Director of Nursing

Inland Surgery Center

Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

Assesses plans, evaluates and ensures the implementation of quality care to achieve identified outcomes. Delivers safe patient care according to facility policy and procedure.
- Assesses patient status on admission and on an ongoing basis.
- Implements appropriate standards of care based on assessment data and the individualized goals of the patient. Goals are mutually set with the patient and the family.
- Coordinates nursing interventions to enhance achievement of expected outcomes and to ensure readiness for discharge.
- Ensures provision of patient care daily in an organized and timely manner.
- Adheres to all facility policies and procedures when providing patient care.
- Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
- Demonstrates ability to direct and provide for patient care in emergency situations.
Assumes a leadership role in the provision of quality nursing care for patients receiving care.
- Analyzes nursing care provided in the facility related to the established standards of care.
- Interviews, selects and retains qualified staff to meet facility needs. Also assures replacement of marginal staff members before he/she has negative impact on peer relationships or morale.
- Responsible for direction, teaching and management growth of other clinical leaders
- Oversees and participates on Performance Improvement Committee to facilitate improvement of nursing care and achievement of mission of the facility.
- Responsible for ongoing accreditation programs in areas of quality improvement, risk management, infection control, facility and fire safety.
- Participates in the orientation of staff.
- Responsible for interpretation, in-service education, implementation and compliance with OSHA guidelines to assure minimal exposure for patients, staff, physicians and visitors.
- Participates in developing standardized patient education programs as requested.
Demonstrates continued competence in assessing, treating, and caring for individuals based on age-specific needs utilizing developmental perspective.
- Displays an understanding of each patient's cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturity in the assessment, treatment and care undertaken.
- Appropriately modifies approach to the patient based upon patient age utilizing a developmental perspective.
- Provides appropriate interventions related to safety issues.
- Participates in the monitoring and evaluation of nursing care provided.
- Demonstrates ability to coordinate the nursing care provided in the facility.
- Assigns patient care responsibilities based on patient needs and abilities of staff.
Demonstrates appropriate and continued knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position.
- Supervises the smooth functioning of the center.
- Assigns personnel according to clinical competence.
- Assumes charge of cardiopulmonary emergency situations until physician arrives.
- Interprets facility policies for personnel.
- Supervises center personnel to assure maximum productivity and quality of patient care.
- Staffing patterns are utilized.
- Assists in the evaluations of assigned staff.

Qualifications:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a current state, unencumbered nursing license as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Experience in ambulatory surgery nursing, at least three (3) to five (5) years of nursing and management experience in a hospital or ambulatory

If interested, please send resume to Jacquelin Belcher at jacquelin.belcher@scasurgery.com.

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