Director Patient Care Services

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Lapeer (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks an experienced nursing leader to oversee patient care operations and partner with the Chief Nursing Officer to set strategic direction. The role requires a Masters in Nursing or related field, an active Michigan RN license, and at least five years of acute care nursing with progressive management experience.

You will drive standards of performance, quality care, and cost efficiency across divisions.

Qualifications

• Masters’ Degree in Nursing, Business Administration or related field within two years of hire date.
• Must be licensed as Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
• Minimum of five years acute care nursing experience required.
• Progressive management experience with interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plans, directs, controls and evaluates patient care nursing operations in collaboration with the Chief Nursing Officer.
• Promotes integration of services with other hospital divisions.
• Creates and maintains correspondence, records, reports, and other documentation related to the work.
• Acts as a liaison/resource to Chief Nursing Officer when working with managers, all levels of nursing staff and other disciplines, physicians, patients and families, schools of nursing, architects, contractors, vendors, professional organizations, clergy and the media.
• Interacts with physicians to obtain feedback, resolve issues or plan for future needs.
• Assumes 24-hour accountability, 7 days per week for areas of responsibility.
• Conducts rounds to areas of responsibility.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Masters’ Degree in Nursing, Business Administration or related field

Registered Nurse license in Michigan

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Responsible for external and internal contracts forshort-term and long-range strategic planning, resolution of issues to enhancethe development and quality of nursing care and developing and monitoringpolicies and procedures.Assists nursingmanagers with the development, implementation and monitoring of supply, capitaland FTE budgets.Collaborates with HumanResources and nursing managers in the recruitment and retention of nursingpersonnel. Serves on medical staff committees and nursing staff committees as anursing representative or advisor.

Essential Functionsand Responsibilities:

1. Plans,directs, controls and evaluates patient care nursing operations incollaboration with the Chief Nursing Officer.Develops and recommends short- and long-term strategic plans and methodsfor achieving goals.Assists inestablishing standards of performance, quality assurance and control, andpatient care delivery.

2. Servesas a resource and representative by assisting with the planning of cooperativeprojects with other hospital departments and community agencies.Promotes integration of services with otherhospital divisions.

3. Createsand maintains correspondence, records, reports, and other documentation relatedto the work.

4. Acts asa liaison/resource to Chief Nursing Officer when working with managers, alllevels of nursing staff and other disciplines, physicians, patients andfamilies, schools of nursing, architects, contractors, vendors, professionalorganizations, clergy and the media.

5. Interactson a regular basis with physicians to obtain feedback, resolve issues or planfor future needs.

6. Assumes24-hour accountability, 7 days per week for areas of responsibility.

7. Conductsrounds to areas of responsibility.

Required:

Masters’ Degree in Nursing, Business Administration or related field within two years of hire date.

• If Masters is not obtained in Nursing, must have a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Must be licensed as Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.

Minimum of five years acute care nursing experience required.

Progressive management experience required, with proven interpersonal and communication skills.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.