Director, Clinical Operations

Overview:

The Director of Nursing leads patient care, placing a high degree of emphasis on establishing workflows and processes aligned with Carle values to promote excellent patient care and outcomes. Responsibilities include staffing, leadership development, succession planning, clinical practice, strategic growth, budgeting, quality, collaborative relationships and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

Tests Performed:

• Performs only those CLIA tests that are authorized by the laboratory director and require a degree of skill commensurate with the individual's education, training or experience, and technical abilities.

Lab Procedures:

• Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.

Record Maintenance:

• Maintains records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples.

Quality Control:

• Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, document all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.

Corrective Action Policies:

• Follow the laboratory's established corrective action policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.

Corrective Action Documentation:

• Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications

Problem Identification:

• Be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notify the technical consultant, clinical consultant or director

Qualifications:

Certifications:

• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN, IL) and 
• National Nursing Certification 

 

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing and 
• Master's Degree - Related Field

 

Work Experience:

• Nursing - 10 years 
• Leadership - 5 years 

Carle Health Company Overview:

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Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Find it all at Carle Health.

 

Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: [email protected].

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is $62.33per hour - $107.21per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.