Director Critical Care Services **UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital** 1 Positions ID: 38621696 Posted On 11/06/2024 **Job Overview** + **Area of Interest:** Leadership - Nursing + **FTE/Hours per pay period:** 1.0 + **Department:** Nursing Administration + **Shift:** Days, Monday - Friday, for 80 hours per pay period. You will be required to flex to other shifts as needed. + **Job ID:** 156720 **Overview** This position is responsible for providing leadership and direction for all areas noted below. Responsibilities include strategic planning, program development, quality improvement, clinical evidence-based practices and outcomes, oversight of daily operations, patient/family service excellence delivery and outcomes, informatics and technology selection and implementation, regulatory compliance, development and maintenance of community partnerships and fiscal sustainability. + Emergency Services + Trauma Program + Forensic Nurse Examiner Program (FNE) + Intensive Care Unit (ICU) – 7 Atrium + Inpatient Behavioral Health + Family Birthing Services **Why UnityPoint Health?**   + **Commitment to our Team –** We’ve been named a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare 2022 (https://www.unitypoint.org/press-releases-article.aspx?id=5d699a8a-8983-4b72-a5d2-8965fe05e15c&UnityPoint+Health+Named+Among+150+Top+Places++to+Work+in+Healthcare) by Becker’s Healthcare for our commitment to our team members.  + **Culture –** At UnityPoint Health, **you** Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture (https://www.unitypoint.org/our-culture.aspx) guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.  + **Benefits –** Our competitive Total Rewards (https://uphtotalrewards.com/) program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  + **Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment** – We’re committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.  + **Development** – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities (https://uphtotalrewards.com/my-personal-growth/) is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.  + **Community Involvement** – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.    Visit us at UnityPoint.org/careers to hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work. https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org/   **Responsibilities** **Strategic planning/business development** + Seeks out new trends and practices. + Monitors regulatory, environmental, financial and market place changes, and incorporates these into the business planning process. + Develops, implements and monitors an annual operating plan in alignment with the system’s business plan. + Participates in developing, implementing and maintaining informatics technology, equipment, and other types of technology to have patient care areas function in a state of readiness. + Collaborates with system partners for strategic planning alignment and deployment. **Quality Improvement** + Develops and implements a quality improvement plan that is in alignment with the hospital quality plan. + Implements and monitors outcome measures of quality practices through various hospital channels such as Patient Safety, Shared Governance, and Infection Prevention. + Assures that continuous improvement cycles are in place to measure and meet quality outcomes. + Participates in activities which may include implementation of Team Stepps to create and maintain a culture of patient safety. + Develops processes and systems to meet state trauma standards and stroke standards for ongoing certification. **Operations leadership and management** + Participates in Director on Call rotation + Provides guidance, direction, decision making to support safe and optimal daily operations. + Coaches and develops leadership staff and frontline staff in supporting safe and optimal daily operations. + Provides oversight of the implementation and a culture of patient safety which may include the Team Stepps Program. + Supports employee and provider engagement through visibility in patient care areas and recognition efforts. + Identifies and implements opportunities for cost effectiveness and operational effectiveness. + Develops and supports the successful management of annual budgets. Coaches leaders and frontline staff in understanding budgets and in meeting of fte and expense budgets relative to activity. + Provides real time consultation as needed for operational issues. + Works across departments and systems to address communication needs, patient care needs and system processes to ensure optimal operations. + Promotes maintenance of all areas of responsibility to be in a state of readiness for regulatory agencies. **Service Excellence** + Oversees the development, implementation and monitoring of key processes to achieve patient and family service excellence outcome measures. + Supports the leadership team, providers and frontline staff in incorporating the key patient and family services processes into the culture (e.g. AIDET, bedside shift report, intentional rounding, service recovery) + Supports and coaches to create environments of care where care concerns are managed at resolved at the lowest level of accountability. + Provides regular feedback from patient satisfaction surveys to staff and providers. **Financial Performance and Sustainability** + Oversees the