Purpose:
This position is accountable for achieving quality patient care through appropriate leadership and utilization of human and fiscal resources in their program area. The position is accountable to plan, develop, and direct the operations of the Acute Medical Surgical departments. This is accomplished through visionary leadership, knowledge of present and future trends, strategic benchmarking and innovative interventions.
Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates the ability to create a shared vision; applies critical thinking skills and utilizes financial and quality data as well as conceptual and didactic knowledge in the development of the service line / program vision and operational plan.
• Achieves the outcomes of the organization in relation to core measures, regulatory influences, pay for performance, HCAPS, staff and customer satisfaction and identifies areas for ongoing growth and development.
• Demonstrates ongoing departmental and personal development, coaches and advises direct reports and professional staff in the formulation of their professional development plan.
• Establishes and achieves professional standards for quality, legal, and ethical professional practice that is supported by regulatory guidelines and policies and procedures.
• Conducts an analysis of areas of responsibilities, including strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats to define proactive processes and shares this information with the Vice President of Patient Care Services for development of an organizational strategic plan.
• Ensures a culture of caring by promoting and supporting decisions that are patient centered and within the framework of Patient Family Centered care.
• Collaborates with medical staff and key stakeholders to improve patient outcomes; set clinical quality priorities, recommend and implement professional improvements and initiatives and implement service line based patient safety initiatives.
• Demonstrates initiative to address complex, high-risk problems and translates them into opportunities and challenges.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication.