Director Critical Care (RN)

About the role

The Director Nursing position at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital is responsible for the 24/7 management of the assigned nursing units and departments, focusing on the quality of nursing care delivered. This role provides leadership and oversight in the accomplishment of strategic and operational objectives of the Department of Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic direction for nursing and business operations, establishing strategic and tactical plans for clinical services, new programs, and human resource allocation.
• Promotes a practice environment that empowers nurses to provide effective, compassionate, efficient, and knowledgeable nursing care.
• Works in cooperation with the Medical Staff to ensure regulations and accreditation standards are maintained.
• Oversees the activities of the department staff, ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence, and efficiency to accomplish strategic and operational objectives.
• Works in cooperation with the Medical Staff to ensure regulations and accreditation standards are maintained.
• Ensures employee engagement, adequate staffing levels, budget development, and compliance, staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment, coaching and counseling employees on work-related performance, and developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment.
• Ensures training, monitoring, and operations initiatives are implemented which secure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/government regulations.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in nursing, with one of which being nursing. If no current Master’s degree, must obtain within two years; must be enrolled in a degree program at time of transfer/hire.
• Licenses and Certifications: Required RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure - Texas Board of Nursing_PSV Compact Licensure – Must obtain permanent Texas license within 60 days (if establishing Texas residency) and Magnet-ANCC Recognized Leadership Certification within 1 year.

Knowledge and Abilities

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations.
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially about activities impacting patient or employee safety or security.
• Demonstrates the ability to interact with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities and critical thinking through self-direction initiative and effective interpersonal skills and oral/written communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of regulatory and accreditation agency requirements that impact department; stays abreast of industry changes.
• Maintains a positive and supportive attitude and demeanor.

Essential Functions

• People Essential Functions:
  • Directs, develops, and implements strategic and operational/high level projects and processes either through independent/highly autonomous work or through the facilitation of work teams to enable the effective and efficient completion of objectives.
  • Oversees management of and ensures development for staff to meet overall objectives in terms of quality, service, and cost effectiveness.
  • Provides timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
  • Directs management responsibilities of selection, scheduling, supervision, retention, and evaluation of employees.
  • Maintains 24-hour/7-days a week accountability and authority for decisions regarding patient care, department operations, and personnel management for designated unit(s).
• Service Essential Functions:
  • Oversees department operations, designated projects, schedules, and activities as needed to ensure that goals or objectives are accomplished within the prescribed time frame.
  • Sets priorities and functional standards, giving direction to staff as necessary to ensure the best possible delivery of service and high customer/patient satisfaction.
  • Serves and actively participates on various entity committees as a voice for the department.
• Quality/Safety Essential Functions:
  • Ensures a safe and effective working environment; monitors and/or revises the department safety plan and/or any specific accreditation/regulatory required safety guidelines.
  • Responsible for staff maintenance of credentials and competencies, per accrediting/licensing agency and/or department guidelines as applicable.
  • Employs a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes and information systems by monitoring and improving the department workflow and enhancing operations, using peer-to-peer accountability and identifying solutions via collaboration.
  • Implements process improvements utilizing tools such as lean principles.
  • Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety.
  • Responsible for employee compliance to policies and procedures and performs associated actions upon non-compliance (i.e., licensure/certification compliance, focal point review requirements, disaster plan, in-services, influenza immunization, wage and hour, standard hours, timely termination submission, timely timecard approval, etc.).
  • Remains current and proficient with regulatory requirements for the provision of clinical services. Translates the requirements into operations to ensure compliance.
  • Uses automated systems to access, transmit, and produce information.
  • Coordinates the provision of comprehensive, interprofessional patient care that results in clinical excellence, optimal outcomes, and maximum patient and family satisfaction.
• Finance Essential Functions:
  • Develops and manages department operational and capital budgets, approvals, and ongoing maintenance of the department(s), ensuring operation in a cost-effective manner.
  • Proactively identifies and plans for capital needs related to current equipment and future department projects.
  • Ensures staffing plans and schedules meet department needs that reflect understanding of the importance of cost-effectiveness.
  • Creates department strategies to achieve financial target and staffing needs, through optimizing productivity, supply/resource efficiency, minimizing incidental overtime and overtime percentage, and other areas according to department specifications.
  • Projects anticipated volume and demand for resources, conducts cost analysis, analyzes, and monitors budget reports and variances, evaluating human and material resource utilization and making necessary adjustments.
  • Analyzes and interprets complex data sets and reports (variance analysis, financial/quality, population specific reports).
• Growth/Innovation Essential Functions:
  • Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes to improve department, entity, or system operations by leading unit projects and/or other department/system-directed activities.
  • Proactively leads task forces and committees.
  • May represent HM at assigned community or professional organization meetings.
  • Drives change initiatives, maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
  • Partners effectively with stakeholders as appropriate.
  • Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management.
  • Completes and updates My Development Plan (MDP) on an on-going basis.
  • Conducts conversations with staff on their development and MDP.

Supplemental Requirements

• Work Attire: Uniform: No Scrubs: No Business professional: Yes Other (department approved): No
• On-Call*: Yes
• Travel**: May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Company Information

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.