development, implementation and monitoring of capital and annual operating budget. + Forecasts budget replacement of equipment and facility remodels and/or upgrades + Determines Return on Investment (ROI) for new projects + Approves expenditures within limits of authority. + Assists with overseeing and evaluating revenue cycle processes. + Participates in reviewing and revising charge masters. + Coaches and supports leadership team in have the education and skills to build, implement and monitor the budget process, FTE calculation process and the flexing of the budget to activity. **Stakeholder Relationships** + Establishes and maintains relationship with staff, leaders, providers and colleagues. + Maintains key relationships with stake holders through check ins. + Develops and maintains key community partnerships. + Attends and participates in community events to represent areas of responsibility and the overall organization. + Collaborates with system partners at UPH. + Collaborates with physician and patient care leaders with the mutual goal for excellence in evidenced base practice. **Human Resource Management and Engagement** + Recruits and retains staff and leaders. + Participates in talent management. + Provides leadership through coaching, counseling, on-going feedback and peer review for the growth and development of staff, providers, leaders and colleagues. + Supports activities and processes that promotes a highly engaged workforce. + Supports and promotes opportunities for recognition and celebration. + Role models professional behavior. + Supports leaders in the management of employees. **Qualifications** **Minimum Requirements** Identify items that are minimally required to perform the essential functions of this position. **Preferred or Specialized** Not required to perform the essential functions of the position. **Education:** · Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing · Master’s Degree in Nursing **Experience:** · 5-7 years’ progressive leadership experience- 3 years as a Nurse Manager **License(s)/Certification(s):** · State of Iowa Nursing license · National Certification in clinical area or administration **Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:** · Well-developed working knowledge of emergency nursing, forensic nursing, critical care nursing, psychiatry, family birthing services and general inpatient nursing. · Strong leadership skills · Demonstrated ability to seek opportunities for improvement with successful implementation of ideas. · Competent and confident interpersonal skills. · Team building and conflict resolution skills · Financial and business planning skills and experience. **Other:** Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position. Primary Contact 13511 Michelle Pickel HR Recruiter, HR 563-589-2608 Phone Phone Phone Fax michelle.pickel@unitypoint.org Email True False False **Job Details** Categories Health Care Information Technology/Telecommunications Location Dubuque, IA Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Company ID 168 Job REQ # 38621696 \# Positions 1 Start Date 20241106 End Date 20250215 Featured Job TH Ad TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Registered Nurse - Senior Care - Day Shift (FT &am MercyOne Registered Nurse (RN) - Senior Care MercyOne Certified Nurse Assistant - Senior Care - PT Eveni MercyOne Travel Virtual Care RN - Onsite, Unit Based MercyOne Registered Nurse (RN) - FT Surgical Services - Rot MercyOne Primary Caregiver - Child Care - FT MercyOne Assistant Director of Clinical Education- Physical Clarke University Patient Care Technician-5N Medical/Surgical UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital CMA or LPN- UW Health Specialty Services Southwest Health Home Care Nurse Residency, Dubuque Iowa UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital **Share this Job** UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital **About the Company** **A CAREER AT UNITYPOINT HEALTH - FINLEY HOSPITAL** UnityPoint Health team members come for a job, but stay for a career. As a team member, regardless of your position, you'll get the chance to change lives on a daily basis in order to deliver our vision of the Best Outcome for Every Patient, Every Time. That privilege drives employees' passion for making a difference in the lives of our patients, helping them create healthier, more rewarding lives. At UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital, we know our collective actions determine the experience we create. Our team members strive to work as one through four key values: * Foster Unity * Own the Moment * Champion Excellence * Seize Opportunity If you are interested in joining our team, please visit http://www.unitypoint.org/dubuque/employment-opportunities to learn about our many opportunities and to fill out an online application. **ABOUT OUR HOSPITAL** UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital is a 126-bed community hospital. We employ more than 800 full-and-part-time employees. Finley Hospital is a not-for-profit, locally owned, regional healthcare facility part of the UnityPoint Health system. Finley Hospital is committed to bringing the best medical care to the tri-state area. We offer comprehensive, full service health care that is coordinated around our patients. We have consistently been recognized as a leader in health care.