Director of POHA

Overview

Required Skills & Experience: 1. Bachelors' degree in Nursing required / Masters' degree preferred 2. MUST live in Massachusetts, Connecticut, or New Hampshire to be considered. 3. Current license to practice Nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 4. Must have PACU/POHA/OR GI experience to be considered 5. Management level and above experience required 6. Demonstrate knowledge of Nursing in one or more assigned areas. 7. Ability to problem-solve and work collaboratively towards defined patient care outcomes. 8. Strong communication skills. 9. Ability to effectively manage expense budget as allocated. 10. Ability to make formal presentations relative to clinical, operational, educational research and financial issues. 11. Must obtain 15 hours of Continuing Education annually to maintain license. 12. Training in Performance Improvement, total Quality Management, and/or Continuous Quality Improvement. What You Need to Know - The Nurse Director has twenty four hour responsibility/accountability for the units' operations. Patient care outcomes are the result of interdisciplinary collaboration coordinated by the Patient Care Director. - Participates in unit-based CQI activities and assists staff in identifying and monitoring the quality indicators that are most pertinent to patient care goals. - Contributes to the design and implementation of CareMaps. - Acts as one of the primary resources to care management and clinical leaders in the role development and/or problem solving. - Participates with Nurse Educator, provides orientation, in-service education and continuing education for staff. - Identifies current needs for use of equipment and assists the Patient Care Director/Administrative Director projects future capital budget items.

Benefits

Company

This facility is a teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, provides patients and families access to some of Boston’s most respected physicians and advanced treatments offering specialized care, including: Advanced Center for Cardiac Surgery da Vinci® Robotic surgery program; Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Award-winning bariatric surgery program Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center State-of-the-art emergency care with short wait times Our medical staff, made up of some of the highest rated physicians in Boston, treats patients in our community practices in neighborhoods, including Allston, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Weston. Patients receive tertiary care at our 267-bed main campus in the heart of Boston’s Brighton neighborhood. Today, they are consistently recognized for providing the highest quality care to our community. The hospital has consistently been honored with several prestigious recognition, including: One of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery™ for 2 Years in a Row (2018-2019) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care™ for 7 Years in a Row (2013-2019) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention™ for 3 Years in a Row (2017-2019) Named by U.S. News World Report a High Performing Hospital in treating heart failure and performing heart bypass in its annual U.S. News’ 2018-2019 High Performing Hospital listing Earned the 2017 and 2019 American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Plus Performance Achievement and Target Heart Failure: Honor Roll recognition Earned the 2019 American Health Association and American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines® Stro