Director of Nursing - Langhorne Ambulatory Surgical Center - Langhorne, PA

Jefferson Health Plans • Bucks County Campus, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Nursing for Ambulatory Surgical Services plans, organizes, and directs the operations and clinical and non-clinical staff of the Surgical Services Department. As a member of the hospital leadership team, this role helps develop and implement strategy to deliver optimal nursing care and is accountable for operational effectiveness across areas of responsibility. The Director ensures ongoing quality and safety for patients and staff and improves clinical practices, services, and operations through systems and processes that evaluate and strengthen safe patient care across the continuum.

The role uses analytics to monitor performance and identify improvement opportunities; directs nursing services and safe-patient-care standards in alignment with business plans and quality, service, clinical, utilization, and cost-effectiveness goals; and leads projects for departmental growth. The Director ensures compliance with licensing requirements and ongoing regulatory readiness, oversees staffing, training, and hiring, and manages human resources, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.

The Director maintains and develops effective management teams through appropriate staffing, coaching, and mentoring; directs budget management and resource allocation; and manages financial performance while implementing strategies to reduce costs and improve quality and safety. The position collaborates with clinical support and ancillary departments, staff, physicians, and other care-team partners, and interacts with colleagues, visitors, and staff in keeping with Jefferson’s values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Master’s degree in nursing or a related field; a related-field master’s is required if the master’s degree is not in nursing.
• Four years of healthcare leadership experience.
• Pennsylvania State Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs using appropriate communication behaviors.
• Ability to use partnership-oriented language with patients and families and engage them in their health and health care.
• Knowledge of patient- and family-centered practice, including conveying respect and collaborating with patients, families, and designated care partners.
• Cultural awareness, including knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.

Responsibilities

• Operate as a member of the hospital leadership team and develop and implement strategies for optimal nursing care.
• Direct ongoing quality and safety for patients and staff and improve clinical practices, services, and operations.
• Design and implement systems, processes, and methods to evaluate and improve safe patient care across the continuum.
• Use analytics to monitor and sustain performance and identify continuous-improvement opportunities.
• Direct nursing services and safe-patient-care standards in alignment with business plans and quality, service, clinical, utilization, and cost-effectiveness goals.
• Serve as a clinical lead and coordinate and execute project plans for departmental growth opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with licensing requirements for site locations and departmental clinical and administrative staff.
• Maintain ongoing regulatory readiness.
• Oversee staffing, training, and hiring of departmental resources.
• Manage and resolve human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.
• Maintain an effective management team with the education, experience, and skills to lead their areas of responsibility.
• Develop future leaders through coaching and mentoring.
• Direct budget management and resource allocation.
• Manage financial performance and implement strategies to reduce costs and improve quality and safety of care and service.
• Collaborate with clinical support and ancillary departments and leadership supporting daily acute-care hospital functions.
• Build collaborative partnerships with staff, physicians, and other care-team partners.
• Interact with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with Jefferson’s values.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription insurance
• Supplemental insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Tuition assistance
• Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
• Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
• Medical and prescription insurance access for all colleagues, including those working less than part-time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director