Job Summary
The Executive Director of Nursing/Midwifery (EDONM) is accountable for a defined hospital facility and associated services. The EDONM is accountable for ensuring the quality and safety of the nursing & midwifery service and working alongside a strong inter professional leadership team to provide a quality patient service. The EDONM is required to establish structures and frameworks to ensure the creation and maintenance of environments that develop and support professional nursing & midwifery practice. The post holder will advocate for nursing & midwifery across the facility service.
Key Accountabilities
To fulfil the responsibilities above, the Executive Director of Nursing/Midwifery , in collaboration with nursing and midwifery personnel and members of other disciplines, engages in the following activities:
1. Ensures the provision of skilled safe, holistic, and culturally competent, person-centered nursing and Midwifery care to patients, families, community and society, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team irrespective of healthcare settings.
2.Provides guidance for and supervision of personnel accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery.
3. Leads nursing and midwifery and organizational policy formulation and decision-making.
4. Advocates for nursing and midwifery across HMC.
5. Leads and contributes to service, business and budget planning.
6. Coordinates nursing and midwifery services with the services of other health care disciplines in particular the hospitals leadership team.
7. Ensures that all stakeholders are engaged and advocates for nurses and midwives to be integral to all service improvements and clinical decision making.
8. Assumes responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel across the facility service. Assignments reflect appropriate utilization of personnel.
9. Fosters a climate conducive to education experiences for nurses, midwives and students.
10. Evaluates the quality and appropriateness of care using validated and reliable methodologies. 11. Accepts organizational accountability for services provided to recipients.
12. Accepts accountability for own actions and decision-making and for the related outcome.
13. Coordinates the delivery of nursing care and practices embedding the HMC Nursing and Midwifery Scope of Practice as the ethical and professional framework alongside consideration of the socio-cultural needs of patients, families, communities and society.
14. Functions at all times in accordance with legislative, regulatory and policy guidelines relevant to registered nursing & midwifery practice.
15. Ensures clinical competence in all aspects of care provided to patients and families.
16. Attends to emergency / crisis situations calmly and effectively role models behaviours and skills for the nursing & midwifery team.
17. Provides input to the patients plan of care by ensuring the development, implementation, evaluation and revision of the care plan
18. Uses communication skills to ensure that other members of the health care team, the patient and their family are and remain fully informed.
19. Exhibits leadership qualities and manages nursing& or midwifery care safely, efficiently and ethically.
20. Ensures nursing & midwifery practice meets organizational quality and safety standards and guidelines, and participates in continuous quality improvement.
21. Maintains and promotes customer satisfaction through effective customer service.
22. Delegates and provides supervision to team members according to their competence and scope of practice.
23. Demonstrates commitment to the development of other members in the healthcare team, as well as patients, families, community and society.
24. Assumes responsibility for own professional development through lifelong learning to ensure continued competence and performance improvement.
25. Enables and provides information on maintaining and optimizing health and maximizing self-care.
26. Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
27. Uses data systems to enhance the quality and delivery of patient care.
28. Uses research, evaluation, service improvement and audit findings to enhance the quality of patient care and protect the rights of those participating.
29. Perform other duties as assigned
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing/Midwifery/Mental Health Nursing plus Master’s degree in Healthcare related field.
Experience
12 years post registration experience that includes 7 years experiences in Management
License to Practice (*DHP)
Valid Primary license from the country of origin (if applicable)