(Archived) Assistant Director Pediatric ED

Assistant Clinical Director – Pediatric ED

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Assistant Clinical Director – Pediatric ED

• 7 bed Pediatric ED
• Hours: Mon-Fri 2-10pm
• Occasional morning meeting when needed
• ACD reports up to the Clinical Director and then up to the Administrative Director
• About 40 direct reports

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSN required
• Masters preferred
• 2+yrs Management experience preferred
• 2+yrs ER experience required
• Good communication skills and leadership talent

Essential Functions:

• The Assistant Director provides nursing care in the acute care setting within the scope of practice defined by the Nurse Practice Act and regulatory standards.
• Assists in directing and supervising all functions and activities in a patient care setting.
• Performs duties in any nursing capacity as needed.
• Assures safety in practice by maintaining a realization of own individual level of knowledge and experience and assumes responsibility for advancing knowledge of self and others of the patient care team by communication with and utilizing resource persons and programs available.
• Utilizes the nursing process in all aspects of the provision of care, individualizing the plan of care to address a specific patient’s needs.
• Responsible for supervising and directing the delegation of tasks to appropriate personnel and for consistently setting and evaluating.
• Exercises supervisory authority and independent judgment in assigning employee labor.
• Is responsible for knowledge of the patient population served and assures awareness of ethical standards of practice as defined by the ANA code of ethics.
• Assures safety in practice and is inclusive of the principles of evidence based practice by maintaining a realization of own individual level of knowledge and experience and
  assumes responsibility for advancing knowledge of self and others of the patient care team by communication with and utilizing resource persons and programs available.
• Is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments (i.e. damaged floors/walls/ceiling tiles/unsecured areas) and medical errors, etc. Exercises supervisory authority and independent judgment in directing employee labor. Makes recommendations regarding the ongoing performance evaluation of supervised staff and resulting actions (i.e. reward, discipline, discharge, etc.).