Director of Emergency Room

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Under the Chief Nursing Officer's general direction, the Director of Emergency Room provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for the Emergency Room Department. The Director is accountable for safe, efficient, high-quality emergency care; departmental staffing and scheduling; employee selection, orientation, competency, performance management, and development; patient flow; regulatory readiness; quality outcomes; patient experience; fiscal stewardship; and continuous improvement. The Director establishes departmental goals, policies, workflows, and performance expectations; monitors clinical and operational results; and implements corrective actions when standards are not met. This role collaborates with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing leaders, ancillary departments, outside agencies, and interdisciplinary partners to ensure coordinated care and effective emergency operations. The Director maintains compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements, CMS Conditions of Participation, The Joint Commission standards, EMTALA, Georgia emergency behavioral health hold requirements, organizational policies, and professional nursing standards. The position requires visible leadership, sound judgment, confidentiality, accountability, effective communication, and the ability to lead in a fast-paced emergency care environment.

Effingham Health System, a critical access hospital and non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation located in Springfield, Georgia, just 30 minutes north of Savannah, provides vital resources and exceptional care to the community. Recognized as the Georgia Small Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, EHS is a Level IV Trauma Center with 25 inpatient beds, three operating rooms, a CMS five-star 105-bed skilled nursing facility, three rural health clinics, a primary care and occupational medicine clinic, and four specialty practices. Committed to meeting the diverse healthcare needs of our community, EHS stands ready to serve you.

Company Description

Effingham Health System, a critical access hospital and non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation located in Springfield, Georgia, just 30 minutes north of Savannah, provides vital resources and exceptional care to the community. Recognized as the Georgia Small Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, EHS is a Level IV Trauma Center with 25 inpatient beds, three operating rooms, a CMS five-star 105-bed skilled nursing facility, three rural health clinics, a primary care and occupational medicine clinic, and four specialty practices. Committed to meeting the diverse healthcare needs of our community, EHS stands ready to serve you.