Clinical Director, Picu

The Clinical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) has 24/7 oversight of 14 critical care beds; dedicated to improving the quality and safety of nursing care provided to all children ranging in age from newborns to 18 years. The Clinical Director must have pediatric critical care experience as well as leadership experience. Must focus on 'people leading', connecting with all team members to provide a positive work culture-which is vital to retaining and maintaining an engaged team. The Clinical Director needs to have 'one team' mindset working collaboratively with all leaders in various disciplines and departments to ensure that programs are well planned and that services are fully integrated to ensure a patient-centered, outcome driven approach to care. Additional responsibilities are upholding Inova's mandates, foster high patient satisfaction, safety, and team member experience results.

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversees assigned department or functional area to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization's goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success.

• Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.

• Supports and assists appropriately in Inova Health System's strategic initiatives. Identifies opportunities for growth and provides input to the design and implementation of growth initiatives at the unit level.

• Facilitates the development and revision of standards for patient populations by incorporating an interdisciplinary approach and utilizing best practices and research findings.

• Assists in the development and monitoring of metrics related to process improvement at the unit level by using national and organizational benchmarks that target evidence-based outcomes. Ensures that benchmark targets and research findings are disseminated to staff.

• Analyzes practices that contribute to variances, draws conclusions from aggregate data, identifies resources to assist in variance analysis and assists with drawing conclusions from aggregate data.

• Participates in risk and liability assessments. Develops and implements corrective action plans. Facilitates the implementation of a non-punitive error reporting system to encourage mitigation of unsafe practice. Participates in the analysis of root cause and variation from quality standards.

• Develops and implements unit-based plans related to patient and physician satisfaction on a quarterly basis. Assists with IRCA completion and implementation of corrective action plans at the unit level.

Minimum Requirements:

• Licensure

• Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.

• Experience

• 1 year of leadership experience, 2 years of acute care nursing experience.

• Education

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing.

• Certification

• Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support required for Emergency Department, Critical Care and Procedural areas (non-OR setting).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pediatric critical care experience as well as leadership experience.