Director of Women's Services

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

OCCUPATIONAL SUMMARY

 

The Director of Women's Services has the primary responsibility for the daily operation of departments within Women's Services.  The Director has overall responsibility for the planning, administration, control and quality management of department activities. 

 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Operational

 

Assumes responsibility for, through assigned department manager(s) or coordinator(s), the  effective management of departments within Women's Services.  Evaluates daily activities and makes operational changes as necessary to improve service levels.

Identifies the needs of those departments and individuals (hospital and Medical Staff) served by  the assigned department and develops departmental goals and objectives and policies and procedures which meet those needs and which support and promote the accomplishment of Divi­sion and Hospital goals and the enhancement of services.

May develop and provide in‑put into hospital‑wide policies or departmental policies that impact across division lines.  Actively participates on hospital committees which address operational issues.

Assumes division wide and hospital‑wide responsibilities for projects and issues as assigned by the Vice President.  Actively participates on hospital committees.

May negotiate agreements with provider groups for certain products and services.

 

 

Marketing and Planning

 

May participate on planning task forces to provide specific functional input.

Develops functional or departmental goals to support service‑line or divisional goals and    objectives.

 

 Medical Staff

 

Works with Medical Staff on daily service issues and problem resolution.

May work with Medical Staff to ensure physician involvement relative to Women's Services.

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

 

Master’s degree in Nursing or BS degree in Nursing or related healthcare field and a minimum of five (5) years nursing experience, with at least two (2) years in a supervisory or managerial capacity; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Good written and oral communication skills.

Work Hours:

8AM-430PM