Director of Nursing Endoscopy

Job Summary

The Director ensures high quality, patient-centered care through oversight of the overall function and staffing of the unit(s)/department(s) in addition to forecasting, planning, and budget monitoring.

Essential Job Functions

• Cultivates a superior clinical identity by identifying and implementing evidence-based practices to advance patient safety and quality outcomes.
• Ensures adherence to standards of care.
• Manages variation in clinical practice to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and cost.
• Ensures a culture of accountability and transparency in the provision of care.
• Stays abreast of internal/external benchmarks, accreditations, and designations and actively pursues efforts to achieve.
• Provides leadership in attaining and sustaining an unparalleled patient experience.
• Instills accountability for providing consistent, positive patient interactions that differentiate the organization as a healthcare leader.
• Leverages various feedback mechanisms to benchmark performance and identify opportunities to improve customer/patient satisfaction.
• Develops and implements strategies to elevate the patient experience.
• Collaborates with administrative team and physicians to enhance existing services or develop new service offerings.
• Participates in the annual budget process, including input into department revenue and expense forecasts, staffing, and supply and equipment needs.
• Makes recommendations for department budget performance; identifies trends and evaluates variances in relation to established budget.
• Develops and implements actions to address performance gaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Required
• Master’s Degree Preferred
• 1+ years applicable experience required
• 3+ years applicable experience preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
• Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships.
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

About the Role

Methodist Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. With over 900 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics. We are proud to be the largest provider of the lifesaving ECMO Program in San Antonio, are home to the largest robotics program in the world, and our Adult Blood Cancer and Stem Cell Transplant unit has become the first program to receive FACT Accreditation in North America. As the flagship hospital, and most comprehensive medical care facility of Methodist Healthcare, we appreciate the support and recognition we receive from the community. We’ve recently been named the No.1 Best Regional Hospital by the U.S. News and World Report for 2019-20. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality of care possible for our patients, which is proven by our consecutive Grade A Leapfrog Hospital Safety scores. In addition, Methodist Hospital not only received a Primary Stroke Center designation from The Joint Commission, but has also received a Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from DNV GL Healthcare, designating the facility as offering the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area.