Director of Birthing Center and NICU, Nursing Administration, Full-Time, Days

ABOUT MARINHEALTH
Are you looking for a place where you are empowered to bring innovation to reality? Join MarinHealth, an integrated, independent healthcare system with deep roots throughout the North Bay. With a world-class physician and clinical team, an affiliation with UCSF Health, an ever-expanding network of clinics, and a new state-of-the-art hospital, MarinHealth is growing quickly. MarinHealth comprises MarinHealth Medical Center, a 327-bed hospital in Greenbrae, and 55 primary care and specialty clinics in Marin, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. We attract healthcare’s most talented trailblazers who appreciate having the best of both worlds: the pioneering medicine of an academic medical center combined with an independent hospital's personalized, caring touch. 

MarinHealth is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades, including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Healthgrades, receiving a 5-star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent, among others. 

Company:

Marin General Hospital dba MarinHealth Medical Center

Compensation Range:

$88.48 - $132.72

Work Shift:

8 Hour (days) (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Job Description Summary:

Supervise, coordinates, plans and evaluate systems and personnel in the Maternity Care (NICU, LDRP, lactation education, antepartum testing, OB triage/ED and OB OR/PACU). Oversees the regulatory/credentialing, safety, quality, fiscal and technical activities of these departments to ensure efficient operation and required outcomes. Confer with appropriate departments and nursing/medical directors on issues of compliance being imposed by various regulatory agencies, ensuring that those changes found to be necessary are instituted and sustained. Keep nursing leadership and medical directors aware of needs, activities and administrative problems of the departments, activities related to clinical operations, quality improvement, regulatory compliance and risk management activities of the unit. Work cooperatively with other directors to ensure seamless operation of the hospital. Responsible for patient experience and necessarily follow up. Implements changes in policy, programs, and physical resources required to achieve hospital objectives. Ensures that professional staff is able to provide direct and indirect patient care and clinical services to the patient population of said services and that the number of staff is sufficient to accomplish these goals.

Job Requirements, Prerequisites and Essential Functions:

EDUCATION

• BA or BS degree in nursing or health-related field required.
• Master’s degree in nursing or administration strongly preferred.
• Additional certificates/courses in clinical area and leadership preferred

EXPERIENCE

• Management experience in nursing area with programs for accreditation and licensure, evaluation of personnel and standards of performance, budget/salary preparation and negotiation, purchase of equipment and accompanying necessary comparative evaluations, renovation and expansion of both section and departmental facilities and managing of complaints by patients, visitors, clinicians and staff in a constructive manner.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

• California RN license (RN) required at hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required at hire.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) required at hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 6 months of hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required at hire.
• Integrative Agitation Management (IAM) Required within 30 days of hire.

PREREQUISITE SKILLS

All those achieved through education and experience that fulfill the purpose of this job description.  In addition, capable of preparing reports, records and statistical data.  Able to communicate new departmental functions to hospital staff.  Able to establish control measures in utilization of supplies.  Effectively encourage staff participation, soliciting staff suggestions and discussion.  Objectively review and analyze facts for development of a plan of action or corrective action.  Effectively interact with other departments.

Additionally:

• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and communicate with clinical teams; promoting team success 
• Highly structured in approach to operations and patient care
• Ability to demonstrate a high capacity for work and flexibility
• Demonstrated ability in intermediate computer skills, data sharing, e-communications; proficient in Microsoft Office (outlook, word, excel and power point); demonstrates understanding of data, its analysis and conclusions to guide work and decisions
• Ability to control the department’s productivity while maintaining regulatory requirements and required quality outcomes
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills
• Onsite presence and responsive to issues in a timely manner
• Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking skills and adapt to a variety of situations with appropriate action
• Demonstrated ability to communicate (orally and written) and display strong interpersonal skills effectively with diverse others, including, but not limited to, colleagues, managers, medical staff, patients/families, volunteers, and community members.  Ability to clearly communicate using a variety of media, in particular electronic/virtual
• Tolerates and understands ambiguity and is able to make and act on difficult decisions
• Able to respond positively to suggestions for improvement.  Takes risks in order to learn and continuously improve performance
• Seeks factual information prior to communicating and decision making; corrects misinformation as it surfaces in an open and transparent manner
• Ability to provide direction and share power, using management style appropriate to situation, including delegating effectively, removing barriers, and providing opportunities for development; encourages shared governance and promotes staff involvement
• Demonstrated personnel management as demonstrated with leadership ability in coaching and developing abilities of staff, while clearly defining expectations, including responsibility and accountability

