Responsibilities
Position Summary
Provides leadership & operational oversight for an inpatient direct care unit or units. Accountable for achievement of department
and hospital goals in concert with other hospital and medical staff leadership.
Essential Functions
• Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure delivery of quality service, optimal patient flow and comfort,
safety, and compliance with various standards of care, regulatory/governing bodies (e.g., OSHA, JCAHO), infection control, and
risk management.
• Plans, leads, organizes, directs, & evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes.
• Facilitates a healthy environment that promotes patient and team member safety, high reliability of processes and quality
outcomes.
• Embraces workplace diversity and participates in nursing organizational policy formulation and decision-making.
• Ensures that a continual improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards
for nursing and patient care.
• Serves as an agent of change, assisting leaders and team members in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and
process of change.
• Analyzes, develops, and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs,
ultimately achieving desired outcomes.
• Participates in the planning and implementation of new technologies, procedures, and services to support day-to-day
operations.
• Identifies, recruits, develops, and retains top talent.
• Responsible for management of team members including recruitment, development, mentorship, retention, supervision,
evaluation, and productivity.
• Develops and manages unit/department budget and responds in a cost-effective manner to changing patient and team member
requirements.
• Knows and practices sound business and operational excellence.
Qualifications
Education/Training
Graduate of an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with Graduate degree in
Business or health-related field preferred.
Licensure/Certification
• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population:
o Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
o Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
o Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS)
o Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)
• National leadership board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Organization for
Nursing Leadership (AONL) within 2 years.
Experience
Two (2) years as a registered nurse in an acute care setting and one (1) year leadership experience.
