Director, Foster Wing, 40 Hours, Days

UMass Memorial Health•Leominster, MA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for directing, administering, and coordinating all activities of Foster Wing. Ensures the delivery of quality services and that professional nursing is practiced in accordance with the established standards of nursing and the standards of practice at HealthAlliance Hospital. Responsible for the recommendation, development, and implementation of approved policies and procedures. Develops short- and long-term planning and goal setting for Foster Wing. Develops new programs and expands existing services. Establishes systems that ensure continuity and quality of care.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
Current unrestricted Registered Nurse license from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Minimum eight (8) years of clinical nursing experience.
Minimum two (2) years of management/leadership experience.
Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and evaluate programs, and to analyze fiscal data and develop departmental budgets.
Knowledgeable and skilled in the use of PC spreadsheets.
Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Nursing.
Med Surg telemetry experience.

Responsibilities

Contributes to the development and execution of strategies and goals for the organization.
Develops and implements effective, ongoing programs to measure, monitor, assess, and to improve quality of nursing care delivered to patients.
Ensures the effective coordination of the patient’s care with other services and departments throughout the hospital.
Monitors the operations of the nursing staff and ensures compliance with regulations on organizational and governmental standards and practices.
Develops and utilizes performance metrics to continually improve quality and operating efficiency.
Develops a culture of safety through the use of performance metrics.
Maintains a current knowledge of trends and techniques in the field of management and area of specialization.
Supports the hospital’s commitment to community affairs and encourages employee involvement in community organization. Identifies community needs and trends and develops quality programs to meet those needs.
Directs and supervises assigned personnel including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training. Makes recommendations on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions. Resolves grievances and other personnel problems within position responsibilities.
Develops and recommends the budgets for the areas managed. Manages activities to ensure financial goals are met.
Coordinates the assignment of tasks and helps resolve technical and operational problems. Evaluates the impact of solutions to ensure goals are achieved.
Provides effective direction, guidance, and leadership over the staff for effective teamwork and motivation; and fosters the effective integration of efforts with system-wide initiatives.
Encourages and supports diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, respect, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors.
Integrates diversity into departmental objectives, such as hiring, promotions, training, vendor selections, etc.
Participates in performance improvement initiatives and demonstrates the use of quality improvement in daily operations.
Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission, DPH (Department of Public Health), etc. Develops and maintains procedures necessary to meet regulatory requirements.
Ensures that department complies with established hospital policies, quality assurance programs, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.
Ensures adequate equipment and supplies for department.
Develops and maintains established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
Ensures compliance with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
Performs similar or related duties as required or directed.