Director, Nursing Operations, Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital
About The Position
Vanderbilt Health – Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for a Director, Nursing Operations, Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital. This role provides administrative oversight and leadership for staffing operations and patient throughput functions. The Director participates in the development and execution of operational and strategic functions and processes to achieve clinical, staffing, and patient flow goals. Responsibilities include fiscal accountability, maintaining quality and regulatory standards, optimizing workforce utilization, and supporting a high level of patient/family centered care and service. The Director leads efforts to proactively manage census fluctuations, maximize capacity, and remove barriers to efficient patient placement while enhancing patient and staff satisfaction. This role oversees program development, team management, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure integration across the clinical enterprise. Additionally, the Director provides feedback, coaching, and mentoring to less experienced peers and other members of the health care team. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is a 343-bed hospital with 48 Emergency Department rooms, 3 surgical locations, 21 operating rooms, and over 400,000 clinic visits annually. It is a large pediatric hospital on the Vanderbilt Health campus, serving a population well beyond the Nashville market through a robust and growing ambulatory network. The hospital has a rich history of nursing excellence and has received its fourth consecutive Magnet designation.
Requirements
- Nursing degree required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), or Doctorate in Nursing.
- If nursing degree at Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) level, then masters can be non-nursing degree.
- 5 + years experience.
- Experience working in a highly complex, matrixed Academic Medical Center, with relevant leadership experience.
- People Management (Intermediate)
- Operations Planning (Intermediate)
- Quality Management (Intermediate)
- Business Results (Intermediate)
- Compliance (Intermediate)
- Leadership (Intermediate)
- LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others
- Relevant Work Experience
- 5 years experience
- Master's degree
Responsibilities
- Facilitates optimal patient journey for seamless execution of plan of care as patients progress according to patterned pathways.
- Develops goals and objectives for the department based on interpretation of institutional policy and goals.
- Engages with Palliative Care services and the progression of skill of institutional multidisciplinary discussion of "goals of care" with patients.
- Initiate changes in or develop new policies, procedures and/or methods.
- Ensure the most effective operations of the department through program development, process improvement and coordination/integration of processes with other departments.
- Engages bedside nurses in formal nursing research for relevant patient improvement opportunities.
- Standardize services, processes, resources, and practice to improve efficiency.
- Ensure standards are met within area of responsibility to assure clinical enterprise accreditation/licensure.
Benefits
- Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
- Dental and /or vision plan
- 403 (b) retirement plan
- Paid Time off (flex PTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
- Short-Long term disability
- Subsidized backup childcare
- Inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
