Assistant Director of Nursing Float Pool

MedStar Health’s Washington Hospital Center; Clinton (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health is seeking an Assistant Director of Nursing to provide leadership and oversight for a specific unit. This role involves ensuring quality, safe, and evidence-based nursing care, while collaborating with the Director of Nursing. The Assistant Director will manage patient transitions and uphold regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Directing and coordinating nursing and patient care delivery.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Fostering staff commitment to improving quality and safety.

Job description

General Summary of Position

The Assistant Director of Nursing is a member of MedStar Health's Division of Nursing and leadership team. They support and collaborate with the Director of Nursing to provide leadership and oversight for a specific unit or department. The role involves directing and coordinating nursing and patient care delivery by professional and support personnel on the unit. The Assistant Director ensures the provision of holistic, culturally competent, person-centered, quality, safe, and cost-effective evidence-based nursing care for patients and families. They apply the nursing process within the organization's shared decision-making framework, collaboratively managing patient transitions across the continuum of care to help patients and populations achieve or maintain optimal health and functioning.

The Assistant Director of Nursing assumes administrative and leadership authority on a 24/7 basis for the assigned unit or department. They foster staff commitment to improving quality, safety, and patient care outcomes that are cost-conscious. Additionally, they collaborate with the Director of Nursing to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, as well as MedStar Health's policies and procedures. The role requires demonstrating leadership and behaviors aligned with MedStar's mission, vision, goals, SPIRIT Values, patient care philosophy, and maintaining sound moral and ethical judgment.

This position has a hiring range of $100,588.00 - $190,340.00.