Regional Director for Women and Children

Summary:

The Regional Director of Women and Children Services shall act as the expert resource, educator,  advisor, consultant/mentor, and operations leader to enhance operational excellence and best practice within CHS  region(s) assigned. This person will provide consultant/mentorship support to perinatal leadership for assigned  regional hospitals in order to support and promote the development of perinatal and neonatal performance and the  delivery of a high quality of clinical care consistent with the mission of CHSPSC, LLC. This leader will provide  consult services to other entities regarding program development, departmental operations, quality patient care and  patient safety. This person may also be asked to provide mentoring to individuals or groups of hospital-based  Women and Neonatal Directors/Managers. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to: 

• Evaluating and supporting Women and Children operations in assigned CHS regional hospitals. Assuming responsibility for the consultative development and implementation of policies, procedures,  programs and clinical initiatives, while assisting in evaluation of perinatal processes. 
• Serving as mentor and resource person for Women’s Health management. 
• Assisting with development of educational material and disseminating to facilities clinical and non-clinical  staff, as needed. 
• Working collaboratively with others at Corporate to facilitate and improve Women and Children Services operations, such as working with ED and Surgical Services Regional Directors, Operations Support, Risk  Management, and Patient Safety. 
• Developing collaborative relationships with Corporate and hospital personnel, staff and physicians, to ensure  a continued focus and improve operations. 
• Researching and developing evidence-based practice standards, best practice criteria and outcomes metrics  for CHS hospitals. 
• This role will require travel for various periods of time. This role may require a person to be located in a  hospital market for a long period of time and travel to and from the site, as is necessary, to effectively  provide guidance on operational improvements. 
• Assist senior leaders at the hospital to improve the leadership capabilities of existing Women’s Health Leadership in assigned hospitals using evidence based approaches to leadership development or to assist with  selection and on-boarding of new Directors, as needed. 
• Develops effective, data driven action plans that improve departmental operations and metrics while  instituting best practice guidelines.

***25%-50% Travel***

Qualifications:

• Excellent technical, management, operational and clinical knowledge of Women and Children’s services at  all levels of care within an acute healthcare setting. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, organizational skills, presentation and computer skills. ∙ Demonstrate experience and the ability to manage multiple groups, interact productively with varying levels of personnel and staff, and provision of program direction and development. 
• Ability to produce and utilize data for project tracking and outcomes achievement.
• Ability to prioritize projects and resolve conflicting priorities. 
• Ability to develop policies and procedures, performance dashboards and scorecards, assessment forms and  other tools related to performance and quality metrics. 
• Demonstrate leadership abilities; flexibility to accept and manage change. Proven ability to interact with all  levels of staff and management at hospital, division and corporate level. 
• Identify educational needs and provide educational support, as appropriate for each facility. 

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. ∙ Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal  with several abstract and concrete variables. 

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and  Google Suite 

Certificates And Licenses:

• Current nursing license required. 
• BLS and NRP upon hire. 
• NCC Certification in Obstetric or Neonatal Nursing preferred 

Education/Experience:

• Master’s Degree in Nursing, Business, Health Care Administration, or other health/business field, or BSN  currently actively enrolled in Master’s Degree program in Nursing, Business, Health Care Administration or  other health/business related field is preferred. 
• Technical knowledge of perinatal and neonatal nursing, evidence based practice, and the continuum or care. ∙ Training and experience with process improvement, department performance management and optimization, and associated data analytics expertise is required. 
• Knowledge of computer systems, information systems, information management, and data analysis. ∙ Minimum of five years’ experience in Women’s Health nursing. 
• Minimum of five years experience in management and administration. 
• Experience in leading Perinatal Process Improvement.  
• Preferred experience in multiple healthcare settings or healthcare system with multiple sites of operation.  Experience in both community and tertiary care facilities are preferred.