Assistant Director-Emergency Department (Full-time, Evening shift)

Assistant Director Emergency Department

CarePoint Health is one of New Jersey's leading health care systems comprised of three long-standing and highly-regarded hospitals Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital, and Hoboken University Medical Center. CarePoint united these three area hospitals to provide 360 degree coordinated care by integrating the medical facilities and physician networks associated with these institutions. With over 5,500 employees, CarePoint is the largest private employer in Hudson County, New Jersey, and each year provides care to over 300,000 individuals.

CarePoint prides itself on its patient-focused approach to care delivery, with an emphasis on preventative medicine, health education, and disease management. Leveraging its vast network of physicians and healthcare experts, CarePoint is quickly becoming recognized as a leader in the broader healthcare landscape as it pioneers creative solutions to address urgent population health needs.

Main Functions

The Assistant Director has 24-hour accountability for the operational management of the Emergency Department. Implicit in this statement is indicated managerial responsibility for the supervision, direction and support of the nursing staff in that unit to meet the needs of the Patient / Unit / Hospital. Assists the Director in planning and implementing performance improvement initiatives and data collection. Assists the Director to inform, educate and involve staff in performance improvement initiatives, monitors supply use, personnel allotment and equipment use and provides the director with pertinent information / recommendations.

• Uses productivity trends to align staffing with patient volume and budgetary constraints.
• Provides continuity of nursing leadership when the director is not present to supervise all unit staff, including nurses, nursing assistants, technicians, and unit clerks. Provides clinical leadership and maintains a professional environment.
• Aggregates and trends data to create and implement performance improvement initiatives within the department.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to optimize key performance indicators and throughput metrics.
• Assists the director in counseling, corrective action, and evaluation of staff.
• Facilitates patient satisfaction via awareness of Press Ganey survey trends and leader rounding.
• Utilizes clinical knowledge and data analytics to identify opportunities to improve and redesign systems to attain safe, timely, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care.
• Reviews nursing documentation for completeness and accuracy.
• Provides education to team members related to evidence-based care and outcome improvement.
• Promotes the development of nurses as preceptors through evidence-based curriculum.
• Performs needs assessments in order to develop, design, implement and evaluate evidence-based educational materials utilizing principles of instructional design for adult learners.
• Facilitates the on-boarding of new team members, with a focus on developing the skills and promoting the autonomy of new-to-practice nurses.

What We're Looking For

Full-time, Evening shift, 10-hour shift,

What We Offer

CarePoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.