Director of Critical Care Services

Director of Critical Care Services

Pascagoula, Ocean Springs, and Gulfport Hospital | Full-Time | Days |
Pascagoula, Ocean Springs, Gulfport, Mississippi
United States

Position Overview:
The Director of Critical Care Services - SRHS focuses on developing an organization-wide team to assure one standard of care across the Health System working with the Patient Care Managers in the assigned division and the Chief Nursing Officer.The Director will assume responsibility for planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating delivery of care in the assigned division of nursing. Expectation is for all performed duties to be in accordance with Singing River Health System procedures and policies, accreditation organization, and governing guidance and publications for health care employees.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this intends to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Education:
Graduate from NLN School of Nursing required.  Bachelor of Science in Nursing required. Master of Science degree in a health-related field is preferred.

License:
Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Mississippi.

Certification:
Must complete BCLS upon hire and/or transfer.

Experience:
A minimum of five (5) years’ progressive professional nursing leadership experience required.

Reports to:
Chief Nursing Officer, SRHS

Supervises:
Assigned department personnel.

Physical Demands:
Work is mainly active: involves regular requirements to move about the unit, move about the facility, and to travel to another facility within the SRHS service area. Work involves exerting oneself to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Work involves using repetitive motions: substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard, copier, and 10‐key.

Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sound at normal speaking levels with or without correction; the ability to make fine discriminations in sound. Work requires close visual acuity and the ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus, i.e. shift gaze from viewing a computer monitor to forms/printed material that are closer to compare data at close vision.

Must be able to be active for extended periods without experiencing undue fatigue. Must be able to work flexible hours, when required/requested.

Mental Demands:
Must possess keen mental faculties in the management of information. Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels associated with care of acute patient/family, rapidly changing patient conditions, emotional demands of patients and families, and demands of maintaining effective working relationships with peers, managers, physicians, and other health care workers.  Work requires superb communication / speaking / enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone.

Special Demands:
Must be proficient with a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software (i.e., MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Must possess the ability to work independently with little supervision and seek guidance as need to clarify assignments or request for more information.Must possess basic business skills, an understanding of general financial operations and major AR goals in the healthcare environment.

Job requires traveling throughout the SRHS service area ‐with the employee providing his/her own transportation. Must have a valid driver license. Job requires out of state travel for education purposes.
Must possess mature leadership skills and demonstrate clear and decisive interpersonal skills necessary to relate effectively with a variety of individuals. Must demonstrate reliability in the conscientious and complete manner in which work is performed.