Director of Obstetrical Nursing

• Great Retirement Benefits
• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Career Development

• Four seasons of outdoor activities, including whitewater, hiking, camping
• Named #4 on NICHE magazines Best Cities (under 100,000) to Raise a Family
• Affordable land and homes
• Outstanding quality of life
• Strong cultural community
• Access to excellent public and private K-12 education
• Convenient location between two large metropolitan areas: Atlanta and Chattanooga

• SHARE Customer Satisfaction:
• Reviews the patient satisfaction results with staff at monthly staff meetings.
• Discusses ways in which the employees can contribute to patient satisfaction. Departmental minutes reflect documentation not less than quarterly.
• Provides specific feedback on the annual evaluation to each employee as to his or her contribution to patient satisfaction. Sets specific goals for employees scoring satisfactory or lower.

• Financial Management:
• Reviews monthly departmental financial statements and research material variances to budget and prior period.
• Reviews productivity reports as often as are merited (daily for clinical departments). Changes staffing levels to reflect appropriate productive hours per unit of service.
• Strategic planning for business development/ retention by research and submitting capital requests.

• Communication with Employees:
• Conducts monthly departmental meetings documenting names of persons in attendance and minutes of discussion. Secretary and Department Director sign a copy of the minutes for internal record.
• Assures persons not in attendance have access to review meeting minutes.

• Regulatory Compliance:
• Complies with The Joint Commission (TJC) and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) standards to ensure the hospital maintains accreditation.
• Complies with CMS (Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services) Conditions of Participation to ensure appropriate reimbursement. Complies with State of Georgia DHR ORS (Department of Human Resources, Office of Regulatory Services) Rules and Regulations.
• Ensures compliance with changes made by any regulatory agency. Participates in the Continuous Survey Readiness Committee and conducts monthly tracers utilizing the electronic database.
• Leads record reviews departmentally as recommended by AHS Risk Management (i.e. Apgar
• Promotes a culture of safety through employee survey participation, occurrence reporting and follow up related to risk prevention activities/surveys.

• Human Resources:
• Works with Employment Recruiter for staffing, which may include: Selection/Screening, Interviews, and Reference Checks.
• Ensures employees are oriented to Gordon Hospital and their respective department, as well as reviewing employees job description.
• Ensures each employee is evaluated in accordance with Gordon Hospitals Performance Appraisal Policy (1800.46) New hires after 90 days, and annually thereafter.
• Addresses progressive counseling through verbal and written communication. Consults Human Resources for guidance in progressive counseling and terminations.

• Employee Competency:
• Provides an initial orientation for new employees upon hire.
• Provides a 90-day competency evaluation for all new hires.
• Provides an annual evaluation of competency based on job performance.
• Changes competency evaluations as needed when new services provided, new job responsibilities or if clinical changes occur (new treatment, procedures, equipment, standard of care changes, new regulatory policy)
• Ensures through evaluation process that employees are competent to do job for which they were hired.

• Conforms to GH Policies and Procedures:
• Ensures that departmental staff complies with Gordon Hospitals hospital-wide policies, as well as departmental policies.
• Reviews authored organizational policies every three years and/or when new standards are released/existing standards revised.
• Reviews departmental procedures every three years and/or when new standards are released/existing standards revised. Coordinates posting on the intranet through the Administrative Assistant.

• Performance Improvement:
• Selects not less than one (1) PI project for the year (submit request through annual PI indicator selection process).
• Involves staff in the Performance Improvement process.
• Reviews monthly PI indicator results, develops and implements applicable action plans based on findings.
• Submits monthly data to the AHS Office of Clinical Effectiveness Office (due to Quality by the 5th of the month data for previous month).

• Requires one (2) year hospital management experience or requires a minimum of five (5) years' experience in Obstetrics, Mother/Baby, Nursery
• Must be a Registered Nurse with valid Georgia licenses issued by the Agency for Healthcare Administration of Georgia
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• Master's Degree preferred

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