Nurse Practitioner - Director - Lloyd Staffing (Manhasset, NY)

Assume a 24-hour responsibility for multiple units within a designated service line for the overall assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care on the service. You must be able to carry out the strategic plan for business development, clinical management, patient care, budgeting, financial management & quality. Promote service standards and create a patient focused caring environment while addressing and meeting the individual needs of the patient. Function as a key clinical leader and communicate regularly with the physician leader and departmental administrator. You must be able to foster an environment of collaboration and respect with physician colleagues, nurses and other healthcare team members. Qualifications: · Master's Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program, required. · Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse AND a Nurse Practitioner New York State. · American Nurse Credentialing Center Certification (ANCC) required. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and/or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred. · Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience which includes five (5) years nurse practitioner experience in a specialty area and minimum of five (5) years progressive management experience, required. · Demonstrated leadership, communication and interpersonal skills required. Responsibilities include: 1. Standards Compliance Maintains current knowledge of and acts proactively to ensure compliance with all regulatory and professional standards of care which includes JCAHO, CMS, IHI, CAP, etc. Utilizes creativity in developing quality/performance improvement programs, instructing Nursing Management and implementing new and improved standards. Utilizes "tracer" methodology as a management tool to ensure that quality of care is embedded into clinical practice on an ongoing basis. 2. Operational Performance Develops, prepares and monitors the personnel, supply and equipment budgets in collaboration with the Nurse Managers, Assistant Nurse Managers and support department directors. Develops strategic master staffing plans to ensure adequate staffing coverage in accordance with established productivity measures based on patient population needs. Develops, oversees and monitors service/unit operational performance metrics inclusive of LOS, agency and overtime costs, vacancy and turnover rates. 3. Clinical Practice/Patient Care · Collaborates with the Nurse Executive and Nurse Managers establishes nursing care standards and evaluates overall staff compliance. Identifies research protocols effecting the patient population served and keeps nursing staff informed. Ensures accountability in the provision of support services essential to patient care. Ensures that a safe and caring environment is maintained for patients that is conducive to positive health teaching, and maintenance; patient and family expectations of care; develops mechanism to assess same. Develops service goals and objectives to support the institutional values and goals, with input from nurse managers and staff. Fosters and implements programs within the service line that support cultural diversity. 4. Management Ensures that the overall planning process occurs for each unit within the service line. Analyzes findings from patient satisfaction survey to establish service based customer services agenda and ensures that unit based agendas are developed with input from the nursing management and the staff. Analyzes findings from staff satisfaction survey to establish a service based recruitment and retention agenda and insures that unit based agendas are developed with input from the nursing management and the staff. Ensures that effective plans for delivery of nursing care are developed within the service line. Ensures the resolution of patient and family concerns or complaints in a timely fashion. Conducts monthly meetings with the nursing management to address equipment, scheduling, goals and objectives, performance metrics and improvement activities, and any staff concerns. 5. Human Resource Development/Management Hires, educates, mentors, and evaluates nursing management. Works with human resources and nursing management to counsel, discipline and terminate staff as needed. Educates nursing management in new and existing department procedures and systems (e.g. information systems, fiscal responsibility, etc). Completes the CLI Core Management Series and appropriate leadership conferences, serves as active faculty at the Nursing Institute and influences the nursing education agenda at local schools. Makes recommendations and provides opportunities for growth and development of personnel and arranges for appropriate education and training. Is able to identify at least one potential successor to the Director role. Creates and maintains a supportive working environment for all staff, and students. Demonstrates self-development and keeps current on a variety of clinical management and health care topics by participation on a national and local level in professional associations and promotion of national agenda initiatives. Responds in a timely fashion to staff concerns and functions proactively to retain staff Establishes service line metrics and goals to measure effectiveness of retention strategies. Employs learning organization principles and techniques in all aspects of service line leadership Promotes a level of professionalism on the unit, which motivates academic pursuit and continuing education on the part of the staff by establishing and meeting service based professional certification goals. 6. Interactive Relationships Promotes empowerment of the nursing management and staff by utilizing collaborative approaches and encouraging new ideas. Functions as a leader of the healthcare team and various interdisciplinary committees to improve patient care and meet patient needs. Promotes collegial relationships based on mutual respect and support.

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