Nursing Director - Inpatient Services (ICU and Med-Surg/Tele) - Dallas to $145,000

• Our client, a 70 bed hospital, is seeking an Inpatient Services Nursing Director is responsible for the care of patients & provides leadership to in the inpatient settings: Med-Surg/Telemetry, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) & Cardiac Specialty Unit (CSU).
• The Director is accountable for the clinical, operational, and fiscal performance of the Inpatient Services Unit.
• This position oversees the execution of short and long term strategies to support organizational goals pertinent to campus, establishes and ensures compliance with standards of clinical care, and maintains accountability for staffing, quality, safety, service and clinical excellence throughout these areas.
• Other responsibilities include assisting Clinical Managers/supervisors with Evidence Based Leadership, supporting nursing professional practice, and responding to any patient or physician’s complaints in an administrative leadership role.
• Consults with staff, physicians and the CNO on nursing problems and interpretation of hospital policies to ensure patient needs are met. 
• Maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in CQI activities. 
• Assists in formulating budget.

• Provides leadership to managers and /or frontline level professional staff
• Develops long-term plans and strategies, and works with subordinate managers to operationalize and execute the strategy
• Establishes budgets and holds self and subordinate managers accountable for managing to achieve expected
• Develop unit staff and ensure that the hemodynamic status of patient and interpretation of results are appropriate and within the nursing scope of practice
• Optimizes patient safety.
• Completes annual and probationary evaluations and returns to Human Resources timely.
• Maintains national certification and publishing/presenting at local, national and international conferences.
• Coordinates and directs patient care to ensure patients’ needs are met and hospital policy is followed.
• Works collaboratively with CNO, ancillary directors, managers & staff to increase Press Ganey HCAHPS scores to achieve the highest level of patient satisfaction & outcomes.
• Creation, review, revision, of policies and procedures
• Develops and directs orientation programs, in-services and continuing education for all organization personnel.
• Interacts professionally with the nursing staff, nurse managers and other department managers to determine specific educational needs and to coordinate educational programs to meet those needs.
• Performs management activities per role delineation and in the absence of the Chief Nursing Officer.
• Assists the Chief Nursing Officer in the development of a professional nursing staff. 

• B.S. in nursing (Masters preferred)
• Current Texas Registered Nurse Licensure. Texas MUST be home state of license.
• 3-5 years of Acute Care experience in ICU and Med-Surg/Tele
• 3 or more years management experience
• AHA BLS and ACLS required, national certification in area of expertise preferred.
• CPI certification within first 6 months in role

• MS WORD Resume
• required compensation.
• Contact information.
• Availability

Salary : $115,000 - $145,000