Director of Nursing, Clinical Cancer Services

Director Of Nursing, Clinical Cancer Services

The University of Iowa Health Carerecognized as one of the best hospitals in the United Statesis Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is : Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.

The Director Of Nursing, Clinical Cancer Services serves as the leader for ambulatory nursing operations in the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC). This role is accountable for the leadership and management of clinical cancer nursing operations for HCCC, including but not limited to the effective and efficient operations in the areas of oversight, which include operational, strategic, financial, and human resources duties to enhance the organization's capacity to perform by addressing medical and psychosocial needs of patients and their families. This position is part of an oncology leadership model and must demonstrate the ability to lead and function effectively in various matrixed relationships and reporting structures.

Characteristic Duties And Responsibilities :

Operations, Standards Of Care, Regulatory Compliance, Quality, And Patient Satisfaction

• Work across multiple inpatient and ambulatory units to develop, monitor, and enhance quality and service indicators and business process improvements for optimization.
• Oversee patient satisfaction and quality indicators.
• Assure that clinical services, educational programs, and research activities are in compliance with all applicable internal and external requirements, including Joint Commission.
• Lead initiatives to optimize patient care and quality outcomes to positively impact clinical cancer services.
• Monitor outcome metrics - quality, safety, cost, and satisfaction across ambulatory clinical units.
• Prepares and delivers reports to HCCC leadership, outlining progress toward annual goals and objectives, to include performance related to finance, clinical activity, quality, safety, marketing, and human resources.
• Support nursing and interprofessional leadership to design efficient / effective and safe systems and processes to ensure patient safety and optimize patient outcomes.
• Ensure regulatory standards are met and understood by personnel.
• Remains current of new trends and best practices and incorporates into the clinical cancer services practices and programs.

Patient Care / Services Delivery

Communication / Collaboration

Planning And Goal Management

Financial And Data Management And Analysis

Education Programs

Human Resource Management