The Director of Women’s Services has the primary responsibility for the daily operation of departments within Women’s Services.  The Director has overall responsibility for the planning, administration, control and quality management of department activities. 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Assumes responsibility for, through assigned department manager(s) or coordinator(s), the effective management of departments within Women’s Services.  Evaluates daily activities and makes operational changes as necessary to improve service levels.
2. Identifies the needs of those departments and individuals (hospital and Medical Staff) served by the assigned department and develops departmental goals and objectives and policies and procedures which meet those needs and which support and promote the accomplishment of Divi­sion and Hospital goals and the enhancement of services.
3. May develop and provide in‑put into hospital‑wide policies or departmental policies that impact across division lines.  Actively participates on hospital committees which address operational issues.
4. Assumes division wide and hospital‑wide responsibilities for projects and issues as assigned by the Operational Director or CNO.  Actively participates on hospital committees.
5. Develops functional or departmental goals to support service‑line or divisional goals and objectives.
6. Develops and submits for approval a departmental capital and operating budget and is account­able for the achievement of capital and operating budget objectives.  Monitors and controls departmental budget and authorizes budgeted expenditures in accordance with the approved budget and hospital fiscal policy.
7. Recruits, hires, orients and evaluates performance of Manager(s), Supervisor(s), Coordinator(s) or other assigned personnel to assure that department is staffed with individuals who reflect     behavior and performance consistent with the hospital’s Mission and Values statement.  Has authority to hire, terminate, and/or take other disciplinary action as may be deemed appropriate and is in accordance with hospital policy.