Director - Emergency Department (ED)

Overview

MUST-HAVES/WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: • MUST HAVE 3+ years of director level nursing leadership experience required, Emergency Department preferred • Candidate MUST HAVE director level experience in an emergency department, handling 200+ patients a day • Candidate MUST HAVE experience as an emergency department manager or emergency department director in a large/metro/urban health-system • Current California Registered Nursing License (or ability to obtain) JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: • Effectively plans, organizes and evaluates work duties of self and unit staff to promote quality nursing and patient care activities • Builds and leads a high performing Team: Motivates, inspires and develops employees to accomplish goals and objectives • Organizational Teamwork and Collaboration: Collaboratively works with peers and others to set and achieve interdepartmental / organizational goals and to resolve barriers to interdepartmental / organizational performance POSITION SUMMARY: • The Emergency Department Director is responsible for the overall leadership and functions of the Emergency Department. • This position provides direction and leadership to implement emergency care standards, practice and competencies. • The Emergency Department Director assures that the department meets or exceeds expected outcome measures including patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction, length of stay, and clinical standards. • This position manages department finances and business goals, including budgeting and control of salary, non-salary, and capital investment expenses. • The incumbent is responsible for maintaining effective and responsive relationships with patients, managing professional and clerical staff.

Benefits

Company

We are a full-service 420-bed, not-for-profit, acute care, medical and surgical hospital. Serving the community for 60 years, our is the preeminent healthcare facility for our district’s nearly 1.2 million residents. We're a Level II trauma center, Advanced Primary Stroke Receiving Center, STEMI center and Baby-Friendly facility. We receive more than 218,000 patient visits each year, deliver 5,400 babies and treat nearly 1,000 trauma patients. Located just 60 miles north of Los Angeles, the Antelope Valley is one of Southern California’s fasted growing communities.