Director Patient Care Services

Neuro ICU And Neuro Stepdown Units Director

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a 495-bed tertiary care hospital, 30+ outpatient clinics, and 13 Mile Square Health Center facilities, which are Federally Qualified Health Centers. It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Neuro ICU and Neuro Stepdown units. Both units have achieved the silver Beacon award and are critical to the success of maintaining Comprehensive Stroke Certification. The Director oversees comprehensive health care as determined by the scope of practice guidelines and specialty. The leader is responsible for the nursing practice, including the delivery of patient care, technical services, quality, safety, planning, organizing, staffing, and clerical practices.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide coordination of care and services through the management team of providers caring for unit patients. Manage from pre-admission through discharge including monitoring patient care, addressing patient and family needs, resolving obstacles and problems, planning for patient discharge.
• Develops a therapeutic relationship with patients, family members, visitors, and colleagues to provide care coordination utilizing evidence-based practice.
• Interprets and directs the implementation of nursing philosophy and objectives, departmental policies, and procedures, and applies recognized standards of nursing care and practice.
• Plans, selects, and devises nursing operations, work methods, procedures, workflow and standards for quality and quantity of work, including staffing standards. Plans and develops patient safety innovations and practice improvement.
• Establishes, implements, and evaluates quality of care to monitor and evaluate operations for compliance with licensure, accreditation, and regulatory standards.
• Integrate shared leadership and foster collaboration across multi-disciplinary disciplines to arrive at decisions affecting the unit.
• Assigns, directs, and reviews the work of subordinate supervisors/other nursing personnel. Prepares formal answers to, and recommends the adjustment of, grievances and disciplinary matters.
• Prepares budget for assigned area or program and is responsible for adherence to approved budget and goals.
• Plans, assigns and reviews work of staff to ensure that group objectives are met. Hires, trains, develops, and manages staff to ensure that qualified staff exists to meet group objectives.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Eligibility for registration with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation.
• Degree in nursing (BSN or graduate degree) required
• Master's degree in nursing required or health care related field required.
• A minimum of five (5) years clinical nursing experience with progressive responsibility is required.
• Progressive leadership knowledge of budgetary processes and financial principles, labor laws, standards of care, and regulatory standards is required.

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