This position is incentive eligible.
Job Summary and QualificationsThe Division Director of Virtual Care Center is responsible for the efficient and effective deployment of nursing and clinical initiatives and processes to support patient care across the Division. The Director is responsible for hiring and overseeing the Division resource (float) pool, and establishes systems and processes for measuring and reporting on operational performance. In addition, they oversee agency usage and flexible staffing within all facilities. This role provides consultation and education to the Division CNO Council. This position provides leadership for administering and planning centralized nursing scheduling and nursing resource pool system-wide.
In partnership with Division PI, the Director will oversee nursing staffing ratios, productivity targets and benchmarking for the system as well as provide education and training as directed by the VP and/or Chief Nursing Executive.
What you will do in the role:- Engage with individual facilities to identify unique clinical/operational needs and assist with the development of action plans that are consistent with the mission of HCA.
- Directs all Central Nursing Scheduling functions system wide including oversight of float resources across the system and manages all nursing agency usage.
- Evaluates ongoing productivity targets and benchmarks & recommends staffing adjustments as necessary; to include monitoring staffing/scheduling practices and patterns and reports findings to VP, Chief Nurse Executive and PI team.
- Responsible for the hiring, orientation, education and evaluation of resource pool staff.
- Responsible for creating enhancement in operations, directing projects and supporting Shared Leadership through participation on the System Professional Practice Council.
- Develops and oversees the staffing, scheduling and workload systems for the Division to include establishing systems for capturing, tracking, reporting relevant operational statistics such as: Vacancy/turnover rate; and usage/expense of Traveler/agency; Sitter & Overtime percent.
- Prioritizes potential initiatives to ensure maximum benefit and utilization of financial and personnel resources; Assists in the development of budgets for new nursing programs/services and assures they are reviewed, approved, recorded and initiated.
- Develops educational programs to orient nursing directors to budget process, staffing and benchmarking & assists in developing electronic tools such as the nursing scorecard in collaboration with nursing leadership across the Division.
- Coordinates projects and regularly interacts with PI team related to staffing, scheduling and resource management.
What qualifications you will need:- (RN) Registered Nurse license required
- National certification required within 6 months of hire, with preference in nursing executive leadership
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing required
- Masters Degree in Healthcare Administration or Nursing required
- Requires 5+ years of experience with hospital operations with progressive leadership responsibility; Division or multi-site project/program management highly desired
HCA Gulf Coast Division is an affiliation of hospitals serving greater Houston area and South Texas. We share a mission, a commitment to the communities we serve and a standard of excellence for providing compassionate patient care. Serving such a large and diverse region requires HCA Gulf Coast Division to offer a range of programs that meets the needs of people of all ages with conditions ranging from acute to chronic illnesses. With 16 acute care and specialty hospitals, freestanding emergency rooms, ambulatory surgery centers, and more than 16,000 employees, HCA Gulf Coast Division offers patients access to a circle of care that is unique in the region. We bring comprehensive care close to home, including advanced medical care, education, and community outreach. By joining together as a network, hospitals are able to focus on improving outcomes and enhancing services for their own communities, while pooling resources for other functions like staffing and systems management.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
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