Director of Critical Care

HCA HealthONE; Lone Tree (CO); On-site; USD 118,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Fertility and family building benefits

Job summary

HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge is seeking a Nursing Director to lead 24/7 patient-centered nursing care, manage unit operations, staffing, budgeting and policy development in a critical care setting.

You will foster collaboration, ensure compliance with standards, drive patient throughput and quality outcomes while developing talent and leading strategic initiatives in Colorado.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Colorado. Current BLS certification.
• Graduate of a certified school of nursing - BSN required
• Masters in nursing or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years clinical experience in a critical care area required.
• Minimum of 2 years in a leadership role required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Bachelors Degree

Responsibilities

• The Nursing Director ensures high quality, patient-centered nursing care through 24/7 responsibility for the operational performance and staffing of the unit/department, in addition to forecasting, planning, and budget monitoring.
• The Nursing Director fosters a culture of accountability and collaboration and supports the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and procedures in support of facility objectives.
• Directs nursing practice and unit operations. Develops policies, procedures, and nursing standards around evidence-based practices to advance patient safety and quality outcomes.
• Ensures adherence to standards of care. Promotes a culture of accountability and transparency in the provision of care.
• Fosters interdisciplinary communication and collaboration within and across departments to meet patient care needs.
• Manages variation in nursing practice to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and cost.
• Ensures efficient patient throughput through volume forecasting, patient flow coordination, and admission/discharge planning.
• Leverages various feedback mechanisms to benchmark performance and identify opportunities to improve customer/patient satisfaction. Develops and implements strategies to elevate the patient experience.
• Builds a competitively superior organization through attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining talent. Ensures people with the right skills and motivations are in the right role, at the right time, to meet business needs.
• Ensures effective labor management, including position control, scheduling excellence, productivity management, and premium pay utilization. Maintains staffing to ensure appropriate patient care.
• Identifies development opportunities or training needs of individual employees and teams. Provides coaching, feedback, and training to improve performance.
• Stays abreast of legal and regulatory standards and ensures compliance. Develops and implements policies, procedures, and practices in compliance with all legal/regulatory standards.
• Participates in the annual budget process. Monitors department budget performance; identifies trends and evaluates variances. Develops and implements actions to address performance gaps.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staffing and scheduling

Budget monitoring

Education

BSN required

Master's in nursing or related field preferred

Job description

This position is incentive eligible.

Salary Estimate: $118414.40 - $181272.00 / year

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The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Director of Critical Care today with HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge.

Job Summary And Qualifications

• The Nursing Director ensures high quality, patient-centered nursing care through 24/7 responsibility for the operational performance and staffing of the unit/department, in addition to forecasting, planning, and budget monitoring.
• The Nursing Director fosters a culture of accountability and collaboration and supports the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and procedures in support of facility objectives.
• Directs nursing practice and unit operations. Develops policies, procedures, and nursing standards around evidence-based practices to advance patient safety and quality outcomes.
• Ensures adherence to standards of care. Promotes a culture of accountability and transparency in the provision of care.
• Fosters interdisciplinary communication and collaboration within and across departments to meet patient care needs.
• Manages variation in nursing practice to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and cost.
• Ensures efficient patient throughput through volume forecasting, patient flow coordination, and admission/discharge planning.
• Leverages various feedback mechanisms to benchmark performance and identify opportunities to improve customer/patient satisfaction. Develops and implements strategies to elevate the patient experience.
• Builds a competitively superior organization through attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining talent. Ensures people with the right skills and motivations are in the right role, at the right time, to meet business needs.
• Ensures effective labor management, including position control, scheduling excellence, productivity management, and premium pay utilization. Maintains staffing to ensure appropriate patient care.
• Identifies development opportunities or training needs of individual employees and teams. Provides coaching, feedback, and training to improve performance.
• Stays abreast of legal and regulatory standards and ensures compliance. Develops and implements policies, procedures, and practices in compliance with all legal/regulatory standards.
• Participates in the annual budget process. Monitors department budget performance; identifies trends and evaluates variances. Develops and implements actions to address performance gaps.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What qualifications you will need

• Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Colorado. Current BLS certification.
• Graduate of a certified school of nursing - BSN required
• Masters in nursing or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years clinical experience in a critical care area required.
• Minimum of 2 years in a leadership role required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Bachelors Degree

No Travel Required

Benefits

HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centres, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Sky Ridge, the first hospital to open in Douglas County in 2003. A Level II Trauma Center and an acute care hospital with 284 licensed beds, HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge is a destination hospital with a reputation for clinical excellence offering patient-centered programs such as comprehensive cancer care, an award-winning Birth Place, a dedicated Robotics Center, and a state-of-the-art Spine and Total Joint Center. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient’s family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual.”- 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.