Director Emergency Services

St. Luke’s Health-Memorial paves the way for quality, innovative health care in East Texas and provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. With hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine, St. Luke’s Health-Memorial provides millions of dollars in charity care and community support each year.

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Has accountability for Emergency Services. Provide leadership and communication to the staff and physicians working within the area. Assures practice adheres to regulatory requirements. Departmental practices and processes consistently reflect high quality standards which support excellence in patient care and a safe environment for patients, employees, physicians, visitors and guests. Must assure quality standards are implemented and maintained, and processes are updated and revised as appropriate. Must manage a large fiscal budget. They must also lead the capital budget planning in their area and manage human resources efficiently. Monitor metrics to validate performance against national and system benchmarks and to ensure the delivery of competent clinical practice is consistently achieved.

Job Responsibilities:

Demonstrates positive leadership skills and communication which results in achievement of outcomes. 

Articulates departmental goals and objectives allowing staff to actively participate in clinical decision-making. 

Facilitates high quality work environment by addressing the needs of the department(s).

Ensures that appropriate equipment and supplies are available to provide effective and efficient nursing care. Participates in quality programs (e.g. AMI, Stroke, CAP )and Ensures implementation of identified action plansfor continuous performance improvement. 

Develops, reviews, and Maintains fiscal budget within established targets. 

Assures staffing patterns are flexed according to unit activity and patient acuity. 

Analyze budget variances and Implements appropriate action plans. 

Develops and manages the annual capital budget, establishing equipment priorities based on patient needs andrevenue potential.Identifies and Implements major hospital cost savings.

Facilitates professional growth and development of staff.

Demonstrates accountability for human and material resource managementComplies with HR policies and procedures. 

Ensures that job standards are understood by employees. Ensures effective delivery of competent, compassionate nursing care.  

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree (BSN)

Minimum of severn (7) years experience in the discipline

Minimum of five (5) years of Leadership experience.

Masters degree Preferred

Required License and Certifications:

Registered Nurse: TX (RN:TX)

Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) -  within 14 days of hire

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - within 6 months of hire

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - within 6 months of hire

Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) - within 12 months of hire

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training:

Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.

Need to be able to develop polished audiovisual presentations and create spreadsheets.

Must have excellent time management skills