Director of Nursing - Emergency Department

Join a team where your leadership makes a lasting difference — every shift, every patient, every outcome. As the Director of Nursing for our Emergency Department
, you’ll guide an exceptional team of nurses and clinical professionals in delivering compassionate, high-quality care when it matters most. If you’re an experienced ER nurse who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is driven by purpose, we invite you to bring your expertise and heart to St. Dominic.

The Nursing Director supervises and coordinates patient care services of one or more nursing units on a 24-hour basis. The Nursing Director ensures that physicians' orders are followed; ensures that patient conditions and progress are accurately reported; ensures that patient care is administered by all professional and nonprofessional personnel in the unit according to organization and regulatory policies and guidelines; and has staffing and budget control responsibilities for the unit.

• Utilizes advanced clinical knowledge to develop and maintain a delivery system for individualized, appropriate, and compassionate patient care. Supports and encourages staff, patients, and significant others in the determination of treatment and rehabilitation goals for desired outcomes. Provides leadership and participates in emergency measures for sudden adverse patient developments.
• Provides leadership and demonstrates critical thinking ability in all areas of responsibility, treats all co‑workers with respect, strives to enhance co‑worker performance through cooperation and effective communication, and demonstrates hospitality and courtesy in all interactions.

• Estimates future departmental personnel, equipment, and supply needs in order to ensure the attainment of operating goals. Develops, recommends, and implements the annual capital equipment, personnel, and operating budget for the department. Conducts periodic reviews of departmental performance, analyzes budget variances, and implements responsive action.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in facilitating the timely availability, access, and utilization of multidisciplinary health care services, alternative levels of care, and community resources in a manner that ensures optimal continuity and expediency in the health care delivery process.
• Implements strategies that use current scientific knowledge to prevent and reduce the risk of infection transmission. Promptly and appropriately reports infections between and among staff, patients, and visitors in order to improve patient outcomes.
• Consults with nursing management, nursing staff, and Clinical Nurse Specialists in the development of instructional materials for patients and family members which will provide the specific knowledge and skill required to increase their understanding of the patient's illness, meet the patient's ongoing health care needs, and improve patient health outcomes.
• Develops and maintains documentation required for successful employee development and administrative and divisional communication. Supervises and participates in the efficient recording of pertinent patient care data utilizing the computerized medical record and manual documentation in order to promote timely and efficient access to required information throughout the organization. Preserves the confidentiality of data and information identified as sensitive in order to ensure the protection of patient dignity and privacy.
• Monitors and coordinates the effective use, maintenance, and repair of equipment, supplies, facilities, and resources that support patient care in order to maintain a functional and safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
• Maintains own clinical expertise and ensures the demonstrated clinical competency of staff members to deliver patient care services in accordance with the specific identified needs of adult and geriatric patients. Utilizes appropriate resources as needed for assistance in the planning and delivery of care to infant, pediatric, and adolescent patients.

• Provides ongoing assessments of the patient care delivery system in order to…