Director of Women Services

Company: CHI St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital
Location: Bryan
Posted on: August 29, 2020

Job Description:

Overview: CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U. S. , from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

CHI St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital is level II Trauma hospital located in Bryan, TX. Our Womens Service line consists of Labor & Delivery, Newborn Nursery, Postpartum, Pediatrics & level II NICU. We are looking for an experienced, energetic leader to partner with our team.

**This role also comes with a $15,000.00 Relocation Bonus for qualified candidates**.

Responsibilities

Department Leadership:

Directs the ongoing day to day operations of assigned clinical unis/areas. Establishes Scope of Care appropriate for patients served and in accordance with national and evidenced based standards. Participates with other leaders in planning for the future needs of assigned units/areas in accordance with SJRHC Strategic Plan. Communicates effectively with all staff. Develops, reviews and enforces policies, procedures and processes that support established standards. Works with House Supervisor and others to ensure appropriate staffing to meet expected care outcomes. Attends and contributes a nursing perspective to various hospital and department committees. Identifies problems, seeks consultation as appropriate, takes appropriate steps to resolve and reports outcomes as needed. Able to provide direct patient care as needed.

Employee Development:

Recruits, motivates, coaches and supports staff. Establishes and monitors expected competencies for each level of staff. Works with individual staff to identify personal goals and establish a learning framework to encourage growth. Works with Education Department and others to develop inservices, workshops, etc to meet unique unit specialty education and skill needs. Promotes a hospital perspective and establishes expectations for staff for individual contribution and accountability for meeting hospital, department and unit operational and financial goals. Advances employee satisfaction by being available, open to ideas, listening and involving staff in change and improvement. Identifies staff who are having a negative impact and takes appropriate action to mitigate behavior. Identifies needs and seeks opportunities for own learning and development

Quality Care/Clinical Performance:

Oversees the unit Clinical Practice Committee. Monitors clinical outcome and other performance data and shares with staff. Utilizes available data to identify opportunities for improvement and directs unit based PI functions. Assures the practice of sound evidenced based nursing care through ongoing monitoring and improving of practice. Works with hospital and department PI Teams and Committees in participant and leadership roles. Reports concerns with medical practice as needed. Meets all specified indicators listed on Department Performance Scorecard.

Environment and Patient Safety:

Works to maintain and support a safe unit environment. Equipment made available for staff and maintained in good working order. Process and other changes made to improve patient safety are well communicated to staff. BMV scanning rates comply with current policy. Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.

Physician Relations:

Develops relationships with physicians who routinely practice within assigned units/areas to understand their perspective and needs. Utilizes meetings and personal conversations to obtain feedback from key users regarding issues and dissatisfactions. Works to resolve problems in an expedient manor. Consistently provides feedback to physicians on identified concerns. Works to improve physician satisfaction with hospital, nursing care and assigned units/areas. Engages physicians as partners to improve patient care.

Qualifications Experience - (3) Three years of Clinical Leadership

Education - Master's Degree

Licensure\Certification - Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Texas. BLS \ ACLS

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Equal Opportunity

CommonSpirit Health is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

External hires must pass a post offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at (415) 438-5575 and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

CommonSpirit Health participates in E-verify.

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