Administrative Director Jobs

Inova Alexandria Hospital is a 318-bed community hospital that offers a full range of healthcare services and has received national recognition for healthcare excellence . This position will provide the unique opportunity to participate in planning and design of our new hospital as well as participation in the Magnet designation process.

As Administrative Director, you will embrace Inova Health System's leadership traits and demonstrate supporting behaviors. To help achieve our mission, you will influence improvements in practice settings by maintaining current standards and assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong learning. Providing direction and guidance to others regarding practice and serving as a resource/mentor is of vital importance. Your demonstrated leadership skills in decision making and problem solving will help you achieve success. You will utilize guidelines, standards and research to support a care delivery system that produces quality patient care with optimal patient outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

• Supports and contributes to operating unit and system committees and initiatives. Supports and assists appropriately in Inova's strategic initiatives.
• Provides as point of escalation and troubleshoots operational concerns appropriately using policies, procedures, chain of command and sound judgement.
• Creates and maintains respectful relationships throughout Inova Health System and external customers. Encourages cross-boundary involvement in obtaining department goals. Works with peers and others in the operating unit and throughout the system to achieve goals.
• Practices in and supports quality/performance improvement initiatives. Demonstrates sound project management skills. Ensures quality patient care by monitoring clinical nursing practice and patient care delivery that support optimal patient outcomes.
• Ensures institutional compliance with professional, regulatory and government standards of care. Monitors customer satisfaction and seeks ways to continually improve customer satisfaction.
• Advocates patient rights from the patient/family perspective. Provides counsel and acts as a resource to resolve issues. Promotes the development of clinical decision making of all team members.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills and assists in the resolution of conflict among health care team members, patients and families.
• Fosters leadership by providing consistent communication and demonstrates mutual support. Participates in lifelong learning including a minimum of 21 formal contact hours. Demonstrates effective problem solving, decision making skills and serves as a change agent, resource, mentor and role model.

Education

Additional Requirements

BSN degree are required.

Experience

• BLS Required
• Three years of progressive experience in acute care.
• Clinical experience within the last year is required.

Licensure: Current licensure and eligible to practice in Virginia

Skills: Outstanding communication skills. Experience with enhancing patient satisfaction. Ability to effectively develop employees, mentor, and coach team members. Ability to work across disciplines, solve problems and be a positive contributor to the team.

About Us

Inova is Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Our mission is to provide world-class healthcare – every time, every touch – to each person in every community we have the privilege to serve. Inova’s 18,000 team members serve more than 2 million individuals annually through an integrated network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, outpatient services and destination institutes.