Director Womens Child Services

The Director of the Center for Women’s and Children’s Health is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of the strategic plan for the service line. The Director is responsible for the development, communication, and successful execution of established objectives, financial and clinical, within the service line. The Director provides leadership and positive promotion of the service line continuum from acute care through outpatient programming, with linkage to community resources. The Director serves as the administrative dyad partner with medical directors associated with UnityPoint Health Clinics in Pediatrics, Neonatology, and Hospital Medicine. Creates partnerships with other physician leaders to support the optimal care and operations of the service line. The Director works with the Market Chief Nursing Officer and patient care leadership to support professional nursing practice, strategic planning and execution, creating destination nursing departments for patients, families, team members, and providers. Aligns with UnityPoint Health Women’s Service Line, Clinical Effectiveness, and Quality strategy and Initiatives. Scope of responsibility includes Birthcare Center, Pediatrics & NICU, Dental Health Center, and operational support team members that provide optimal support of the service line.

Why UnityPoint Health?

• Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience  a culture  guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
• Benefits – Our competitive  Total Rewards  program offers benefits options like 401K match, paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – We’re committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
• Development – We believe equipping you with support and  development opportunities  is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
• Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at  https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org .

Leadership

• Synthesizes and integrates divergent viewpoints for the good of the organization. Provides visionary thinking on issues that impact the organization.
• Represents UPH - St. Luke’s Hospital on health-related topics and issues through community involvement and Board participation.
• Serves as a professional role model and mentor to future nursing leaders.
• Assures ongoing succession planning is in place for all levels of leadership within the service line.
• Serves as a change agent, assisting others in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change. Supports staff during times of difficult transitions.
• Assures Professional Practice Model is practiced in all departments.

Communication

• Provides for two-way conversations between team members and leadership.
• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with team members, peers, physicians, and administration to advance the core inpatient business strategy.
• Communicates a shared vision regarding strategic goals for the service line.
• Builds credibility with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality, and professional practice.

Business Responsibility

• Develops annual and multiyear capital budget.
• Develops annual operational budget to support strategic plan.
• Executes the established plan through measurement, monitoring, and analysis of resource utilization and adjusting direction when needed.
• Collaborates with Market Chief Nursing Officer to support program/practice changes to continually improve resource utilization.
• Educates patient care team members on financial implications of patient care decisions.
• Measures and analyzes performance from multiple perspectives (customer, staff, growth & development, fiscal, etc.).
• Utilizes enterprise and hospital database management, decision support, and expert system programs to access information and analyze data from disparate sources for use in planning of patient care processes and systems.

Quality of Care

• Ensures timely patient flow throughout the organization, monitoring the data and contributing to process modifications and changes when needed.
• Designs safe clinical systems, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Interprets information from evidence-based nursing literature and research. Uses research findings for the establishment of standards, practices, and patient care models in the organization.
• Articulates UnityPoint Health and St. Luke’s Hospital quality improvement program and goals. Sets target outcomes that are evidence-based.
• Analyzes the root causes of variation from quality standards.

Compliance

• Ensures that written organizational clinical policies and procedures are reviewed and updated in accordance with evidence-based practice standards.
• Ensures compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act, state Board of Nursing regulations, and regulatory agencies’ standards (CMS, EMTALA)

• Undergraduate nursing degree
• Master’s degree in nursing, health administration, or business
• Active nursing license in the State of Iowa.
• Five to seven years of professional experience
• Two to three years of leadership experience with evidence of successful change management
• Knowledgeable about patient care and nursing practice across service lines and management principles and practices including performance management and performance improvement
• Knowledge of Joint Commission, CMS, and state regulatory standards