Clinical Director, Med Surg

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Inova Health System in Falls Church, Virginia, is seeking a Clinical Director to transform a medical-surgical unit into an innovative tele-virtual nursing care model. The Clinical Director will oversee unit performance, implement strategies to achieve organizational goals, and serve as a liaison for effective communication. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, relevant leadership experience, and be licensed as a Registered Nurse in Virginia. This role offers the chance to enhance patient care through progressive leadership in a healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Licensed in Virginia as a Registered Nurse.
• 1 year of leadership experience and 2 years of acute care nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a liaison for the unit and monitors budgetary standards.
• Ensures effective communication to enhance patient and physician satisfaction.
• Implements evidence-based practices to optimize patient care.

Skills

Leadership skills

Budget management

Patient care

Legal compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is seeking a Clinical Director to lead the transformation of a traditional medical-surgical unit into an innovative tele-virtual nursing care model.

The Director Clinical Inpatient Unit oversees assigned unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but is 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. Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for assigned unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment, which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

• 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 conversations.

Minimum Requirements

• Certification - Basic Life Support upon start
• Licensure - Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.
• Experience - 1 year of leadership experience and 2 years of acute care nursing experience, leadership experience may include RN Unit Supervisor Role, dedicated charge nurse or Assistant Nurse Manager or equivalent role.
• Education - Bachelors Degree in Nursing

Preferred Requirements

• Progressive leadership experience in acute care nursing, including oversight of adult medical-surgical and/or observation units in a hospital setting.
• Experience leading in an inpatient environment, with demonstrated ability to manage throughput, capacity, and length-of-stay optimization.