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Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Are you ready to manage in a new era as a Director of Cardiac Acute Inpatient and Telemetry where building a healthier tomorrow is more than a job? Our HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

+ Colleague recognition program

+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

Our teams are dedicated to improving human life. Each year about five percent of all U.S. hospital services happen at an HCA Healthcare facility. Be an impact as a(an) Director of Cardiac Acute Inpatient and Telemetry where your passion for leading and creativity are valued? We want your knowledge and expertise!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Nurse Director works closely with other Nurse Directors and all interdisciplinary departments to ensure continuity of care for patient on the units. Works with professional and non-professional employees of the hospital, and with physicians, patients and their families to ensure continuity of care.

What you will do in the role:

+ Responsible and accountable for nursing care rendered in the departments, based on the Nursing Process--assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures.

+ Integrates service into the organization's primary functions.

+ Responsible for coordinating and integrating interdepartmental and intradepartmental services.

+ Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.

+ Recommends a sufficient number of qualified and competent persons to provide care and treatment.

+ Determines and ensures the competence of all staff members is assessed, maintained, demonstrated, and improved on an ongoing basis.

+ Continuously assesses and improves the performance of care and services provided.

+ Maintains quality control programs, as appropriate.

+ Responsible for orienting and providing inservice training and continuing education for all persons in the departments.

+ Recommends space and other resources needed by the departments.

+ Participates in selecting sources for needed services not provided by the departments or the organization.

+ Supports the mission, goals and objectives of the hospital.

+ Maintains and improves own nursing knowledge.

+ Maintains JCAHO standards and Patient Safety Goals; stays up-to-date on guidelines for other regulatory agencies.

+ Follows up in a timely manner in response to all patient/family concerns, including communication with the Administrator-on-Site.

What qualifications you will need:

+ Basic Cardiac Life Support

+ (RN) Registered Nurse license required

+ Bachelors Degree required

+ Three years experience as Med/Surg staff nurse, CV experience preferred. One year management experience.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-clear-lake) is a **530+ bed hospital** where _sophisticated, world-class medicine meets the comfort, care and convenience of a community hospital_ . For more than 40 years, we have proudly been providing high quality, cost-effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We opened our doors in 1972 and now employ 2,000+ staff members and 900+ physicians in a wide range of specialties. Our specialists offer more talent and experience than any other hospital in the region. We are a **Level II Trauma Center and the only exclusive heart hospital south of Houston** . Our accredited center provides nationally-recognized care in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of cardiovascular diseases. HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake offers a variety of other services, including Woman Services, Pediatric Care, Breast Diagnostic Center, ACR-accredited Imaging Center, Wound Care Treatment Center featuring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and much more. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

If this is the kind of dynamic growth opportunity that compels you, apply for the Director of Cardiac Acute Inpatient and Telemetry role. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.