Director Inpatient Medical Surgical Services

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the development of short and long-term goals for surgical inpatient services and nursing informatics in collaboration with unit leadership and staff while considering Brown University Health's mission, its values and key business objectives.
• Provides sponsorship to the function by identifying resources required to achieve the operating results and advocates for them during resource allocation.
• In conjunction with unit leadership, develops, recommends, implements, and monitors capital and operating budgets for the academic medical center's critical care service.
• Facilitates the effective utilization of resources (people, financial, material and equipment) to meet established goals and objectives of Brown University Health and the individual academic medical center.
• Accountable for operating priorities to ensure activities support the system's strategies, while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
• Ensures effective recruitment, selection, development, and evaluation of managerial, professional, and support staff to optimize achievement of goals and objectives.
• Collaborates with surgical physician leaders, the Vice-President Patient Services/ Associate CNO, unit leadership, information services staff and colleagues to plan, design, and implement customer-focused, coordinated delivery of inpatient surgical services, clinical programs and information systems.
• Collaborates and consults with peers and colleagues by defining functional standards and translating them into usable applications and/or care patterns.
• Collaborates with peers, colleagues, and physicians to develop mutually workable solutions in order to ensure consistency and continuity of functional applications across nursing, such as improved patient placement, etc.
• Participates in development and assessment of new programs; assesses market position and provides analysis for decision-making process; participates in the development of related business plans.
• Ensures in-patient billing process for billable services, such as telemetry and specialty beds, provides for maximum reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
• A minimum of 5-7 years of progressively responsible related experience, preferably gained in a similarly diverse and operationally complex healthcare environment. Experience should demonstrate a very high level of written and verbal communication skills; the ability to conceptualize, develop, and effect quality in-patient services; effective leadership/management skills; and commitment to continuous quality improvement. Thorough knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Rhode Island is required.