Develops hospital-wide systems, and policies and procedures describing how patient’s nursing care needs are assessed, evaluated and met which entails overall responsibility and accountability for the development of staffing plans and development and implementation of departmental budgets. Directly supervises the following positions: Nursing staff, including, but not limited to, RN, LPN/LVN, CNA, Nursing Supervisors/Charge Nurses, Unit Secretaries, and Telemetry Monitor Technicians.