AVP, Nursing (Healthcare)

Organizes, directs, and continuously improves the performance of all nursing functions within CARTI to ensure the highest quality, safety, and service.

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ensures team members, initiatives and daily operational performance aligns with CARTIs mission, vision and values.Fosters and maintains collaborative working relationships with all CARTI team members.Creates a sense of community within the nursing division.Establishes aspirational, yet appropriate standards for nursing quality and care and develops corresponding plans to achieve those goals.Develop annual operating goals and budget for Nursing Services. Controls nursing services operating costs within budget parameters.Seeks opportunities to standardize and harmonize workflow between all practices.Communicates clearly, effectively and often with the nursing division team members.Makes all efforts to be visible and openly communicate with front line staff and providers.Drives and supports a culture of excellence.Responsible for hiring, onboarding and continuous education and training of nursing talent.Authors, reviews and revises clinical policies and procedures to reflect evidence-based practice of nursing/scribe staff throughout CARTIs practice locations.Coordinates the completion of performance evaluations for nurses with the physician practice division. Develops performance expectations and departmental objectives for nursing/scribe staff positions to ensure knowledge, competency, efficiency, safety and productivity.Demonstrates working knowledge of applicable labor laws. Schedules and coordinates employee vacations, sick leave and overtime.Coordinates the inclusion of professional standards of organizations such as ONS, ASCO, ACR, ACRO, ASTRO, CLIA, and OSHA into the patient service procedures.Actively monitors patient and provider satisfaction and makes appropriate changes to ensure top level performance. Coordinates with nurse educator for orientation, skills validation training/in-services as required on updated drugs, protocols, and policies/procedures.Establishes criteria for professional organization participation and certification.Develops new services and activities for patients, families and staff in accordance with practice objectives.Provides support and direction as required in the area of clinical research in the practice and ensure nursing/scribe staff compliance to the established research protocols.Monitors and communicates the results of quality measures with clinic teams.Serves as liaison with department supervisors hiring for nurse positions to align orientation, skills, and competency and assure work assignment within scope of practice.Focuses on community relationships that ensure continuity of care for CARTI patients.Serve as CARTIs content expert and liaison with the Arkansas Nursing Board and associated regulations.Develops and maintains up to date contracts with schools of nursing to serve as a clinical site and development of relationship with students for future nursing staff.

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Travel throughout central Arkansas to satellite clinics.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: Supervises all nurses and personnel assigned to the Nursing department in all locations.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE and REGISTRATION:
Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (MSN preferred) from an accredited school of nursing.RN License (AR or Compact State) - Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN).Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required. Chemotherapy Certification preferred.Oncology Nursing Society certification (Oncology Certified Nurse, Nurse Executive or other approved certification) preferred.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:
8 years of clinical practice as an RN, required.3 years of formal healthcare leadership experience, required.Two years oncology experience, preferred.Knowledge and experience in the management of the physiologic and psychological effects of cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment.Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care.Skill in applying and modifying the principles, methods, and techniques of professional nursing to provide ongoing patient care.Ability to maintain quality control standards.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
Must interact and communicate both verbally and in written form.Must interact and exchange information regarding patients with physicians and other departmental personnel, and outside agencies on a frequent basis while respecting the confidentiality of patient information.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.This position involves potential exposure to infectious diseases. Colleagues are offered appropriate vaccinations and safety training.

COMMENTS:
This description is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of the job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

This position is a Safety Sensitive Position. The essential functions, physical demands, and mental competencies of this job require the employee maintain the ability to work in a constant state of alertness in a safe manner.