Director of Patient Care Services Inpatient Surgical ...

Apply for JobJob ID102609LocationAuroraPosition TypeRegularRegular/TemporaryRegularAdd to Favorite JobsEmail this JobJob OverviewThe Director of Patient Care Services for Surgical Specialties provides strategic and operational leadership for a 72-bed inpatient acute care unit, the Burn Program, and the Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Team.u00a0This role is responsible for shaping and executing short- and long-term goals that align with hospital priorities, ensuring excellence in clinical outcomes and driving team member engagement.u00a0The Director is accountable for the provision of inpatient care partnering with over 20 surgical and medical subspecialty teams.This role emphasizes clinical leadership in the hospital setting, promoting evidence-based practices in medicine, and providing fiscal oversight of the care system.u00a0The Director drives continuous improvement in service delivery, patient safety, and operational efficiency, while fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.u00a0This position serves as a key representative and leader in professional forums on behalf of the organization and systemwide on internal committees.Duties & ResponsibilitiesCollaborates with senior leadership to identify and develop organizational objectives. Provides leadership in developing and communicating short- and long-term departmental strategic plans and goals to team leaders and team members to secure buy-in.Develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards to enhance clinical practice and professional growth. Reviews, approves, and implements recommended changes to plans.Provides clinical expertise, promoting evidence-based medicine and nursing, to include the appropriate clinical care standards and standardized processes. Utilizes principles of patient and family centered care to ensure a seamless continuum of care for patients in collaboration with service line and other hospital leadership.Drives continuous process improvement in operational and service excellence while considering safety, outcomes, effectiveness, and cost, along with the impact on the delivery of services. Ensures the delivery of quality and safety initiatives and practices through the utilization of improvement tools and principles and industry benchmarks.Prioritizes and allocates staff and financial resources to achieve strategies. Utilizes resources to develop or expand operations. Ensures resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and department needs within budget restraints.Represents the hospital in national/regional professional organizations and in contributing to professional journals. Serves as a representative on various internal committees. Fosters collaborative relationships to assure integration of terprets, explains, and ensures compliance with regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to managers and employees.Reviews and approves performance metrics established by managers. Works with Clinical Managers to achieve department outcomes, performance and professional development standards; identifies opportunities for continual improvement to performance standards.Resolves escalated, complex, or controversial operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.Selects, trains, develops, and evaluates subordinate managers and team members. Champions educational programs in collaboration with the professional development department, nurse managers, and medical directors. Mentors and coaches departmental leaders with consideration of leadership development and succession planning.Makes decisions on hiring, terminations, promotions, and disciplinary actions as required.Develops and monitors the budget for multiple cost centers to ensure compliance with organizationa financial goals. Utilizes financial data evaluate existing programs and formulate a business plan to develop new programs/services.By position, collaborates on the development of comprehensive planning, strategic growth and competence alignment for site based clinical matrix operations. Collaborates on performance and management expectations for all operation metrics areas pertaining to staff engagement and service excellence.By position, provides relationship management and partnership with Physician Relations and referring providers in sustaining and growing market share across the Network of Care.Minimum QualificationsEducation:Master's degree in Nursing or a directly related health care field.Experience:Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience in addition to a minimum of three (3) years of clinical leadership experience.Equivalency:NoneCertification(s):Certification as a Nurse Executive, Nurse Executive Advanced is required within two (2) years of hire if that is area of specialtyLicensure(s): Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado is required at the time of hire.Salary InformationAnnual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $134,579.79 to $224,299.64Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.Scope and LevelGuidelines: Guidelines are in the form of stated vision and goals for the plexity:Work assignment is unstructured and leader is responsible for developing, directing, and managing outcomes and multi-year strategies in order to achieve the objectives of the operation. Duties performed include operational planning; developing standards, priorities, guidelines, processes, measurement (evaluation) systems; implementation of production and performance management standards; and allocating resources. Work is strategic and operational in nature.Decision Making:Employee is responsible for managing multiple functions that requires developing and implementing strategies, business plans, and policies; determining required resources; defining and evaluating performance standards; and resolving complex business munications:Communication at this level is internally and externally focused. Involves establishing and maintaining effective, collaborative working relationships with team members, peers, and executives. Provides information and negotiates solutions to functional issues that have major consequences or long-term significance.Supervision Received:Responsible and accountable for driving strategy and achieving results for function(s). Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and conclusions, fiscal accountability, and the attainment of goals and objectives of the petenciesOPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING - Securing and comparing information from multiple sources to identify business issues; committing to an action after weighing alternative solutions against important decision criteria.DRIVING EXECUTION - Translating strategic priorities into operational reality; aligning communication, accountabilities, resource capabilities, internal processes, and ongoing measurement systems to ensure that strategic priorities yield measurable and sustainable results.FINANCIAL ACUMEN - Utilizing financial data to diagnose business strengths and weaknesses and identify the implications for potential strategies; keeping a financial perspective in the forefront when making strategic decisions.BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL TALENT - Establishing systems and processes to attract, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals; creating a work environment where people can realize their full potential, thus allowing the organization to meet current and future business challengesINFLUENCE - Creating and executing influence strategies that persuade key stakeholders to take action that will advance shared interests and business goals. Cultivates and supports partnerships.CO

Created: 2025-12-12