Location: Oak Park, Illinois
Business Unit: Rush Oak Park
Hospital: Rush Oak Park Hospital
Department: Operating Room
Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)
Shift: Shift 1
Work Schedule: 8 Hr (7:00:00 AM - 3:30:00 AM)
Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).
Pay Range: $57.36 - $96.37 per hour
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.
Summary
This job leads Rush Oak Park Hospital Acute, Ambulatory, Clinical Nurse Leaders, and Advance Practice
Nursing Services in an effort to improve the health status of patients served through effective operations of clinical and
outreach programs. The Director is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling human resources needed
for the delivery of patient care and operations of the department and in the documentation for Magnet performance
indicators.
Other Information
Required Job Qualifications:
Physical Demands:
Addendum
Operational Leadership
services for patients/families.
staff and visitors.
Evidence Based Practice
Business Unit: Rush Oak Park
Hospital: Rush Oak Park Hospital
Department: Operating Room
Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)
Shift: Shift 1
Work Schedule: 8 Hr (7:00:00 AM - 3:30:00 AM)
Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).
Pay Range: $57.36 - $96.37 per hour
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.
Summary
This job leads Rush Oak Park Hospital Acute, Ambulatory, Clinical Nurse Leaders, and Advance Practice
Nursing Services in an effort to improve the health status of patients served through effective operations of clinical and
outreach programs. The Director is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling human resources needed
for the delivery of patient care and operations of the department and in the documentation for Magnet performance
indicators.
Other Information
Required Job Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Nursing, Health Care Administration or Business.
- Five years of progressive experience in healthcare operations and/or strategy with clinical nursing services
- Doctorate.
Physical Demands:
Addendum
Operational Leadership
- Plans, develops, assesses, and evaluates care provided to members
- Is responsible for all clinical operations, personnel, and activities in the assigned departments.
- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management,
services for patients/families.
- Collaborates with support services management to develop policies and procedures that will provide greater
- Plans and develops appropriate staffing for patient services and monitors compliance with appropriate paid hours
- Develop and implement budgets including processes to monitor operational and capital costs
- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and improving the quality of care across the continuum
- Quality & Safety
- Create and sustain Performance Improvement/ Quality initiatives.
- Manage the environment (of care) by developing, implementing and monitoring processes to reduce and control
staff and visitors.
- Accountable to ensure quality and safety for patients served in the assigned Departments
- Ensures exceptional Patient Experience
- Manage human resources by determining qualifications, competence and performance expectations; planning, implementing and monitoring staffing plans; assuring orientation, in‐service training and continuing education of all persons under supervision and applying human resources policies/procedures.
- Provides direction to the unit leaders for the development of nursing policies, rules and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory, accreditation and professional standards
- Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members.
- Creates an atmosphere of mutual trust, collaboration, acceptance, respect, responsibilities, and support
- Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, visitors, staff and the broader health care community. Develops measurable performance and expectations guidelines for staff
- Supports establishing goals that align with the organization's mission and vision
- Provide effective leadership by managing, coordinating, and integrating services to ensure Rush Inpatient & Ambulatory programs are the leader in all areas of nursing care in the market.
- Manage information by identifying, implementing, and sustaining information systems and data management activities necessary to advance service.
- Actively participate in the strategic planning and on‐going development of new services/markets to ensure Rush branded programs are the leader in the market.
- Develops and collects data, and trends utilization of health care resources.
- Promotes public relations within ROPH and the community by participating in community activities and/or sharing information for increasing awareness of services provided
- Works with ROPH and RUMC executive team to ensure that the department meets or exceeds its defined objectives for improvement, growth, and expansion of services.
- To monitor community needs and provide significant input into EMS system and disaster planning.
Evidence Based Practice
- Accountable for quality outcomes which incorporates established methodology to drive process improvement.
- Leads unit and department quality initiatives, research and /or evidence based activities utilizing best current evidence.
- Develops effective strategies for changing clinician and team behavior to encourage adoption of evidence based practices.
- Provides leadership in the design, implementation and evaluation of process improvement initiatives at the unit and department level.
- Creates an environment which establishes a caring, therapeutic relationship with patients and families through effective communication, acknowledgement of patient/family perceptions of health and illness and mutual goal setting.
- Establishes constructive and strategic partnerships with peers, professional nurses, the University, other disciplines and departments to achieve positive clinical and service outcomes.
- Uses leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build partnerships within and across units and departments.
- Establishes a climate that fosters open communication, values differing points of view and promotes shared governance.
- Creates and maintains a just culture for all constituents across disciplines.
- Develops a climate that optimizes the patient and family experience through supportive interactions and staff education.
- Promotes the development of critical thinking skills of all unit personnel through appreciative inquiry.
- Critically reviews cases and events to determine the root causes and develop action plans for improvement.
- Responds to societal and technological trends, issues and new developments as they pertain to nursing and healthcare.
- Creates and promotes a culture of safety and accountability.
- Articulates standards and monitors compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act, State Board of
- Nursing Regulations, regulatory agency standards and the policies of the organization.
- Demonstrates information literacy skills in complex decision‐making.
- Utilizes clinical information systems to promote safety, quality and cost effective care.
- Strategically plans for ongoing education to acquire new knowledge and skills.
- Translates the nursing and corporate vision and strategic plan into measurable unit goals and sustainable programs.
- Creates and maintains a supportive and healthy work environment.
- Advances practice through the development of innovations incorporating the principles of change.
- Assumes a leadership role in analytical problem solving of both clinical and system wide issues.
- Mentors and coaches delegation and management skills along with career development.
- Creates an environment in which professional growth is an expectation.
- Demonstrates accountability for own professional practice, including progress toward achievement of annual goals.
- Provides and invites ongoing performance feedback to peers, staff and other disciplines to achieve positive clinical and service outcomes.