Director of Emergency Department

UHS
CORONA, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/28/2023 CLOSED ON 6/2/2023

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Emergency Department position at UHS?

Responsibilities

The Director of Emergency assesses, plans, implements and evaluates delivery of patient care with 24 hour responsibility for total management of the Emergency Department. Provides administrative direction for development and evaluation of all nursing personnel, and maintains operational aspects of the patient care unit in collaboration with support services. Contributes to nursing and the hospital through support of philosophy and objectives, educational and research efforts. Accountable to assure that HCAPS, patient, employee, and physicians satisfaction scores are all in acceptable ranges. Accountable for building and directing teams to improve core measures and other Joint Commission initiatives. Has ongoing dialogue with nurses both one on one and in monthly staff and clinical unit. Is proactive in identifying needs of staff and resolves issues to improve patient care and supports nursing leadership direction. Is a positive reactor assuring new initiatives and practices are followed consistently without bias.


Qualifications

EDUCATION/TRAINING/ EXPERIENCE:


Bachelor's degree from an accredited College or University in related field required.
Master's degree from an accredited College or University in related field preferred.
Five (5) to Seven (7) years of clinical experience in Emergency as a Registered Nurse required.
Minimum 3 years acute care nursing leadership experience in Emergency required.


CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:


Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) or CPR Certification through the American Heart Association.
Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association.
Current Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification through the American Heart Association.
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certificate.

 

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

 

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, regulatory or accreditation requirements. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, policies and procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Basic to Intermediate Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to calculate figures and percentages. Ability to work with statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
REASONING ABILITY: Intermediate to High Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

 

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Demonstrates knowledge and ensures compliance with the Nurse Practice Act , The Joint Commission and Title 22 standards and guidelines.
Demonstrates compliance with hospital policies and procedures at all times.
Demonstrates strong leadership, organization, communication and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrates ability to relate to clinical personnel and medical staff, as well as ability to interact well with the public.

Demonstrates proficiency in Cerner.
Must have knowledge of PC and applications.
Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function.
Consultative / supportive role model in clinical specialty, demonstrates clinical competency in clinical judgment, technical skills and knowledge base, and directs staff in application of such.
Accountable for skill development in department.
Demonstrates emergency effectiveness.
Advanced certification in clinical specialty encouraged for staff.

 

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

 

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries.  We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.

Pay Transparency:

To encourage pay transparency, promote pay equity, and proactively address regulations, UHS and all our subsidiaries will comply with all applicable state or local laws or regulations which require employers to provide wage or salary range information to job applicants and employees. A posted salary range applies to the current job posting. Salary offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience.

 

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