KNOWLEDGE

• Understands overall context of health care and plans actions with forethought of impact
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical skills, competencies, and clinical practice management
• Demonstrated ability to develop and use standards and criteria for measuring work outcomes consistent with the work process review at the Hospital, including modeling the hospital’s values
• Demonstrated knowledge of fiscal management and resource allocation, including reimbursement methodologies
• Ability to learn and use quality improvement tools
• Environmental management
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory standards for nursing/clinical practice/The Joint Commission/Title 22, CCS, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk management, safety, continuous quality improvement, and compliance

Primary Customer Served (Age Specific Criteria):

• (X) Infants: Birth up to 1 year
• (X) Toddlers: 1 up to 3 years
• (X) Preschool Children: 3 up to 6 years
• (X) School Age Children: 6 up to 12 years
• (X) Adolescents: 12 up to 18 years
• ( ) Early Adults: 18 up to 45 years
• ( ) Middle Adults: 45 up to 61 years
• ( ) Late Adults: 61 up to 80 years
• ( ) Late, Late Adults: 80 years and up

Employees in this position must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or service based on the physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned service area.

PATIENT PRIVACY (HIPAA Compliance):

Employees in this position have access to protected health information.  The protected health information a person in this position can access includes demographics, date of service, insurance/billing, medical record summary information, and all other information that may be contained in patient records.  This position requires health information to perform the functions outlined as part of this position description.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL (not modifiable)

• Plans, organizes, and communicates with clinical teams
• Highly structured and systematic approach to operations and patient care
• High capacity for work and flexibility depending on units’ activity/demand
• Intermediate computer skills, data sharing, e-communications; proficient in Microsoft Office (outlook, word, excel and power point); ongoing data analysis and change implementation based on conclusions
• Controls the departments’ productivity while maintaining regulatory requirements and required quality outcomes
• Manage and direct administrative and financial functions of assigned departments
• Prepare operating and capital budgets
• Interact and participate with staff of each department to accomplish the goals of the institution (MarinHealth)
• Responsible for both short- and long-term planning in all aspects of management, including personnel
• General supervision of personnel competencies, evaluations, job descriptions, policies and procedures and safety of departments
• General supervision of departmental personnel records and verification of documentation of current activity and licensure
• Maintain all required records, reports, logs, files and documents as required
• Keep appropriate hospital staff informed of changes in department functions
• Monitor departmental operations to ensure functioning within budgetary allocations
• Consistently combine ethical judgement and technical skills within policy and legal guidelines of the hospital
• Provide counsel and guidance to staff on personnel related problems
• Objectively evaluate the attitude, morale and interpersonal relationships of staff and promote methods to improve these areas when needed
• Ensure assignment of tasks in accordance with personal abilities and limitations
• General supervision of quality assurance, accreditation, and state licensure
• Ensure annual or as needed review of all manuals and policies and procedures is done
• Approve purchase of equipment and supplies
• Ensure timely preparation of reports, payroll records and other statistical data as required
• Ensure prompt investigation of complaints regarding service by assigned department and take appropriate actions
• Ensure required and as needed ongoing educational programs and opportunities for staff members.  Direct departmental continuing education programs.  Documentation of attendance required in all programs
• Ensure strict confidentiality guidelines are adhered to and remedial actions taken regarding such violation
• Willingly accept responsibility for special projects as assigned
• Participate in a professional capacity in community programs
• Maintain professional growth
• Ensure that departments have a written organizational plan specifying lines of authority and accountability
• Participate in administrative and other meetings as required
• Ensure and conduct open format and scheduled department staff meetings and encourage staff participation
• Ensure that entire staff understands their role during fire or disaster and when handling hazardous or infectious materials
• Ensure that current job descriptions for all positions are available and are updated as needed, or at least annually
• Ensure appropriate certification for staff members as appropriate

SECONDARY (modifiable)

• Other duties and responsivities as may be assigned

Accommodation:

Qualified applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation during the application process by contacting Human Resources at 415-925-7040 or [email protected].

 

C.A.R.E.S. Standards:

MarinHealth seeks candidates ready to model our C.A.R.E.S. standards—Communication, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, Safety—which foster a healing, trust-based environment for patients and colleagues.

 

Health & Immunizations:

To protect employees, patients, and our community, MarinHealth requires measles, mumps, varicella, and annual influenza immunizations as a condition of employment (and annually thereafter). COVID-19 vaccination/booster remains strongly recommended. Medical or religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law.

 

Compensation:

The posted pay range complies with applicable law and reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Individual pay is set by skills, experience, qualifications, and internal/market equity, consistent with MarinHealth’s compensation philosophy. Positions covered by collective bargaining agreements are governed by those agreements.

 

Equal Employment:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status, and any other classifications protected by federal, state, and local laws.