Job Description
Whether your skills lie in patient care or administration and you prefer to work in not-for-profit health care, CHRISTUS Health facilities may have a career opportunity for you. CHRISTUS Health and our facilities are committed to being an equal opportunity employer as part of our on-going mission. It is the policy of CHRISTUS Health not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, orientation, disability, age or national origin.
Division: CHRISTUS Health
Work Schedule: M-F
Average Hours per Week: 40+
Travel Involved: 11-20%
Job Type: Full-Time
Relocation package offered:
Category: Executive
Executive Leader responsible for patient care delivery, nursing, and nurse practice throughout afacility within a CHRISTUS Health region. In alignment with regional leadership, providesvision and sets direction for quality evidence-based patient-centered care. Fosters a decentralizedparticipative management style for nursing based on a shared governance approach. Encouragesinnovative leadership at the department level promoting nurses’ decision-making control overnurse practice. Establishes interdisciplinary teams throughout the facility supporting nursing care and patient care services. Builds collaborative nurse-physician relationships to provide safe, effective, and efficient patient care while ensuring nurses feel empowered to serve as patient representatives/advocates. Serves as a member of the facility’s Senior Leadership Team consulting with and advising the Administrator and Assistant Administrator as appropriate on issues relating to the operation of the hospital. Recommends changes in resource-allocation, policy, facilities, equipment, and programs in order to achieve the hospital’s objectives. In alignment with regional nursing leadership, provides nursing personnel with leadership, decision-making, and direction in patient care services and defined areas. In alignment with the region, responsible for assessing the environment, forecasting trends, transmitting values, communicating ideas, developing and implementing policies, managing, and initiating systems and programs that promote excellence in service and safety for patient care delivery and that create an excellent place to work.CHRISTUS Health is committed to providing meaningful benefits for you and your family and to sharing with you the prosperity you help create. We support our health care teams with competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package.
Medical Health Coverage
Prescription Drug Plan
Dental Coverage
Vision Coverage
Long-Term Disability
Group Term Life
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Job Requirements
Education and Training:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing required from an accredited university
Master’s Degree in Nursing or other health-related education
Professional certification and education commensurate with peer leaders at the
facility/region.
Experience:
Senior level management experience required
Must have minimum of five (5) years satisfactory performance as a staff nurse, and five (5)
years as a director
Must demonstrate competence in management and leadership and successfully complete
hospital and nursing management courses. Must demonstrate technical competence in
utilization management and have an authoritative understanding of financial management to
include operating and utilization factors as well as product line contribution.
Must have significant expertise in information technology.
Must have experience appropriate for facility/region’s scope and complexity, position’s
authority and responsibility, and the scope and complexity of the nursing care needs of the
major patient population(s) served.
Licensing Requirement:
Registered Nurse with current state license.
Skills:
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to motivate others in the work environment.
Ability to perform in a rapidly changing and stressful working environment.
Demonstrated ability for leadership, the use of the nursing process, and emotional maturity.
Timely and dependable follow-up on problem resolution.
Financial skills
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