Job details
Location: Austin, TX
Salary: $125k / Year - $160k / Year
POSITION TYPE: Administrative/RN
SPECIALTY: Director of Labor & Delivery
LOCATION: Austin, TX
SHIFT: Day shift (No Weekends)
JOB TYPE: Full-Time
SALARY: $125K-160K
Job Summary
The Director ensures high quality, patient-centered care through oversight of the overall function and staffing of the unit(s)/department(s) in addition to forecasting, planning, and budget monitoring. The Director fosters a culture of accountability and collaboration and supports the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and procedures in support of facility objectives.
Cultivate a superior clinical identity by identifying and implementing evidence-based practices to advance patient safety and quality outcomes. Ensure adherence to standards of care.
Manage variation in clinical practice to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and cost. Ensure a culture of accountability and transparency in the provision of care.
Stay abreast of internal/external benchmarks, accreditations, and designations and actively pursues efforts to achieve.
Stay abreast of legal and regulatory standards and ensures compliance. Develop and implement policies, procedures, and practices in compliance with all legal/regulatory standards.
Ensure efficient patient throughput and delivery of high quality, patient-centered care through volume forecasting, patient flow coordination, and admission/discharge planning.
Develop care coordination policies and procedures to promote improved quality, safety, and efficiency in care.
Foster interdisciplinary communication and collaboration within and across departments and ensures staff with appropriate clinical competencies are assigned to meet patient care needs.
Direct nursing practice and unit operations. Develop policies, procedures, and nursing standards to ensure patient and family needs are assessed, met, and evaluated.
Provide leadership in attaining and sustaining an unparalleled patient experience.
Instill accountability for providing consistent, positive patient interactions that differentiate the organization as a healthcare leader.
Leverage various feedback mechanisms to benchmark performance and identify opportunities to improve customer/patient satisfaction. Develop and implement strategies to elevate the patient experience.
Foster a culture that inspires commitment to the vision/mission/values of the organization. Ensure employees are recognized, valued, and supported. Develop and implement strategies to elevate employee engagement.
Collaborate with administrative team and physicians to enhance existing services or develop new service offerings.
Participate in the annual budget process, including input into department revenue and expense forecasts, staffing, and supply and equipment needs. Monitor department budget performance; identifies trends and evaluates variances in relation to established budget. Develop and implement actions to address performance gaps.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or other approved education plan required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred
- Master’s Degree preferred
- Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or has an active compact license, in accordance with law and regulation.
- BLS
- ACLS preferred
- NRP preferred
- FHM preferred
- RNC-OB preferred
- Min 5+ years of L & D experience in healthcare required in an acute care setting
- 3+ year of recent Director L&D experience in a leadership role required in an acute care setting
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