Assistant Director of Nursing

6 days ago

Baltimore, Maryland, United States Medstar Full time
Job Description

The Assistant Director of Nursing is a key member of the MedStar Health entity-based Division of Nursing and leadership team. This role supports and collaborates with the Director of Nursing in providing leadership and oversight for a specific unit/department.

Key Responsibilities
  • Directs and coordinates the nursing and patient care delivery of the unit-based professional and support personnel.
  • Ensures the provision of holistic, culturally competent, and person-centered, quality, safe, and cost-effective evidence-based nursing care for patients/families.
  • Applies the nursing process within the context of the organization's shared/collaborative decision-making framework.
  • Collaboratively manages the patient's transitions across the continuum of care to assist patients and populations in achieving or maintaining an optimal level of health and functioning.
  • Fosters associates' commitment to improving quality, safety, and cost-conscious patient care outcomes.
  • Collaborates with the Director of Nursing in maintaining adherence to regulatory and accreditation standards, and MedStar Health's policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrates leadership and behaviors which are consistent with MedStar's mission, vision, goals, SPIRIT Values, patient care philosophy, and sound moral and ethical judgement.
  • Develops unit/department goals, objectives, policies, and procedures, and ensures compliance with hospital/entity policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, and regulatory and accreditation standards.
  • Develops and maintains effective relationships and partnerships across disciplines (e.g., medicine) and departments (e.g., environmental services) to ensure the delivery of efficient and quality patient care services.
  • Contributes to the hospital/entity capacity management efforts; ensures unit activities and patient throughput proceed smoothly.
  • In collaboration with the Director of Nursing, develops standards of performance for associates, evaluates performance, and conducts performance management planning.
  • Sets clear expectations for performance and holds associates accountable.
  • Completes annual performance reviews of unit/department-based associates in a timely manner.
  • Ensures the reviews reflect the individual associate's ability to meet performance expectations and beneficial ongoing developmental goals.
  • Maintains communication with the Senior Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services, unit-based associates, Medical Director, providers, other nurse leaders, and personnel from other departments for the purpose of coordinating operations among the unit/department, clinical nursing division, and hospital/entity.
  • Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring, and management of the unit/department-based budget and to support the organizational objectives, patient care standards, and quality of care.
  • Demonstrates fiscal responsibility with day-to-day unit productivity and operations.
  • Ensures availability of necessary materials, supplies, and equipment for safe and optimal patient care delivery.
  • Implements approaches and strategies that optimize patient care delivery and outcomes.
  • Ensures effective utilization of the interdisciplinary model of care (IMOC) and associated standards of excellence.
  • Rounds on patients during the shift for the purpose of engagement, satisfaction, and improvement in the care experience.
  • Investigates and follows through on patient complaints and safety events.
  • Supports and promotes quality and patient safety initiatives and high reliability standards.
  • Leads unit-based safety huddles.
  • Escalates care delivery concerns to the Director of Nursing and other leaders as necessary and following the chain-of-command.
  • Takes action to ensure optimal execution of the National Patient Safety Goals, nursing sensitive indicators/measures, regulatory requirements, and other identified quality metrics.
  • Identifies and participates in performance improvement opportunities as appropriate and based on findings.
  • Collaborates with the Director of Nursing in the hiring, evaluation, promotion, and termination of personnel within the assigned unit/department, as needed.
  • Monitors and ensures appropriate staffing for unit(s).
  • Collaborates with other nurse leaders (Directors of Nursing, Directors of Clinical Nursing Informatics, Practice Innovation, Professional Development, and others) to ensure associate competencies.
  • Identifies individual staff development needs and provides appropriate resources to meet needs.
  • Assists with developing unit-specific orientation of newly hired associates, and preceptor and charge/resource nurse programs.
  • Plans and coordinates the assessment of unit-specific competencies for all nursing personnel within the unit/department.
  • Supports the implementation of new programs/practices and helps design educational programs that ensure the highest quality care delivery and customer satisfaction.
  • Maintains continuing education files, competency assessment documentation, licensure, and specialty certifications for self and the associates within the unit/department.
  • Maintains and demonstrates a professional, patient-first atmosphere and an environment of coaching and development that supports shared decision making, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a high level of patient and associate satisfaction as evidenced by outcomes data.
  • Provides shift-based clinical leadership through role modeling professional practice behaviors, proper delegation of activities, and management of the nursing team by maintaining staff accountability.
  • Participates in hospital/entity committees, task forces, interdisciplinary forums, and projects (e.g., serious safety event reviews and performance improvement teams) at the request of Director of Nursing.
  • Promotes a public image of professional nursing excellence and represents the hospital in community outreach efforts as appropriate.
  • Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the fields of nursing and health care through a variety of professional activities including, but not limited to, reading the appropriate literature, attending related seminars and conferences, and maintaining membership in professional nursing associations.
  • Assumes administrative responsibilities in absence of the Director of Nursing and provides coverage for other colleagues.
  • Maintains clinical knowledge and skills and engages in the provision of direct care for a caseload of patients as required.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing from a Nationally accredited program required.
  • Master's degree in Nursing or a health related field from a Nationally accredited program preferred.
  • 3-4 years progressive nursing care experience required.
  • Leadership and management experience preferred.
  • Specialty certification from a nationally recognized nursing organization in either a clinical specialty or Nursing Administration Upon Hire preferred.
  • CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 Days required.
  • Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit.

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