work effectively and achieve results in a union environment. Proven ability to deliver outcomes while meeting organizational objectives, proven strong quantitative and IT systems skills related to nursing fiscal operations.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus.
Skagit Regional Health offers a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, 457b/401a (retirement), long term disability, and paid time off to all employees holding an FTE of 20 or more hours per week. Eligible employees also receive sick time pay.
