Director Nursing Inpatient

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Port Washington, WA

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About The Position

The Director Nursing Inpatient develops strategies and manages resources to provide optimal nursing care, including staffing, patient-care supplies, and automated patient-care systems. The role oversees system issues and evaluates the quality of care delivered by department staff using standards of practice, patient outcomes, peer review, event reporting, policies and procedures, and equipment and supply evaluations. The director ensures resources are available for performance-improvement initiatives and uses data-driven patient-engagement strategies to improve satisfaction and monitor service performance.

The director coordinates services, reinforces accountability to department, facility, and service standards, and maintains effective relationships with patients, families, teammates, medical staff, other departments, health care facilities, and vendors. The role facilitates resolution of operational priorities, acts as a liaison between medical and nursing staff, and collaborates with leaders, teammates, and Professional Governance councils to develop change initiatives and innovative approaches. The director is accountable for care-management, patient-experience, and teammate-engagement targets, staffing and productivity benchmarks, and compliance with DNV, The Joint Commission, and other regulatory requirements.

The position promotes evidence-based nursing and supports recruitment, retention, staff development, and effective work environments. Human-resources duties include interviewing and selecting teammates, promotions, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolving concerns, corrective actions, and terminations. The director develops and recommends operating and capital budgets, manages expenditures, and ensures compliance with the Code of Ethical Conduct and applicable policies, regulations, and laws.

The position requires a Master’s degree in Nursing; a health-related master’s degree or MBA is acceptable when the undergraduate degree is a BSN, while an MSN is required when the undergraduate degree is not a BSN. A doctoral degree (DNP or PhD) is preferred. The role typically requires seven years of nursing-leadership experience, including management of multiple large, complex acute-care departments, and three years of experience managing staff and budgets. An active RN license, BLS, and nursing-leadership certification within one year of hire are required. The schedule is primarily Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with 24/7 accountability and Administrator on Call duties.

Requirements

• Active RN license in the current state of practice, with applicable multi-state compact or single-state privileges for the state(s) where nursing services are provided.
• Professional certification in nursing leadership obtained within one year of hire.
• Graduate of a Board of Nursing-approved nursing education program.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Master’s degree in Nursing; if the undergraduate degree is a BSN, a master’s degree in a health-related program or an MBA is acceptable; if the undergraduate degree is not a BSN, an MSN is required.
• Typically seven years of nursing-leadership experience, including management of multiple large, complex acute-care departments.
• Three years of management experience managing staff and budgets.
• Demonstrated business, financial, and clinical skills to manage department operations and ensure high-quality, patient-focused care.
• Demonstrated leadership and administrative skills, including developing and coaching staff and delegating appropriately.
• Strong listening, critical-thinking, human-resources management, oral and written communication, planning, and organization skills.
• Ability to handle multiple demands simultaneously.
• Experience using personal computers, productivity software, and nursing information systems.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above the shoulders, and twist frequently during a work shift.
• Ability to lift and support 35 pounds; push or pull with 30 pounds of force; and perform a sliding transfer of 150 pounds with a second person present.
• Ability to use foot pedals on carts or machines and functional sight and hearing.
• Ability to work with continuous exposure to mechanical, electrical, chemical, radiation, blood, and body-fluid hazards, and to wear gloves, goggles, and gowns as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Doctoral degree, such as a DNP or PhD.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and manage staffing, patient-care supplies, automated patient-care systems, and other resources to support optimal nursing care.
• Coordinate system issues and services to support patient care and resolve operational priorities.
• Evaluate care quality using standards of practice, patient outcomes, peer review, event reporting, policies and procedures, and evaluations of equipment, supplies, and products.
• Ensure appropriate resources are available for departmental performance-improvement initiatives.
• Develop data-driven patient-engagement strategies, improve satisfaction, and monitor service performance against key indicators.
• Coordinate services across areas and reinforce accountability to department, facility, and service standards.
• Maintain effective relationships with patients, families, staff, medical staff, other departments, health care facilities, and vendors; act as a liaison between medical and nursing staff as needed.
• Collaborate with leaders, teammates, and Professional Governance councils to develop change initiatives and promote innovative approaches.
• Contribute to Professional Governance councils and support department representatives in fulfilling their roles.
• Achieve care-management, patient-experience, and teammate-engagement targets.
• Plan staffing to meet established productivity benchmarks.
• Maintain departmental compliance with DNV, The Joint Commission, and other regulatory bodies.
• Promote evidence-based nursing and integrate evidence into practice and decision-making in alignment with organizational goals.
• Use recruitment and retention strategies, coach staff in recruitment and retention behaviors, and build relationships with nursing instructors and students.
• Use employee feedback and engagement data to optimize the work environment and improve staff retention.
• Perform human-resources responsibilities, including interviewing and selection, promotions, development, evaluations, compensation changes, concern resolution, corrective actions, terminations, and supporting teammate morale.
• Develop and recommend operating and capital budgets and control expenditures within approved objectives.
• Adhere to the Code of Ethical Conduct and ensure supervised leaders and teammates comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program
• Competitive compensation, premium pay where applicable, and incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual performance-based increases
• Career development programs

What This Job Offers

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