Clinical Director, Medical Surgical Services

LCMC Health•Marrero, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. Why would you want to be a Clinical Nurse Director? Because you were born to lead. It comes naturally. In nursing, not everyone takes the same path. As an RN Clinical Director, patient care is still your top priority because building an excellent care team that delivers extraordinary every day starts with you. You serve as the champion for your colleagues, team, and patients, ensuring staff are fully engaged in their understanding and participation in the journey to care excellence. Yes, it requires some mental heavy lifting, but if not you, then who? If this is your calling, then you’re going to love it here. And we’re going to love you right back by giving you the support and tools you need to live your extraordinary. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you will bring to this nursing leadership role.

Requirements

Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
2 years of management or supervisory experience in healthcare.

Responsibilities

Managing the daily operations of your department or unit and initiating processes to assure the highest quality of patient care using a participative approach to achieving goals.
Lead the charge for staying "survey ready" and work with staff, other managers, and administration developing implementing, and revising policies and procedures in compliance with federal and state guidelines, as well as accreditation standards (i.e., TJC, CMS, DHH).
Promote a safe environment and implement solutions in response to infection control rounds.
Maintain standards of team accountability for hospital policies and procedures and delivery of care services.
Promote excellence in patient and customer relations by acting as a liaison and effectively interacting with physicians, staff, patients, and families.
Participate in admissions decisions regarding patient acceptance and placement.
Evaluate new and current staff competencies, ensure qualified staff and staffing levels, and screen, interview, and orient new hires to include detailed instruction regarding development of patient care plans, documentation of patient progress, and utilization of electronic documentation system and/or back up paper system.
Develop nursing schedules and daily staffing and adjusts staff accordingly based on census; effectively manages adequate nursing staffing levels to ensure census may be maintained at budgeted levels.
Assist with implementing a strategic plan to accurately forecast expenses in the preparation of annual operational (including personnel) and capital budgets.
Monitor, evaluate, and control appropriate utilization of budgeted FTEs and operational expenses in assigned nursing areas.
Identify strategies for growth and care development.

Benefits

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen.
While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way.
Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary
About West Jefferson Medical Center West Jefferson Medical Center, a cornerstone of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is regionally recognized and nationally accredited.
For over 60 years, we’ve been the hospital-of-choice on the west bank of Jefferson Parish for health, wellness, and family-centered care.
Learn more about West Jefferson Medical Center and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction
Deliver healthcare with heart.
Give people a reason to smile.
Put a little love in your work.
Be honest and real, but with compassion.
Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
Love what makes you, you - because we do
You are welcome here.
LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.
LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.
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About LCMC Health One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.