Director of Nursing Medical Surgical

UT Health East Texas • Quitman, TX

11h

About The Position

UT Health Quitman offers 25 private rooms, a 24-hour Level IV trauma center and Level III stroke center, surgical suites, advanced diagnostics, swing bed care, cardiopulmonary rehab, on-site physician clinics, and a sleep lab.

Responsibilities

The nurse director is a professional registered nurse with twenty-four-hour responsibility for assigned departments within established standards to achieve the mission and vision of the organization.
The nursing director is responsible for overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the unit/departments and executes supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
The nurse director provides leadership and mentorship in the development of leaders and staff.
The nurse director is responsible for monitoring and evaluating quality, patient satisfaction, and employee satisfaction outcomes to implement strategies for improvement.
The nurse director is a change agent and will establish strong collaborative relationships with physicians.
Responsible for overall administrative, financial, and clinical activities of assigned departments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current RN license or current license deemed acceptable by the applicable State Board of Nursing.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing or within 2 years.
• Requires strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in clinical specialty or nursing administration.
• Minimum of five (or 3-5) years’ clinical nursing experience, of which 3 (or 2) years must have been in a management capacity.

Responsibilities

• overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the unit/departments
• executes supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws
• provides leadership and mentorship in the development of leaders and staff
• responsible for monitoring and evaluating quality, patient satisfaction, and employee satisfaction outcomes to implement strategies for improvement
• establish strong collaborative relationships with physicians
• overall administrative, financial, and clinical activities of assigned departments

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees