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Responsibilities include but are not limited to implementing evidence-based nursing practice to achieve operational excellence, facilitating respectful and productive interdisciplinary collaborations, promoting and monitoring a culture of efficient, results and customer-oriented services, as well as coordinating staff educational opportunities and certification processes.
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Implements nursing policies and procedures that conform to current standards of nursing practice, CHKDHS philosophy and operational policies while maintaining compliance with state and federal rules and regulations.
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Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to nursing staff.
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Participates in meetings with other nursing directors to discuss operational and other issues.
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Ensures the proper staffing of assigned units and, either directly or through delegation to managers, is responsible for scheduling, training and developing, and evaluating the performance of nurses and others. Proactively develops positive employee relations and recognition. Promotes teamwork, mutual respect and effective communication.
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Initiates corrective action as needed when individual performance does not meet expectations.
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Provides leadership and direction for both inpatient and outpatient Neonatology services to include the Neonatal Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic, NNP/PA program, Neonatal Consults for the Fetal Diagnostic Center, and Neonatal Follow-up Clinic.
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Develops processes to promote quality of service, grow service lines, budgetary compliance and provides oversight to those working in these areas.
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Ensures that each nurse is properly certified and abides by established standards of care and with laws and regulations.
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Establishes and maintains appropriate standards of practice for assigned areas, in accordance with CHKDHS policies and external regulatory guidelines.
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Collaborates with physicians in the proper treatment of patients.
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Reviews daily and other reports from the units to monitor and ensure timely and effective responses to issues and problems.
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Develops and recommends annual budgets for assigned areas.
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Development of processes to promote quality of service, budgetary compliance and overall operations of the departments. Provides clear direction regarding budget expectations, setting performance expectations and desired outcomes.
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Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve methods and productivity in assigned units while maintaining high quality patient care.
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Mentors and coaches’ managers and nursing staff, either directly or through managers, to ensure professional development.
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Collaborates with other departments, such as I.S. Infection Control, Quality, and others, in enhancing safety, process improvement and other initiatives.
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Monitors operations and quality standards to assure compliance with governmental regulations and the established standards of accrediting agencies, including federal research regulations.
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Maintains appropriate standards of practice and standards of care throughout the Neonatology service areas.
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Leads, manages, coaches, and trains a team or department, provides guidance, support, and mentors to ensure optimal performance and productivity.
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Oversees the recruitment, hiring, team/department orientation, performance appraisals and disciplinary actions including up to termination processes for a team or department.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
