ICU Director

Union Position: No

About Steward Health Care

Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.

As the country’s largest physician-led, tax paying, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.

Steward is among the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.

Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 39 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.

For more information, visit www.steward.org.

At Steward Health Care System, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized behavioral health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.

We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.

In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Stewardship

If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.

Director ICU/CCU- full-time 40hrs/wk *25k* SIGN ON BONUS*

Position Function:

• The Director of Critical Care Services/Patient Care Director is a key management/leadership position within the Medical Center Organization and operationalizes the core values of the Organization by promoting patient centered care.
• The Director of Critical Care has twenty four hour responsibility/accountability for the units' operations.
• Patient care outcomes are the result of interdisciplinary collaboration coordinated by the Director of Critical Care Services in conjunction with the intensivists and chiefs of critical care service lines.

Authority:

• Has the authority and responsibility for directing and supervising the activities and functions of assigned nursing units.
• Has the authority to hire, promote, terminate and demote departmental employees within the guidelines established by the Medical Center.

Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

• Provides superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the Service Excellence Standards.
• Monitors and analyzes trends involving census, acuity, staff resources and changes in patient population and recommends budgets for areas of assigned responsibility.
• Based on analysis, develops variance reports, corrective action plans and data needed to project future budgetary needs, and monitors compliance with same.
• Develops business plans for new clinical programs.
• In collaboration with department directors, designs and supports Nursing Division goals and objectives which reflect the philosophy and mission of the Medical Center.
• Serves on department and medical center committees, task forces and work groups on a voluntary and appointed basis through active participation and follow through on project work.
• Participates in The Joint Commission and regulatory agencies’ accreditation processes.
• Develops and operationalizes a strategic plan with ongoing evaluation, based on changes in patient care programs and trends in patient care services.
• Collaboratively develops, maintains and evaluates standards of practice.
• Provides leadership to clinical staff regarding resource allocation, clinical decision-making, and conflict management.
• Acts as a consultant to other disciplines relative to patient care management.
• Collaborates effectively with other department managers, administrative personnel and physicians in accordance with the Medical Center's mission and values.
• Demonstrates an overall accountability to recruit, interview, select and evaluate nursing personnel.
• Promotes a supportive working environment within the Medical Center.
• Collaborates with the Nurse Educator, for maintaining a level of staff competency and performance based on the standards and patients’ outcomes.
• Facilitates cross-training of staff among critical care areas.
• Utilizes procedures as defined by the Nursing Division, Human Resources, and related departments to provide counseling, disciplinary action and/or termination.
• Creates a climate to assists staff in identifying individual strengths and areas of learning.
• Manages the environment to support staff professional growth.
• Collaborates with all disciplines in planning, operationalizing and evaluating programs related to patient care.
• Works collaboratively with Care Coordinator for discharge planning purposes.
• Designs, implements and evaluates systems to maintain and improve care, patient/family satisfaction, cost -effectiveness, and staff satisfaction.

Responsibilities/Non-Essential Functions:

• Develops and presents written reports regarding departmental activities to the CNO as requested.
• Develops and presents Performance Improvement activities and reports to the Quality Council.
• Reports serious incidents and/or severe breaches in quality of care to the Department of Risk Management, CNO and COO.
• Reports to the Director Risk Management/Performance Improvement any quality issues related to patient care requiring the Medical Peer Review Committees, or the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff's consideration and/or action.

Accountability:

• Shall be accountable for unit operations within the approved operating and capital budgets.
• Shall be accountable for maintaining the confidentiality and security of all Medical Center-related, Medical Staff-related, and patient related data and information.
• Shall be accountable for abiding by all relevant Medical Center Policies and Procedures.
• Shall be accountable for operating the Critical Care Services in accordance with applicable State and Federal Regulations, and standard-setting organizations.
• Shall be accountable for patient care provided in the Critical Care area.

Qualifications:

Minimum Education:

• Masters' Degree in Nursing, Business or Health Care Administration required.
• Certification in Critical Care Nursing and/or Nursing Administration preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Current Nursing leadership experience in managing multiple complex, critical care units in an acute-care teaching facility; surgical intensive care and cardio thoracic experience preferred.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proactive decision-maker
• Ability to collaborate with physicians and multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively manage expense budget as allocated.
• Ability to make formal presentations relative to clinical, operational, educational research and financial issues.

Certification/Licensure:

Current license to practice Nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Training:

• Must obtain 15 hours of Continuing Education annually to maintain license.
• Training in Performance Improvement, total Quality Management, and/or Continuous Quality Improvement.

Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $150,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Critical & Intensive Care

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Brighton, MA 02135: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $150,000 - $175,000