Senior Nursing Director Critical Care Services

Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 384-bed not-for-profit Level 2 Trauma Center located in Carmichael California. We have served north Sacramento County as well as south Placer County for over 50 years. Our facility is one of the area's largest medical centers and also one of the most comprehensive. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to community well-being; providing excellent patient care to all. Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a Comprehensive Stroke Center as well as a Spine Center of Excellence. We are proud recipients of the Perinatal Care Certificate of Excellence and a Certificate of Excellence for Hip and Knee Replacements.

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Position Summary:

We are looking for a Senior Nursing Director to expertly guide our 5 (five) critical care units in clinical leadership and patient care quality initiatives. 

• CSICU: 6 bed Cardiac Surgery/Neurosciences Intensive Care unit 

• ICU: 11 bed general medical/surgical ICU unit

• NeuroICU: 20 bed comprehensive stroke unit

• SICU: high paced 11 bed surgical unit 

• TICU: busy 8 bed trauma unit (we are a Level II Trauma Center)

Three (3) managers guide these departments and report directly to this role.

Principal Duties and Accountabilities:

• Assesses a healthcare facility's nursing practice and its impact on patient outcomes. 

• Oversees established patient care standards and develops and implements quality improvement initiatives.

• Provides clinical direction to nursing staff in the delivery of patient care programs. Provides complex direct patient care often in an area of specialty.

• Provides consultative care and guidance to patients family and other members of the clinical staff.

• Conducts research into area of specialty and uses findings to provide measurable improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes.

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Minimum:

• Current CA RN licensure

• Current AHA BLS 

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (e.g. BSN) or equivalent education and experience and Master's degree in nursing or other-related field (e.g. MSN/MBA/MHA)

• Minimum of five (5) years of nursing experience and three (3) years of nurse leadership experience in specialty areas.