AVP, Nursing

UF Health • The Villages, FL

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About The Position

The Associate Vice President of Nursing provides administrative structure and support for directing and implementing professional nursing practice. The role is accountable for strategically planning, implementing, evaluating, and revising systems that support professional practice and advance the nursing vision and organizational goals. The AVP provides leadership in support of the organization’s mission of excellent patient care and nursing’s vision of excellence in autonomous, accountable nursing practice, patient advocacy, and innovative care within a climate of trust and collaboration.

The position sets a vision for clinical excellence and leads strategy and execution around core clinical outcomes, including value-based purchasing, infections, length of stay, readmissions, and patient experience. It promotes evidence-based medicine and innovation, holds teams accountable, and prioritizes and paces work to achieve results. The AVP also supports standardization and streamlined processes across disciplines and departments to improve effectiveness and efficiency while reducing costs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree strongly preferred and required within three years of the start date.
• Current Florida nursing license required.
• Minimum of five years of professional nursing practice experience required.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
• Knowledge and application of advanced professional nursing practice, continuous quality improvement processes, nursing care delivery models, healthcare delivery systems, and budgetary processes.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Maintain or exceed all specialty educational requirements.

Nice To Haves

• ACLS certification for healthcare providers preferred.
• BLS certification for healthcare providers preferred.
• Master’s degree strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative structure and support to manage and direct implementation of professional nursing practice.
• Plan, implement, evaluate, and revise systems that support professional practice and achieve the nursing vision and organizational goals.
• Lead nursing in support of the organization’s mission of excellent patient care and its vision for autonomous, accountable practice, patient advocacy, and innovative care.
• Set a vision for clinical excellence and lead strategy and execution around core clinical outcomes, including value-based purchasing, infections, length of stay, readmissions, and patient experience.
• Promote evidence-based medicine and innovation.
• Hold teams accountable and prioritize and pace work to achieve results.
• Support standardization and streamlined processes across disciplines and departments to improve effectiveness and efficiency while reducing costs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive