Clinical Excellence Program Director

Texas Health Resources•Plano, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position oversees the strategic design and implementation of programs that support clinical excellence throughout nursing at Texas Health Resources (THR) and their assigned entity. The Clinical Excellence Program Director (CEPD) designs and implements programs and initiatives related to professional development of individuals and groups, strategically supports a work environment that is proactive and deliberate in the delivery of safe patient care. The CEPD directs and supports transformational leadership, interprofessional collaboration, structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge, innovation, and empirical outcomes. Through these efforts, the CEPD is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and overseeing all aspects of their assigned entities ANCC Magnet Program application and designation.

Requirements

Master' Degree required
Bachelors in Nursing if Masters is not
5 years nursing experience required

Nice To Haves

Doctorate of Nursing Practice preferred
2 years of ANCC Magnet Program Director preferred

Responsibilities

Leads their assigned entity’s advancement of nursing professional practice that advances patient outcomes and professional development and achievement and clearly and routinely communicates to all levels of nursing leadership and other teams as indicated (Nurse Executive Team, system and entity Nursing leadership teams, Nursing Congress, to front line care team members) the progress and strategies needed to achieve all critical aspects for ANCC designation.
Facilitates and sustains Magnet culture or optimum professional practice environment evidenced by leading efforts that result in meeting organizational strategic goals, nurse satisfaction, and retention benchmarked standards and supporting continual readiness to achieve or maintain identified ANCC designation.
Responsible for design, deployment, and shared leadership of organizational efforts toward completion of Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation applications and documents for assigned entities including the facilitation of all aspects from designation to re-designation.
Works with teams to research, analyze, design and participate in process improvements for entity and unit achievements including patient satisfaction, nurse engagement, nurse sensitive indicators, and other empirical outcomes. This includes developing unit champions and educating and/or coordinating with others for unit and individual education needs of identified nursing units or other professions.
Highly visible and influential in all elements of nursing professional practice, healthy work environment, evidence-based practice and shared governance structure. Participates in senior nursing leadership as an internal consultant and resource for nursing progressional practice, shared governance and the ANCC Magnet and Pathway program requirements.