REGISTERED NURSE DIRECTOR - NICU

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Job description

Title: REGISTERED NURSE DIRECTOR - NICU
Location: Austin, TX
Job-Type: FTE/Permanent

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Cultivate a superior clinical identity by identifying and implementing evidence-based practices to advance patient safety and quality outcomes. Ensure adherence to standards of care.
• Manage variation in clinical practice to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and cost. Ensure a culture of accountability and transparency in the provision of care.
• Stay abreast of internal/external benchmarks, accreditations, and designations and actively pursues efforts to achieve.
• Abreast of legal and regulatory standards and ensures compliance. Develop and implement policies, procedures, and practices in compliance with all legal/regulatory standards.
• Ensure efficient patient throughput and delivery of high quality, patient-centered care through volume forecasting, patient flow coordination, and admission/discharge planning.
• Develop care coordination policies and procedures to promote improved quality, safety, and efficiency in care.
• Foster interdisciplinary communication and collaboration within and across departments and ensures staff with appropriate clinical competencies are assigned to meet patient care needs.
• Direct nursing practice and unit operations. Develop policies, procedures, and nursing standards to ensure patient and family needs are assessed, met, and evaluated.
• Provide leadership in attaining and sustaining an unparalleled patient experience.

Skills and Certifications
• Bachelor's Degree or other approved education plan required
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• Master's Degree preferred
• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice
• BLS • ACLS preferred
• L&D: NRP preferred/ FHM preferred/ RNC-OB preferred
• 1+ year of experience in healthcare required
• 1+ year of experience in leadership role required
• HM is looking for a current Director of NICU

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