Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Southern Regional Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Southern Regional Medical Center is a non-profit, 331-bed full-service hospital serving the residents of Clayton County and southern crescent metro Atlanta communities. The hospital offers a complete line of services including Senior Care and Senior Behavioral Health Services; Emergency Services; Heart and Vascular; Advanced Imaging; Laboratory; Neuroscience Services; Rehabilitation; Sleep Diagnostic Center; Surgery/Robotic Surgery; Wound Care; and Women’s Health Services, including a Level III NICU. The hospital is certified accredited as a Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center. Learn more at southernregional.org.

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Southern Regional is looking for an experienced Director of Emergency Services to join out team!

Responsibilities -

• Assume 24-hour administrative responsibility for the management and coordination of all Emergency Care Nursing Service functions.
• Supervise, assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the delivery of patient care.
• Develop and implement departmental plans including performance improvement activities and compliance with current regulations.
• Assume 24-hour accountability for the ED department.
• Supervise and evaluate all personnel assigned to the ED and effectively utilize nursing personnel, time responsibilities for the ED and is directly accountable to the CNO.
• Consult and communicate with staff, physicians, and administration both written and verbally on nursing issues and interpretation of hospital policies to ensure patient needs are met.
• Interact with outside agencies, patients, and patients' families/significant other(s) to provide comprehensive care.
• Provide triage and treatment to pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients seeking emergency care.
• Assume house supervisory responsibilities as assigned, including responding to codes throughout the hospital, assessing and charting, and following through with appropriate documentation.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.
2. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
3. Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
4. Current PALS upon hire and maintain current.
5. Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred.
6. A minimum of two years supervisory/management experience necessary.
7. Minimum of three years of continuous clinical experience in a clinical/acute care setting.
8. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required for all new hires after 1/11/2021.

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