an ED Director requires many skills and attributes in addition to being a respected EP clinician
an ability to be a dynamic respected leader is critical
there is a duality of simultaneously advocating and representing the hospital and the executive team as well as doing so for ED staff and patients
the ED Director should have a firm understanding of the ED IT patient management system and the underlying data so they can be efficient with targeted and appropriate data extraction
an excellent foundation in MS Excel is required to ensure the data can be analysed and presented in an effective manner
excellent people skills are required to ensure the many people conflicts can be addressed and preferably, prevented
knowing what is appropriate to be delegated is important - those areas where the ED Director will be held particularly accountable for perhaps should not be delegated unless there is great confidence to do otherwise