**Job Summary** The Director, Telemetry provides strategic leadership and management for the Telemetry unit, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. This role involves strategic planning, operational oversight, staff management, and collaboration with clinical teams to optimize departmental outcomes and efficiencies. **Essential Functions** + Oversees daily operations and oversight for the Telemetry unit, ensuring patient safety, quality care, and adherence to established clinical protocols and regulatory standards. + Develops, implements, and evaluates unit goals, policies, and procedures to ensure the highest standards of patient care and operational efficiency. + Collaborates with medical staff, nursing leadership, and other departments to promote a cohesive and integrated approach to patient care delivery. + Monitors patient care outcomes, identifying trends and opportunities for quality improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed. + Recruits, trains, and mentors staff members. Promotes continuing education and professional development opportunities. + Prepares and manages the departmental budget, monitoring expenses and implementing cost-saving measures while maintaining high-quality care. + Creates a culture that earns employee commitment as measured by retention and employee satisfaction goals, and is aligned with solid management practices, applicable laws and organizational values. + Responds to and resolves patient care issues, complaints, and incidents, ensuring appropriate corrective actions are addressed. + Maintains current knowledge of industry trends, clinical best practices, and healthcare regulations, ensuring that the department remains compliant and competitive. + Performs other duties as assigned. + Complies with all policies and standards. **Qualifications** + Associate Degree in Nursing required + Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or related field (or obtained within 1-year from start date) preferred or + Master's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or a related field preferred + 5-7 years of experience in telemetry nursing required + 2-4 years of leadership experience required **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** + In-depth knowledge of telemetry nursing practices, protocols, and standards of care. + Strong leadership ability with organizational, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills. + Demonstrates ability to assess data, prioritize care, and plan interventions, as well as interact and educate patients, dependent on the age group of the population served. + Ability to analyze data and use metrics to drive decision-making and improvements. + Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. + Ability to gather information, delegate and support teams. + Ability to evaluate situations to make effective decisions, provide solutions and improve work processes. + Excellent human relations, oral and written communications skills, and ability to meet customer needs. **Licenses and Certifications** + RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure required + BCLS - Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) or American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) required + ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) or American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) required Equal Employment Opportunity This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.