Nursing Director - Surgical Services

Tenet • Detroit, MI

3d

About The Position

The Nursing Director – Surgical Services provides site-level leadership for Perioperative Services at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, reporting directly to the site Chief Nursing Officer and indirectly to the market Administrative Director, Nursing Specialty – Perioperative Services. Working with and through subordinate personnel, the director leads the services, functions, and processes within the area of responsibility.

The position contributes to nursing programs and influences the recommendation, development, and implementation of policies and procedures, equipment standardization, capital planning, standard work measures, recruitment and retention efforts, process improvement initiatives, and coordination of the Joint Commission survey process. The director approves procedures and protocols or obtains other departmental approvals as appropriate, develops and revises functional processes, and provides input on organizational structure. The role also approves personnel actions, ensures timely performance appraisals, defines current-to-intermediate goals with senior leadership, measures performance, and may assist with long-range goals as requested. The director develops and monitors budgets and ensures compliance with applicable laws, government regulations, Joint Commission requirements, and DMC policies.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing, Business, Health Care Administration, or a related field; if holding two degrees, one must be in Nursing.
• Seven years of progressively more responsible clinical experience, which may be concurrent clinical and/or progressively more responsible management experience.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Michigan.
• Analytical ability to develop solutions to difficult administrative, technical, or human situations; anticipate and resolve issues; evaluate options and their ramifications; recommend functional goals; and identify when intervention in work processes is needed.
• Communication and interpersonal skills for obtaining and interpreting information from internal and external customers and stakeholders, with discretion, conflict-resolution ability, diplomacy, tact, and listening skills.
• Ability to read, interpret, and write technical materials.
• Broad technical knowledge of healthcare administration and operations, including human, legal, technological, fiscal, and customer aspects of care delivery.
• Project management skills, including defining objectives, identifying stakeholders, planning work, and coordinating and allocating human, technological, and fiscal resources.
• Leadership skills, including willingness to take on increasing accountability, decision-making, coaching, teaching, counseling, inspiring confidence, building alliances, and garnering support.

Responsibilities

• Lead Perioperative Services and its services, functions, and processes at the site level, working with and through subordinate personnel.
• Contribute to nursing programs and recommend, develop, and implement policies and procedures.
• Influence equipment standardization, capital planning, standard work measures, recruitment and retention efforts, and process improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate the Joint Commission survey process.
• Approve procedures and protocols or seek other departmental approvals as appropriate.
• Develop, monitor, and revise functional processes.
• Provide input into development and revision of the organizational structure for areas of responsibility.
• Approve personnel actions, including hires, fires, and discipline, and ensure timely completion of performance appraisals.
• Identify policy-development or revision needs and define policies in collaboration with higher-level management.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and implement current-to-intermediate goals and measures; assist with long-range goal development as requested.
• Measure and assess performance.
• Develop and monitor budgets for areas of responsibility.
• Monitor activities and ensure compliance with laws, government regulations, Joint Commission requirements, and DMC policies.
• Implement external and internal audit recommendations as directed.
• Ensure hospital departments achieve supplier-diversity objectives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts and healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discount program
• Voluntary pet, legal, accident and critical illness, long-term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insurance

What This Job Offers

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