Director Nursing- Critical Care

Benefits of working at Geisinger:

• Full benefits (medical, dental and vision) starting on day one
• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
• Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care; Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more
• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance

Join the Geisinger Family! Apply now! To learn more about Geisinger opportunities, please contact Tiffany Nino at tnino@geisinger.edu.

Job Description:

• Designs, assesses and implements nursing best practices and focuses on empirical outcomes.
• Creates and maintains standards, operational activities and performance measurement tools that meet operational and market needs in operational efficiency, quality, access and patient satisfaction.
• Maintains appropriate staffing levels and mix.
• Ensures the patient safety improvement and management program will be given high priority and will support the program.
• Ensures all incidents, serious events, and sentinel events are reported to Performance Improvement and addressed in a timely manner.
• Facilitates active engagement and communication with department staff via formal meetings and informal interactions.
• Assesses staff and facilitates skill development for all personnel as needed.
• Directs all employee relation activities.
• Collaborates with Nursing Professional Development Specialist to develop employee orientation, continuing education and competencies to sustain a high quality workforce.
• Integrates the Professional Practice model with the mission, vision, philosophy and values of the organization.
• Facilitates a timely problem resolution process for patient and customer related issues.
• Establishes and adjusts hour per patient day for unit based on national benchmarks and acuity.
• Develops, implements, and achieves budgets which attain unit, division, and system goals.
• Implements activities and tools that consistently educate and focus staff on key performance indicators.
• Monitors all revenue and expense impacting activities by reviewing reports provided by finance, and care management.
• Develops and implements operational contingency plans proactively and when indicators change.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.