Nursing Director - Surgical Services

Tenet Healthcare•Detroit, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Director leads 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 through subordinate personnel, the role oversees services, functions, and processes in Perioperative Services and may have programmatic responsibilities in Nursing. The position influences recommendations, development, and implementation of policies and procedures; equipment standardization; capital planning; standard work measures; recruitment and retention; process improvement; and coordination of the Joint Commission Survey Process. The Nursing Director approves procedures and protocols or obtains appropriate departmental approvals, develops and revises functional processes, contributes to organizational structure decisions, and approves personnel actions. The role ensures timely performance appraisals, develops and monitors budgets, sets and assesses goals and measures with senior leadership, and supports long-range goal development when requested. It also monitors compliance with laws, government regulations, Joint Commission requirements, and DMC policies; implements audit recommendations as directed; and ensures departments meet supplier-diversity objectives. The role’s influence is limited to the site level.

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 with clinical and/or progressively more responsible management experience.
Current license 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; recommend functional goals; and identify when work-process intervention is needed.
Communication and interpersonal skills for working with internal and external customers and stakeholders, interpreting information, exercising discretion, resolving conflicts, and communicating technical and regulatory information.
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 steps, and coordinating human, technological, and fiscal resources.
Leadership skills, including decision-making, coaching, teaching, counseling, inspiring confidence, building alliances, and garnering support.

Responsibilities

Lead Perioperative Services, including its services, functions, and processes, through subordinate personnel.
Influence the recommendation, development, and implementation of policies and procedures, equipment standardization, capital planning, standard work measures, recruitment and retention efforts, process improvement initiatives, and Joint Commission Survey Process coordination.
Approve procedures and protocols or seek additional departmental approvals as appropriate.
Develop, monitor, and revise functional processes.
Provide input into the development and revision of the organizational structure for areas of responsibility.
Approve personnel actions, including hiring, termination, and discipline.
Ensure performance appraisals are completed on time.
Identify policy-development or revision needs and define policies in collaboration with higher-level management input.
Develop and implement current-to-intermediate goals and measures with senior leadership, measure and assess performance, and assist with long-range goals when requested.
Develop and monitor budgets for areas of responsibility.
Monitor activities for and ensure compliance with laws, government regulations, Joint Commission requirements, and DMC policies.
Implement internal and external audit recommendations as directed.
Ensure hospital departments meet objectives for supplier diversity.