Director, Clinical Inpatient IMCU (Inova Alexandria Hospital)

Company: Inova Health System
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: November 14, 2024

Job Description:

The Director Clinical IMCU (Level 2 Intermediate Care Unit) at Inova Alexandria Hospital oversees a 20 bed unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization's goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment, which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes. Job Responsibilities

• Oversees assigned department or functional area to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization's goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success.
• Ensures use of guidelines, standards and evidence-based practice in care delivery, producing quality patient outcomes and a safe patient environment.
• Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.
• Serves as a physician liaison and primary information resource/contact for the unit. Ensures compliance with the unit plan for physician satisfaction.
• Maintains and monitors budgetary standards and utilizes resources effectively and appropriately.
• Monitors patient/physician satisfaction and seeks ways to improve by ensuring continuous implementation of evidence-based practices to include, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversationsMinimum Requirements:
  • Certification - Basic Life Support & Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
  • Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse
  • 1 year of leadership experience (leadership experience may include RN Unit Supervisor Role, dedicated charge nurse or Assistant Nurse Manager or equivalent role)
  • 2 years of acute care nursing experience
  • Education - Bachelors Degree in NursingPreferred Qualifications:
    • Critical care experience is highly preferred
    • Masters degree
    • Experience mentoring and developing teams

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