Director of Critical Care Unit - NURSE: CRITICAL CARE

The Director of Critical Care will function as a specialist in adult acute and critical care. Responsible for operations and the integration of the service within overall hospital functions, and serve as an innovator and change agent. They provide leadership to improve performance through assessment, planning, organizing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the care provided for acute and critically ill adult patients being cared for throughout the organization, and specifically in our MICU(16 beds), SICU(16 beds), CVICU(15 beds), NVICU(12 beds), PCU36 beds), and Telemetry(36 beds) units. Responsibilities include fiscal, human resources, strategic planning, and operational functions. Strategic partnership with the VP of the Cardiovascular Service Line and guidance of the Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioners is also expected. Assures a high level of customer satisfaction, manages productivity to achieve budgetary targets, and must be willing to assume twenty-four hour responsibility for patient care. Is also expected to function as a collaborator for overall hospital patient care operations, and a strong partner with the Medical Staff; specifically with the Hospitalists and Intensivists physicians.

100 FTEs (minimum)

Qualifications

 Bachelors degree in nursing required

 Masters degree in nursing or related field preferred

 2-Five (5) years experience in management, preferable in a hospital setting with experience to include management of personnel, payroll, budgets, capital, business planning, marketing, and physician relations

 Previous management in critical care required; clinical or leadership experience with the cardiac intensive care population highly preferred

 Current Texas RN license

 Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS

 Certification in critical care or leadership preferred