Job Description

Job Description

Slate Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Director of Nursing for a travel nursing job in Durango, Colorado.

• Specialty: Director of Nursing
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, rotating
• Employment Type: Travel

Registered Nurse - Director -
Job Summary: 
The Director of Surgical Services is responsible for the overall administration, leadership, and coordination of surgical services including the operating room (OR), sterile processing and surgical technology. 
This role ensures the delivery of high-quality, safe, and cost-effective surgical care while supporting continuous process improvement and regulatory compliance.

Essential Job Functions: 
Coordinates daily surgical operations appropriately with surgical team, anesthesia, preoperative and post operative care units. 
Sets objectives and long-term goals for department. Develop and adjust defined staffing plans in collaboration with the CNO. 
Prepare regular reports based on objectives, benchmarks, and metrics. 
Analyzes internal and external data and information to identify opportunities for improving patient satisfaction, efficiency, quality/safety of care, and cost containment. 
Ensures compliance with all regulatory and accreditation standards Develops and monitors daily, weekly, monthly, and annual budgets and expenses. Schedules staff meetings on regular basis to effectively communicate department and hospital goals and initiatives. 
Develops and grows all members of the team considering individual preferences, learning styles, and personal goals. 
Ensures necessary staffing is provided for all shifts of operation of the department(s) by monitoring, evaluating, and modifying staffing patterns utilizing national staffing guidelines and a defined departmental staffing plan. 
Serves on hospital committees. 
Investigates, resolves, and documents with tact and diplomacy the resolution of complaints, grievances or incidents concerning patients, visitors, nursing staff, physicians, or other customers. 
Monitors, implements, and participates in continuous quality improvement processes regarding topics pertinent to the department. 
Engage in inter-departmental collaboration to optimize operational productivity and the coordination of care, improve the quality and safety of services, meet regulatory requirements, and resolve issues and concerns. 
Performs other duties as assigned. 
Demonstrates the spirit of philosophy, mission, and values of the hospital through words and actions and implements them into departmental processes, programs, and the working environment. 
Apply the principles and values of customer service and continuous quality improvement while performing day to day activities of the position. Maintains and protects confidentiality regarding all aspects of patient care, personnel, and strategic issues. 
Adheres to Confidentiality Policy. Maintains positive working relationships and fosters a cooperative work environment. 
Adheres to the hospitals Guidelines for Appropriate Conduct in the HR Manual. Displays honesty and mutual respect when communicating with peers and other departments. 
Follow through on problems that may compromise effective job performance by using appropriate chain of command.

Minimum Requirements:
Education: BSN or actively pursuing BSN or higher. 
Professional certification in area of oversight preferred. 
Experience: Minimum of 4 years hospital clinical experience required with minimum of one year supervisory/management/Charge RN experience.

Physical Requirements: 
This position requires lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to fifty (50)+ pounds while administering care to patients. 
Stooping, kneeling and/or crouching daily in delivery of patient care. 
Standing and walking for more than five (5) hours per day; running occasionally in responding to patient care emergencies. 
Working Conditions/Environmental Exposures Environmental hazards such as chemicals, solvents, needles, needle containers, sharps, blood, body fluids, various infectious/communicable diseases, infectious medical waste, radiation, and/or radioactive materials and/or radioactive waste, proximity to moving mechanical parts. 
Protective clothing/equipment may be necessary. 

Slate Healthcare Job ID #2b559d01-2010-41ef-ad72-35cc04fa250f. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

Slate Healthcare is a premier travel healthcare staffing agency, connecting healthcare professionals with thousands of opportunities at top-tier hospitals and facilities across the country.

We’re committed to supporting nurses and allied health professionals in building stable, fulfilling careers—while embracing the freedom and excitement that comes with travel. Our goal is simple: to offer flexibility, competitive pay, and personalized placements that align with each clinician’s lifestyle and career goals.

At Slate, we empower our professionals to choose when and where they work, while ensuring they receive the highest compensation possible—because we believe that exceptional care starts with empowered caregivers.

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