Director Free Standing Emergency Department

HCA Healthcare; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital seeks a Director of Free-Standing Emergency Services to lead service delivery, staffing, and resource management across the ED and related departments.

You will drive quality patient care, oversee ancillary services, and mentor emerging leaders while ensuring regulatory compliance and adherence to hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred.
• Current RN license in state of practice.
• ACLS, PALS/ENPC, and BLS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Identify real or potential problems affecting service and implement solutions with follow-through.
• Participate in hospital committees and communicate with stakeholders.
• Advance the patient experience agenda in the Emergency Department.
• Coach staff, provide feedback, and develop performance plans.
• Adhere to Human Resources policies and standards.
• Communicate department and hospital information to staff.
• Foster evidence-based employee engagement and leadership development.
• Build relationships to meet organizational and departmental goals.
• Participate in rounding and mentor future leaders.
• Enforce ED care standards and measure compliance.
• Develop and evaluate an ongoing ED program ensuring quality patient care.
• Monitor regulatory and policy compliance, safety, and PI program.
• Oversee operational excellence to deliver quality services.
• Follow exposure control plans and biosafety guidelines.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Team building

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's in Nursing

Master's in Nursing, Business Administration, or Healthcare Administration

ACLS

PALS or ENPC

BLS

Registered Nurse license

Job description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Executives thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Director Free Standing Emergency Department for our HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital team where excellence creates excellence.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Job Summary And Qualifications

The role of the Director of Free-Standing Emergency Services assures service, growth, development, personnel management, and resource allocation and management controls in order to ensure consistent high-quality patient care in the Emergency Department. Provides oversight to ancillary departments such as Imaging, Lab, Admitting, Security, Environmental Services, and Support Services.

What you will do in this role:

• You will accurately identify real/potential problems affecting the service and implements solutions with follow through and communication
• You will actively participate in service, departmental and hospital wide committees as assigned, providing ongoing communication to those one represents
• You will advance the patient experience agenda in the Emergency Department
• You will coach immediate subordinates providing feedback; constructive critique of work; facilitates individual development plan; and documents their job performance
• You will adhere to all Human Resource policies.
• You will effectively communicate departmental, organization and industry information to staff
• You will facilitate evidence based employee engagement practices
• You will effectively build strong relationships and networks to deliver upon organizational and department goals
• You will participate in employee and patient rounding and identifies and mentors potential future leaders
• You will enforce standards of emergency department care and develops processes to measure and ensure consistent compliance
• You will develop, implement, and evaluate an ongoing emergency services program which assures quality patient care consistent with the Hospital mission
• You will monitor compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy for patient services, and environmental and personnel safety
• You will oversee a PI program that consistently monitors and evaluates critical aspects of care
• You wile responsible for department’s operational excellence; ensures department delivers quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures and professional standards
• You will follow the Hospital Exposure Control Plans/Blood borne and Airborne Pathogens
• You will perform other duties as assigned

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor's Degree or other approved education plan required
• Bachelor's degree in nursing required
• Master's degree in Nursing, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or a related field preferred
• 3+ years of experience in emergency services required
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership role preferred
• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state in which he or she practices, in accordance with law and regulation required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required

HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital is a 445-bed HCA Healthcare hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals, Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center and three freestanding emergency departments, Brighton Park Emergency, Moncks Corner Medical Center and Centre Pointe Emergency.

We provide care to nearly 375,000 South Carolina Low country residents each year. Every day Trident Health's more than 2,600 employees, more than 500 physicians and more than 130 volunteers are dedicated to fulfilling our mission.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.