Critical Care Director directs the staff and programs of the critical care unit. Develops and introduces approved standards and guidelines for critical care services and programs. Being a Critical Care Director ensures quality care to patients. Requires a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Critical Care Director typically reports to top management. The Critical Care Director manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. To be a Critical Care Director typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
The Critical Care Nursing Director plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, and evaluates care and staffing for the Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit including central telemetry. Responsible for developing strategic goals for the service line as well as fiscal year business plans required to achieve such goals. The Director is the key person who translates strategies into day-to-day operations assuring standards of nursing process, care, treatment, and services are followed and unit specific policy and procedure reflect current facility practice and nursing best practices. The Director will have a clinical coordinator in the Emergency Department as well as the Critical Care Unit to assist with daily operations and achievement of directives. Responsible for directing and evaluating the provision of patient care, treatment and services in the department. Key functions of the position include planning, leading, organizing, directing, and evaluating. Accepts 24-hour accountability for areas of responsibility. Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies impacting nursing care. Develops, implements, and monitors objectives and goals to integrate technical and human resources to support organization’s mission. Provides direction, support and guidance to the staff and demonstrates positive role model in response to questions, issues or concerns raised by staff, family or physicians during tour of duty.
Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills, self-directed, excellent time management and problem solving skills. Evidence of the analytical skills necessary in order to solve technical, clinical, administrative, or managerial problems. Requires professional level of knowledge in a specific discipline/design with relatively complex plans, systems, and programs. Evidence of communication skills necessary to interpret hospital policies in situations requiring persuasion, presentations to hospital senior management, manage the performance of employees within a large or diverse department, and other duties requiring a comparable level of communication skills. Ability to make and implement decisions that may be challenging at times. Specific knowledge of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing required.
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