Director of Emergency Room

Adventist Health System is the largest not-for-profit, Protestant healthcare organization in the US. Today, the organization provides 37 hospitals totaling more than 6,000 licensed beds, care for nearly 4 million patients each year in inpatient, outpatient and emergency room visits, and employ almost 43,000 members of their communities in full and part-time positions. When Seventh-day Adventist healthcare began, philosophy was translated into life-saving and life-enhancing service when mission was put into action. Today, our mission of extending the healing ministry of Christ depends not only on our commitment to Christian ideals but on our efforts to provide nothing less than extraordinary compassionate care. Job Description POSITION PURPOSE: Under the direction of the Chief Nursing Officer, assures 24-hour responsibility/accountability for clinical  and fiscal management of assigned patient care and assistance to the CNO for the accomplishment of departmental and organizational goals.  Maintains awareness of legal, professional, regulatory and organizational goals. Responsibility to ensure the provision of the highest quality nursing services, regardless of the age, disability, economic status, gender, national origin, race, religion or health problems of the client served. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Develops, implements and evaluates policies, standards, educational services, and programs that support the department. Quality Control: Ensures quality control monitoring is performed for assuring patient safety; effectively prepares staff and unit for surveys; actively participates in regulatory surveys.Assists in developing and submitting budget assumptions for capital and annual budgets for the respective department. Initiates activities to enhance revenues and support cost reduction and containment activities. Initiates and/or participates in methods to reduce salary expenses (i.e. FTE reduction, skill mix changes, Overtime usage, PRN usage, Agency Usage, and census fluctuation).Shows evidence of productivity as measured by the goals of worked & paid FTE’s, and actively manages the overall department budget.Analyzes and monitors compliance with accrediting and regulatory agency standards, including JCAHO, TDH, licensing boards, etc.Identifies and corrects environmental and practice safety issues.Contributes to the recruitment and retention of employees by actively engaging in planning for retention and recruitment strategies with the CNO.Resolves employee satisfaction concerns in a timely and professional manner, assuring they have been thoroughly investigated and appropriate actions taken, including notification of Human Resources if necessary. Resolves patient satisfaction concerns in a timely manner, assuring they have been thoroughly addressed and appropriate action taken.Submits reports and requests for information by established deadlines.Employee performance evaluations completed (administered, signed by the employee and submitted to Human Resources) within 30 days prior to or 30 days after the employee’s anniversary date.Represents CTMC in a professional manner to employees and community members.Promotes professionalism in appearance, positive attitude, and confidentiality. Apply Online   Link to all Company Jobs   Send this Job to a Friend Privacy Policy  |  Company Website