Registered Nurse, Director of Intensive Care Unit

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is actively seeking a full-time ICU Director.

MAIN FUNCTION:
A registered professional nurse in a middle management position who provides leadership, overall management, and strategic and operational oversight for designated service lines.

NATURE AND SCOPE:

He/she maintains 24 hour responsibility, accountability, and administrative authority for all patient care activities, department operations, and staff functions. He/she collaborates with all members of the health care team to effectively coordinate the delivery of patient care for specific aged based patient populations. He/she will be responsible for being an occasional house supervisor.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Effectively guides, directs, and monitors clinical nursing practice for specific patient populations to assure that nursing care delivery is performed within established standards of practice, quality, and performance.

2. Directs, develops, and implements departmental and organizational-wide processes that enhance and improve departmental functions, reduce cost and improve quality and patient outcomes.

3. Consistently demonstrates professional behaviors and leadership skills that are in support of the vision, mission, and philosophy of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center at both the organizational and departmental level.

4. Directs the development and implementation of the annual budget for manhours, operators, and capital equipment. Prepares biweekly and monthly budget variance analysis.

5. Participates in recruitment activities of nursing staff for areas of responsibility. Maintains responsibility for retention of qualified nursing personnel for areas of responsibility through coaching, mentoring, and consistently demonstrating strong leadership behaviors.

6. Communicates effectively and functions in a collaborative manner within all levels of the organization.

7. Actively participates in designated committee membership within the organization.

8. Evaluates staff performance at appropriate intervals as established per hospital policy with written evaluations that include goal setting.

9. Other duties as requested or assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE:

¨ Graduate of a college or university school of registered nursing.

¨ Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Required.

¨ Specialty certification preferred.

¨ Master of Science degree desired.

LICENSURE:

¨ Current New York State Professional Nurse licensure

SKILLS:

¨ Demonstrated leadership and management skills.

¨ Demonstrated exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

¨ Maintains unit specific competency as per unit based staff.

EXPERIENCE:

¨ Minimum of 2 years of recent clinical experience relevant to patient population.

¨ Minimum 5 years of previous management experience at the Department Manager level or above.

Benefits Include:

Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Program

Extended Illness Bank

Competitive hourly rates

Group Life Insurance

Supplemental Short-Term Disability

Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

403(b) Retirement & Savings Plan

Job-related Tuition Reimbursement Program

Who We Are:

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is the only full-service hospital in Niagara County. The facility offers a 171-bed regional medical center with extensive inpatient and outpatient services, including a full-service Medical & Psychiatric Emergency Room, The Heart Center of Niagara featuring an on-site Cath Lab, Niagara Wellness Connection Center, The Wound Center of Niagara, OB/GYN Center and UBMD Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. We also offer a comprehensive range of surgical services.

The first hospital in Niagara to be designated a stroke center by the New York State Department of Health, we operate several satellite facilities, including the Summit Healthplex, Tuscarora Health Center, primary care offices in Niagara Falls, Wheatfield, and the Town of Niagara. Schoellkopf Health Center, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that specializes in short-term rehabilitation and elder care. Like the medical center itself, Schoellkopf features 100-percent private room accommodation.

Niagara Falls Memorial's Child Advocacy Center of Niagara enjoys national accreditation. Our community health advocacy efforts coupled with extensive and productive community partnerships make us one of Western New York's most consistently innovative providers of community-based health outreach.

As one of the Greater Niagara region's largest employers, we pride ourselves on playing an active role as an economic engine and a catalyst for community growth.

Through growth and change, we remain faithful to our core mission: Improving the health of the Greater Niagara Region with a passion for excellence.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $115,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Salary : $115,000