Director of Nursing Emergency Department

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• Collaborates with CNO and staff members to establish, define, and refine departmental goals consistent with the hospital’s mission and goals taking into consideration all populations served.
• Collaborates with nursing leadership and ancillary department staff to resolve problems encountered with patient care and to improve processes to benefit patient care
• Attends interdepartmental collaborative meetings.
• Collaborates with staff regarding care of patients and processes involved.
• Provide clear and concise communication to team members.
• Collaborates with physicians as needed concerning patient care and patient satisfaction
• Directs activities of Department Directors to meet department needs, activities include, but are not limited to, orientation, review of Policy and Procedures, Net-Learning (CBL’s), education for new standards, regulations or changes in services.
• Oversees the coordination of CPI, ACLS, BLS, PALS, and Neonate certification courses.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of competency reviews used to assess hospital staff, to include age-specific and performance competency formats in collaboration with Human Resources.
• Attends scheduled meetings as follows: Nursing Leadership, Code Blue, VAC, HIPAA/Corporate Compliance, PI Steering, TJC Task Force, Safety Committee and combined Leadership, and other ad hoc committees as deemed necessary.
• Current knowledge of standards in Emergency in order to update policies and staff regarding safe, quality and evidence based standards of care in the Emergency department.
• Provides education for patients, family and community as needed.
• Model critical thinking skills and mentor of staff:
• Emergency Department staff members: assessing/reassessing and implementing plans of care of age specific patient populations.
• Communicates hospital policies and procedures to employees through orientation and continuing education.
• Obtain and maintain qualified staff in the emergency department. The staff should provide the needed skill and experience level needed to provide quality, efficient care at all times.
• Develops, implements and evaluates new educational courses to assist Emergency Department staff in delivering a high level of quality care, through training, and education.
• Establishes goals and objectives for Emergency Department Education programs.
• Develops staff education based on goals and objectives and cooperates with organization-wide departments for programs as appropriate.
  
  

• Bachelor's [Required]
  

• in respective field
• MSN in nursing education
  

• 2+ years hospital management experience and a minimum of five years clinical experience [Required]
• 3+ years of management and educational experience in a healthcare environment [Preferred]
  

• N/A
  

• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS) [Required]
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Cert (ACLS) [Required]
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Cert (PALS) [Required]
• Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) [Preferred]
• Registered Nurse (RN) [Required]
  
  

Certain positions are subject to Florida Level 2 background screening, including fingerprinting, as required by state law.

Applicants may review general information about Florida’s background screening requirements at the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse:
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This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.