• Director Patient Care Services - McLaren Careers

    McLaren Health Care (Petoskey, MI)


    Responsible for external and internal contracts forshort-term and long-range strategic planning, resolution of issues to enhancethe development and quality of nursing care and developing and monitoringpolicies and procedures.** **Assists nursingmanagers with the development, implementation and monitoring of supply, capitaland FTE budgets.** **Collaborates with HumanResources and nursing managers in the recruitment and retention of nursingpersonnel. Serves on medical staff committees and nursing staff committees as anursing representative or advisor.

    Essential Functionsand Responsibilities:

    1.

     

    Plans,

     

    directs, controls and evaluates patient care nursing operations in

     

    collaboration with the Chief Nursing Officer.

     

    Develops and recommends short- and long-term strategic plans and methods

     

    for achieving goals.

     

    Assists in

     

    establishing standards of performance, quality assurance and control, and

     

    patient care delivery.

     

    2.

     

    Serves

     

    as a resource and representative by assisting with the planning of cooperative

     

    projects with other hospital departments and community agencies.

     

    Promotes integration of services with other

     

    hospital divisions.

     

    3.

     

    Creates

     

    and maintains correspondence, records, reports, and other documentation related

     

    to the work.

     

    4.

    Acts as

    a liaison/resource to Chief Nursing Officer when working with managers, all

     

    levels of nursing staff and other disciplines, physicians, patients and

     

    families, schools of nursing, architects, contractors, vendors, professional

     

    organizations, clergy and the media.

     

    5.

     

    Interacts

     

    on a regular basis with physicians to obtain feedback, resolve issues or plan

     

    for future needs.

     

    6.

     

    Assumes

     

    24-hour accountability, 7 days per week for areas of responsibility.

     

    7.

     

    Conducts

     

    rounds to areas of responsibility.

    Required:

    + Masters’ Degree in Nursing, Business Administration or related field within two years of hire date.

    + If Masters is not obtained in Nursing, must have a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

    + Must be licensed as Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.

    + Minimum of five years acute care nursing experience required.

    + Progressive management experience required, with proven interpersonal and communication skills.

    Preferred:

    + American Heart Association BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN) **Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.**