Director Nursing Inpatient

Advocate Health•Grafton, ND

2d•$68 - $102

About The Position

The Director Nursing Inpatient develops and implements strategies to ensure resources are managed effectively and optimal nursing care is provided. The role oversees staff, patient-care supplies, automated patient-care systems, quality and performance improvement, patient engagement, patient experience, care management targets, teammate engagement, staffing, regulatory compliance, and evidence-based nursing practice. The Director builds effective relationships across patients, families, department and medical staff, other departments, healthcare facilities, and vendors; serves as a liaison between medical and nursing staff; and facilitates resolution of operational priorities. The role leads collaborative change initiatives and contributes to Professional Governance councils. It also oversees recruitment, retention, staff development, human resources matters, budgets, and compliance with applicable ethical, regulatory, and legal requirements. The position is full time, 40 hours per week, with primary hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 24/7 accountability, including Administrator on Call duties. The listed pay range is $68.20–$102.30.

Requirements

Active RN license in the current state of practice, with a multi-state compact and/or single-state license or privilege to practice in the state(s) where nursing services are provided.
Professional certification in nursing leadership obtained within one year of hire.
Graduation from a Board of Nursing-approved nursing education program.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required based on specialty.
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, 7 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 provide high-quality, patient-focused care.
Demonstrated leadership and administrative skills, including staff development, coaching, and appropriate delegation.
Strong listening, critical-thinking, human-resources management, oral communication, written communication, planning, and organizational 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 the work shift.
Ability to lift and support 35 pounds when handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
Ability to 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 have 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 to ensure staff, patient-care supplies, and automated patient-care systems are available and managed effectively.
Coordinate system issues and resources to support optimal patient care.
Evaluate the quality of patient care using Standards of Practice, patient outcomes, quality indicators, peer review, event reporting, policies and procedures, and equipment, supplies, and products; ensure appropriate resources for performance-improvement initiatives.
Develop data-driven patient-engagement strategies 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, department staff, other departments, medical staff and support staff, healthcare facilities, and vendors; facilitate operational issue resolution and act as a liaison between medical and nursing staff as needed.
Lead collaborative change initiatives and contribute to Professional Governance councils; support department representatives and accountability.
Achieve care-management, patient-experience, and teammate-engagement targets.
Plan staffing to meet established productivity benchmarks.
Maintain department compliance with DNV, The Joint Commission, and other regulatory bodies.
Promote evidence-based nursing practice and integrate evidence into decisions and departmental, organizational, regional, and strategic 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 teammate-engagement data to optimize the work environment and improve retention.
Perform human-resources responsibilities, including interviewing and selecting teammates, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolving concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and supporting morale.
Develop and recommend operating and capital budgets and control expenditures within approved objectives.
Follow the Code of Ethical Conduct and ensure supervised leaders and teammates comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
Operate equipment essential to performing the job duties.