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Central Maine Medical Center Director Acute Care Nursing CMMC in Lewiston, Maine
At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.
Position Summary:
Responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to the acute care units of CMMC and is an integral member of the leadership team and a collaborative clinical partner with Physicians, Executives, clinical and support staff working to provide optimal care experience for patients and their families. Provides oversight of the patient care experience, employee engagement, coaching and leading the team for success, managing staffing levels, training metrics, and ensuring achievement of compliance requirements. Instrumental in implementing and evaluating quality improvement initiatives, actively engaging in patient satisfaction measures, providing direct involvement with work process standards and performance goals to ensure exceptional service delivery and patient care. Responsible to ensure the provision of exceptional medical-surgical and critical care nursing care in a safe and trustful environment resulting in optimal patient/family outcomes. Provides oversight for the overall growth and development of CMMC Nursing departments incorporating the objectives, policies and procedures. Responsible for effective leadership, assuring clinical excellence, supporting professional development, promoting teamwork, collaboration and accountability, and managing CMMC Nursing departments. Reports to chief nursing officer.
Essential Duties:
Provide strategic direction and oversee the Acute Care units of M1, M2, M3, M4, T1, T3 and inpatient acute rehab units at CMMC.
Empowers, supports, advocates for and inspires direct care nurses and leaders to work toward a shared mission and vision by analyzing assessment data, identifying barriers and opportunities for improvement through utilization of the performance improvement Model P-D-C-A, and using critical thinking skills to make decisions needed to provide the best possible patient care.
Assesses nursing practice, standards of patient care and work environment by evaluating data from staff satisfaction survey, staffing effectiveness, core measures, national patient safety goals, patient satisfaction, unit- based and hospital-wide performance improvement and nurse- sensitive indicator data.
Responsible and accountable for achieving departmental level expected quality, experience and stewardships in conjunction with nursing’s vision, philosophy and strategic plan, this role serves to provide leadership for the development and implementation of departmental projects/initiative, long and short-term goals and is responsible for planning, administering and evaluating the operations of their assigned departments.
Develop, implement and enforce unit-based systems and processes that provide high quality standards. In conjunction with the nursing leaders, this role is responsible for overseeing implementation of patient care via organizational and departmental policies and procedures and evidence-based practices.
Ensures a safe, compliant and healthy work environment for all team members.
Upholds and consistently acts in concert with the ethical values and principles of the profession and the organization including the service standards
Assures that the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses is used to guide nursing practice.
Assures that patients are educated on the Patient’s Bill of Rights.
Recognizes ethical issues in clinical practice and assists the direct care nurse to seek expert consultation.
Ensures adherence to hospital policy for dealing with illegal, incompetent, or impaired practice.
Promotes a practice environment which honors the professional autonomy of the registered nurse in the management of patient care.
Encourages evidence-based practice and research.
Supports teams in maintaining accreditation of program such as CARF and Joint commission.
Develops and support units-based councils.
Works collaboratively with the clinical education department and the Professional Practice Program Manager to support Nurse Residency Program.
Understands the components of cultural competency and assures direct care clinical staff are competent to care for diverse populations.
Maintains a work environment that is fair.
Supports aging clinical staff with strategic workplace initiatives.
Recommends capital, FTE and expense budgets for area of responsibility, utilizes appropriate data to monitor adherence to approved budget, identifies rational for budget variances.
Operates within the budgeted plan.
Oversees revenue cycle for procedure areas
Education and Experience:
Masters of Science in Nursing or equivalent higher degree
Board certified in nursing leadership within 1 year
Licensed to Practice Nursing in the State of Maine
3 years progressive leadership experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Must demonstrate effective leadership characteristics and qualities by sharing the vision, leading by example, demonstrating integrity, communicating effectively, recognizing success, empowering and motivating
Operations and budget management
Must be detail orientated and have strong analytical skills
Effectively leads and manages change in a rapidly changing environment
Demonstrates effective decision making and delegation skills
Ability to engage patients and team members utilizing the CMH Experience Standards
I am creating a warming, caring, and non-judgmental environment
I am actively listening and seeking information
I am honest, truthful, and consistent
I am respectful, treating all individuals with dignity and empathy
I am serving as a role model, taking both initiative and ownership when appropriate
I am working collaboratively and demonstrating teamwork
I am resilient and adapt to change in positive ways.
Demonstrated ability to direct and triage in a highly fluid dynamic operational environment.
Ability to collaborate with all layers of the management/ administration team.
Physical Demands:
For physical demands of position, including vision, hearing, repetitive motion and environment, see following description.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising client care.
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description is subject to change and management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
If you are passionate about making a difference and are looking for your next great career opportunity, we look forward to reviewing your application!
AT CENTRAL MAINE HEALTHCARE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO
Our why, our purpose, drives every decision and action we take as a healthcare system. We strive everyday to deliver exceptional care, and to improve our community. We are a non-profit organization that is breaking the traditional healthcare mold by bringing our patients and their family’s high value, low cost, and award-winning care while focusing on creating an exceptional experience for them; all within their communities. To accomplish this, we only hire individuals who are committed to excellence, who embody the principles of our CMH Experience Service Standards, and who are ready to step in and help their fellow team members achieve those exceptional results for our patients, their families, and the community.
Central Maine Healthcare System
The organization is broad in its footprint, with three (3) hospitals in Bridgton, Lewiston, and Rumford, and over 75 individual practices within our Medical Group. Lewiston’s Central Maine Medical Center is a certified and award-winning level two trauma center, along with our Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute and the upcoming highly anticipated launch of our comprehensive state of the art cancer treatment center. Both Bridgton and Rumford Hospitals are four (4) star accredited acute care hospitals, and our Medical Group and Maine Urgent Care Centers have won multiple awards within their specialties. As a system we are a six-time winner of the Leapfrog Safety A Rating since 2019, representing some of the highest quality care and outcomes nationwide. Our awards and accolades are only possible as a result of our commitment to culture, and a focus on safety and inclusion, in each of our patient’s experiences and in the experiences we create within our teams.
If you are a person who is looking for a way to give back to your community, to help improve the lives of patients or those who care for our patients, want to be part of a growing organization that is setting the bar for Maine healthcare, apply to join Central Maine Healthcare today!
Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity
CMH actively promotes diversity in its workforce at all levels of the organization. We strive to create and maintain a setting where we celebrate cultural and other differences and consider them strengths of the organization. CMH is an equal opportunity workforce and no one shall discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or veteran status with respect to any offer, or term or condition, of employment. We make reasonable accommodations to the known physical and mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities.