staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Director of Nursing - $31+ per hour

Job Description

Detroit Medical Center is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Director of Nursing for a nursing job in Detroit, Michigan.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : Director of Nursing
• Discipline : RN
• Duration : Ongoing
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours, days
• Employment Type : Staff

DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics / gynecology and cosmetic services.

Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country.

Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.

Job Summary

In collaboration with senior leadership and subordinate staff, plans, implements and evaluates processes related to performance improvement, staffing effectiveness, fiscal management, staff competence and customer service outcomes within designated units or services.

Ensures that regulatory requirements / standards are communicated, implemented and monitored. Collaborates with other members of the healthcare team to plan, implement & evaluate activities related to department, hospital and DMC objectives.

Models customer service excellence.

1. Assures quality and appropriateness of care. Facilitates and supports the establishment of unit based quality improvement programs and supports continuous improvement processes.

Uses processes and metrics to manage / measure accountability for self and assigned services or units.

2. Creates an environment of shared decision-making. Promotes multidisciplinary collaboration on patient care and related issues.

Serves as a facilitator by removing barriers that prevent staff from effectively and efficiently performing their roles.

3. Promotes positive customer relations with physicians, patients, families, visitors and employees; follows up on all complaints and provides feedback.

Monitors level of patient, staff and physician satisfaction. Adheres to the DMC's Customer Service Standards.*

4. Plans, implements and evaluates staff development & competency maintenance programs. Ensures that elements of performance improvement findings are incorporated into educational programs as appropriate.

Supports professional growth and development programs, such as tuition reimbursement and nursing grand rounds. In collaboration with the clinical manager, ensures staff participation in orientation, mandatory and continuing education programs and other staff development opportunities.*

5. Develops, implements, monitors and adjusts capital and operating budgets. Provides variance reports and / or corrective action plans as requested.

Mentors subordinate staff in creation and evaluation of budget. Develops, implements and realizes effective cost containment measures.

Collaborates with DMC Finance representatives to create supplemental reports as appropriate.

6. Develops business plans and / or requests for proposals as requested / required.

7. In collaboration with clinical manager and unit staff, interviews, selects, evaluates, counsels, disciplines and terminates unit personnel.

Ensures that appropriate human resource activities are completed on a timely basis and in conformance with established policy.

Develops, reviews and / or revises and monitors reports related to retention and recruitment activities.

8. In collaboration with peers & other members of the healthcare team within the facility & system (as appropriate), ensures that all policies, procedures and standards related to assigned unit / service areas, are reviewed / revised as outlined by regulatory standards and that clinical policies are evidence-based.

Ensures staff compliance with state, federal laws and regulatory agency standards / requirements.

9. Develops unit / service goals and objectives and strategies which promote the mission, vision and values of the DMC, the individual operating unit and / r clinical service;

achieves related goals.*

10. Maintains communication lines between self and staff and among staff, by conducting regular staff meetings and providing opportunities for team building and problem solving within a shared decision-making framework.

Monitors activities for and ensures compliance with laws, government regulations, Joint Commission requirements and DMC policies.

As directed, implements external and internal audit recommendations. Ensures hospital departments achieve objectives for diversity of their suppliers.

COMPLIANCE STATEMENT : Supports the standards set forth in the DMC's Code of Conduct by creating an atmosphere of commitment to legal and ethical standards, and as directed, implementing external and internal audit recommendations.

Monitors activities to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations Joint Commission requirements, and DMC policies and procedures.

The essential functions of this job include but are not limited to those marked with an asterisk.

Qualifications :

1. Masters Degree Required in Nursing, Business, Health Care Administration or related field. Of two degrees one must be in Nursing.

2. Three to five years experience, which may be concurrent clinical and / or progressively more responsible management experience.

3. Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Michigan.

Job :

Detroit Medical Center Job ID #4369-2406001027-5. Posted job title : Nursing Director, Patient Services FT Days

About Detroit Medical Center

The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) is the leading academically integrated hospital system in Metro Detroit, and one of the largest health care providers in Southeast Michigan.

During our 150+ years of caring for the community, we have been recognized nationally with top awards in many aspects of hospital operations and patient care.

The DMC is able to achieve these awards because of our exceptional employees.

The Detroit Medical Center is one the largest academic medical centers in the United States, with a long and rich history of medical education, for more than 100 years.

We train more physicians than any other hospital in Detroit.

Our evidence-based approach inspires confidence and spurs innovation. It ensures that we are making treatment decisions based on our experience, on the best available research and our understanding of each patient as an individual.

Our commitment to our patients

Our commitment to patient care and improving patient outcomes is part of everything we do. It’s our mission. It’s our promise to every patient and every family who entrusts their care to us.

To meet the needs of our community, we operate 8 hospitals and more than 140 clinics and outpatient facilities across southeast Michigan, including a nationally recognized dedicated pediatric hospital (Children’s Hospital of Michigan) as well as a nationally recognized rehabilitation hospital (Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan).

We offer an inclusive, diverse and supportive environment. Knowing that we are better together, our teams are highly collaborative and integrated to deliver the high quality and compassionate care our patients expect and deserve.

Staff members have a voice in forming our culture; one that is often referred to as my forever family and colleagues who have my back .

The DMC has a proud legacy of caring for the people and the families that call Metro Detroit home; they’re our neighbors, our friends, and our community.

That’s why the DMC serves everyone in the community who needs us; no one gets turned away who comes to us for care. From local food drives to our long-standing commitment to educate and empower our community towards better health, you can count on the DMC.

There’s a spirit of caring and togetherness that you will experience when you join the DMC family. We are a community build on care.

At the DMC, we are committed to maintaining an environment of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. If you need a reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this web site, please contact the DMC facility where the position is available, for further assistance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or status as an individual disability.

Employee Benefits

At the DMC, health and well-being are important to us, so we provide a range of benefits and options to help meet the needs of all eligible employees.

In addition to a range of healthcare plans, including higher and lower deductible options, we offer dental, vision and an employee assistance plan.

Basic life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance are provided for free to eligible plan members. Employees can also choose to participate in one of several supplemental life insurance and / or disability plans, a legal services plan and an identity protection plan.

For those employees who are looking for support to care for family members, we also offer child and elder care programs.

To help employees prepare for retirement, we offer a 401K savings plan, and an employee discount plan that includes discounts for a wide variety of products, including auto and home insurance and mobile plans.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Employee assistance programs
• Life insurance
• Discount program
30+ days ago