Director of Nursing

at St. Mary's Health & Clearwater Valley Health in Orofino, Idaho, United States

Job Description

Manages Nursing Division (includes emergency, critical care, acute, swing-bed, perioperative and maternal/child surgery, respiratory therapy and environmental services); plans, organizes, and directs all related functions and activities (internal and external); establishes goals, objectives, standards of performance; develops operating policies and procedures; interprets hospital policies, standards and regulations to appropriate staff, patients, medical staff and public.  Additional responsibilities include management, BLS transport services, education and training, infection control, and employed physicians.

Responsibilities:

• Organizes division structure and plans, directs, and supervises the nursing and clinical programs.
• Develops short- and long-term goals and objectives in consultation with administration and consistent with hospital philosophy.
• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs all nursing, division functions and activities to achieve objectives and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Establishes patient care standards of nursing practice.
• Establishes and implements policies and procedures for divisional operations.
• Establishes and evaluates standards of performance and Quality program in cooperation with quality personnel to measure, evaluate, and enhance patient care. 
• Establishes staffing needs and productivity standards.
• Keeps administration informed of divisional activities, needs and problems.
• Implements the plan for patient care that is reviewed and renewed annually.
• Interviews and hires personnel for the nursing department.
• Orients, trains and supervises department staff along with coordinators. 
• Reviews and establishes personnel performance plans, competencies and completes evaluations, disciplinary performance actions, etc. 
• Investigates irregularities and policy violations and performance and oversees appropriate corrective action.
• Reviews and monitors schedules to maintain adequate staffing and that staff are assigned to appropriate jobs and duties. 
• Reviews and investigates incident/occurence reports and takes appropriate action to assure safety and compliance of patients and staff.
• Provides guidance, education, consultation, counsel and guidance to personnel.  Develops training programs policies, procedures and assessments. 
• Serves as a facilitator and resource to personnel in the following: Developing patient care plans to include the whole person-providing for spiritual, psychological and social needs of patients.
• Discharge planning.
• Assisting personnel in maintaining good mental, physical and psychological health.
• Solving personnel grievances and unit problems.
• Provides the resources to maintain adequate supplies and equipment for patient care and clinical operations. 
• Ensures a competency-based orientation and continuing education program.
• Regular staff meetings provide two-directional communications and problem solving.
• Reviews patient census, condition reports, makes nursing unit rounds regularly.
  • Anazlyzes and evaluates services to improve quality patient care.
  • Consults with pharmacists and medical staff concerning control and administration of medication/drugs, and set expectation that nursing personnel are knowledgeable and current on drug detail.
• Evaluates department needs. Maintains department budgets and costs, prepares and reports to administration and finance as required.
• Maintains and oversees requirements of department record keeping, statistics, equipment supplies.
• Participates in leadership training and attends and meetings as required/requested.
• Maintains professional growth and development. Keeps license and continuing education requirements current.
• Maintains confidentiality of all hospital and patient information at all times.  Follows HIPAA regulations and policies. 

Exempt, full time 40 hours per week

CVH is EOE