Wellstar Health System · 12 hours ago
Executive Director, Trauma & Burn
Marietta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
7+ years expWellstar Health System is dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of every person they serve. The Executive Director, Trauma & Burn is responsible for the overall operation of the clinical program, ensuring quality, safety, and access to care, while collaborating with nursing staff and leadership to meet operational and patient experience goals.
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Responsibilities
Provides strategic clinical direction for WellStar Trauma Burn Program Network across multiple departments and multiple service locations
Demonstrates leadership in critical thinking, conflict management and problem solving
Meets with team regarding departmental operations, develops plans to ensure goals are successfully met
Exhibits and promotes a can-do attitude. Supports or leads affiliated committees, task force and other groups to support organizational mission
Supports organized patient, employee, and physician satisfaction activities to increase metrics as measured by Press Ganey, Gallup and the Trust Index
Routinely review opportunities in areas of responsibility and develop solutions
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of new trends, technology, and methods to ensure effective and competitive services
Establish and monitor key departmental performance metrics for quality, throughput, patient satisfaction, revenue and expense
Coordinates any new services and construction / renovation projects and growth of services to other locations within the Trauma Burn Program Network
Assists in development of marketing plans and activities for new services and technology
Leads various quality and growth efforts with key physician stakeholders such as the System Trauma Medical Director, Assistant Vice President, and team
Serves as Leader for the System related to the Trauma Burn Program and supports services and establish positive working relationships within the team and with the multidisciplinary groups they interact with the team which includes physicians Specialty Clinical Program Leadership
Responsible for building and leading the Trauma Burn Program Service Line which can include developing strategies to standardize and expand Trauma Burn center programs
System Executive Director will support and provide leadership related award-winning programs dedicated to service excellence including Beacon, Governors Sterling Award and Magnet
Serve as Nursing lead for Service Line Committees. Responsibilities will include setting direction for Trauma Burn education across the system in collaboration with Executive Director of Professional Practice
Responsible for system patient experience programs related to specialty service line. Assists with the development and evaluation of policies, procedures, and standards of care; ensures consistency with clinical guideline documents, and hospital-wide policies recognized regulatory and specialty standards
Work with Service Line leaders, in development and evaluation of policies, procedures, and standards of care to ensure consistency with clinical guidelines from physician office to hospital outpatient and inpatient services
Serves as a mentor to Trauma Burn program leadership and staff for promotion of evidence-based practice, Trauma Burn performance and nursing research
Utilizes outcome data to improve practice, process flow and evidenced practices
Implements and continuously aligns processes to maintain and improve quality outcomes
Establishes annual Trauma Burn program goals and monitors progress towards achievement
Promotes evidence-based practice and ethical accountability
Ensures timely submission of registry data to accrediting bodies and quality benchmark programs
Promotes performance improvement initiatives designed to enhance quality patient care and improve work processes, especially focusing on clinical and operational outcomes. Promotes safety in the work environment and delivery of patient care. Assures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
Supports education for nursing leadership and staff pertaining to evidence-based practice, nursing research and Magnet standards/processes
Collaborates with System Senior VP of Nursing, and CNOs and other Nursing Leadership at each campus to establish annual goals for nursing in related departments and/or inpatient units
Maintains current knowledge of Magnet standards and ensures system compliance Personal and professional growth and development
In collaboration with Human Resource leaders, the Service Line System Executive Director is responsible for the development of recruitment, retention and return to nursing strategies which enhance job satisfaction and career development for bedside nursing
With Human Resource leadership, develop and review workforce plans for nursing, skill mix, deployment of utilization resources
Demonstrates motivation for learning through independent reading, professional networking and communicates professional expertise through publications and presentations at the local, regional, and national level Quality / Safety and Accreditation
Monitors key outcome data for all service line clinical areas. Utilizes outcome data to improve practice, process flow and evidenced based practices
Implements and continuously aligns processes to maintain and improve quality outcomes
Promotes evidence-based practice and ethical accountability
Promotes performance improvement initiatives designed to enhance quality patient care and improve work processes, especially focusing on clinical and operational outcomes. Leads system PI committee
Promotes safety in the work environment and delivery of patient care. Assures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
Meets or exceeds performance and quality improvement standards for assigned area
Ensures compliance of State, Federal, and Joint Commission regulations in all departments
Leads accreditation efforts with Trauma Burn program accreditation and tracks progress throughout the year. Provides support to Trauma Burn programs for state and ACS surveys
Monitors patient satisfaction surveys on an on-going basis and makes appropriate recommendations, changes based on trending and survey results
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Nursing
Masters Nursing or Masters Health Administration or Masters Business Administration/Management
RN - Multi-state Compact or Reg Nurse (Single State)
Trauma Cert RN or Nurse Exec or Certified Emergency Nurse
Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
Minimum 5 years + Experience in a progressive operational leadership in an assistant manager or manager role
Previous nursing leadership/management position in specialty service line program specialty or five (5) years of specialty service line unit experience required, with seven (7) years preferred
Minimum 7 Years Experience Registered Nurse
Participation in Professional organization, such as ENA, STN, and/or ACHE
General knowledge of hospital financial systems (responsibility reports, budgetary process, billing programs, etc)
Knowledge of the ACS trauma guidelines and state of Georgia guidelines
Knowledge of Federal and State laws and regulatory guidelines governing emergency departments
Knowledge of State and National Registries
Preferred
Previous experience as a system program leader with multiple levels of Trauma and/or Burn programs required inclusive of Level I or II experience highly preferred
Company
Wellstar Health System
The largest health system in Georgia.
10001+ employees
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