Director of Nursing - Full Time, Days (Hollywood) - 10142

Southern California Hospitals•Los Angeles, CA

36d•$151 - $219

About The Position

The Director of Nursing has 24/7 leadership responsibility for clinical, staffing, quality, and financial management for assigned nursing departments. The role ensures compliance with performance improvement processes and regulatory requirements, and maintains an effective patient care delivery system consistent with standards of practice. The Director implements strategies, processes, and standards that support organizational and departmental priorities, including quality of care, patient safety, and patient satisfaction, and promotes collegial relationships across hospital departments and disciplines. The position provides leadership, oversight, and development of direct reports, including employee coaching, training, hiring, counseling and discipline, performance assessment, and payroll processes. The Director participates in strategic planning and implementation, develops short- and long-term departmental goals, and supports clinical operations growth and business initiatives. The role manages patient placement and throughput, staffing, contract labor, staff performance, and continuity of departmental operations. It monitors and analyzes financial performance and resource use; ensures compliance with policies, laws, regulatory requirements, infection control procedures, and HIPAA; and oversees quality improvement, patient safety, and performance activities. The Director also promotes patient-centered care, monitors patient experience, and leads resolution of patient and family concerns.

Requirements

Four years of nursing experience, including at least two years in a leadership role in an acute care hospital.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Current Registered Nurse licensure in the State of California.
AHA Basic Life Support.
AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
Strong time management skills and ability to effectively prioritize tasks.
Understanding of patient classification and staffing requirements for the patient population.
Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card for Los Angeles City Employees only.

Nice To Haves

Two years of unit-specific experience.
Master's degree in Nursing, Business, or a related field.
Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) or Nurse Executive Certification (NE-BC/NEA-BC).

Responsibilities

Lead clinical, staffing, quality, and financial management for assigned nursing departments, with 24/7 leadership responsibility.
Ensure compliance with performance improvement processes, standards of practice, organizational standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Implement strategies and processes supporting quality of care, patient safety, and patient satisfaction.
Promote collegial relationships between nursing departments and other hospital departments and disciplines.
Provide leadership, supervision, coaching, development, and performance oversight for direct reports.
Manage hiring, termination, training, annual performance evaluations, competencies, employee counseling and discipline, and payroll processes.
Participate in developing and implementing strategic plans, operational goals, objectives, and business initiatives.
Develop and execute short- and long-term departmental goals aligned with organizational goals.
Coordinate patient throughput, bed and patient placement, and appropriate and safe staffing levels.
Oversee contract labor credentialing, orientation, and evaluation.
Allocate and evaluate department work to support timely and efficient patient care.
Provide guidance and consultation regarding staff performance, employee relations, and workforce concerns, and foster a safe work environment with positive morale.
Provide or coordinate supplemental leadership and operational oversight when a Department Supervisor is absent, ensuring continuity of staffing, clinical operations, patient flow, staff support, and issue resolution.
Monitor and analyze financial performance and resource utilization, and implement solutions or alternatives that may reduce operating expenses.
Develop unit or department operational policies and procedures, maintain compliant operational records, and ensure infection control and HIPAA compliance.
Oversee consistent implementation of clinical standards, policies, education, competencies, and regulatory requirements across assigned departments.
Develop and maintain quality improvement activities, participate in quality data collection and evaluation, monitor internal controls, and resolve issues in a timely manner.
Review department quality, safety, patient experience, and performance trends; direct the development, implementation, monitoring, and completion of improvement action plans.
Promote patient-centered care and high patient satisfaction; oversee patient rounding and service recovery, monitor patient experience, and ensure timely resolution of patient and family concerns.