Director Nursing, Critical Care/Medsurg - Forbes Hospital

Highmark Health • Monroeville, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director Nursing provides leadership and direction for nursing programming across the continuum, aligned with AHN’s focus on quality and safety, customer service, growth and access, financial stability, and people. The position is accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for leading and executing nursing strategies and collaborates with offices and physicians across the continuum.

At Forbes Hospital, a 315-bed Level II trauma hospital in Monroeville, the director supports nursing across hospital services that include trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, obstetrics, and psychiatry. The role promotes inclusive, interdisciplinary teamwork and transparent management, develops staff and managers, advances evidence-based nursing practice and research, and oversees operational, quality, patient-satisfaction, and financial performance.

The position requires a Master’s Degree in Nursing, a BSN, and current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact. Preferred qualifications include ANCC certification. Additional employment requirements include American Heart Association CPR and Act 34, Act 33, and Act 73 clearances. Employees must comply with applicable ethical, legal, privacy, information-security, and company conduct requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• BSN Degree.
• Current State of Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• American Heart Association CPR.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Comply with applicable ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA privacy requirements, information-security guidelines, and the company Code of Business Conduct.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications by ANCC.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment that embraces cultural diversity and recognizes the value of interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Promote transparency through the use of visual management boards on nursing units.
• Promote staff participation in the annual NDNQI nurse satisfaction survey and coach managers on opportunities identified in survey results.
• Review nurse quality indicators measured by NDNQI at the department level and identify opportunities in partnership with nurse managers.
• Benchmark AHN-SVH performance against national best practices and share best practices through publications, conference presentations, and networking with AHN leaders.
• Independently perform large-scale project management.
• Implement and monitor initiatives to recognize, reward, and incentivize staff.
• Participate in developing and communicating nursing’s shared vision.
• Pursue professional learning, maintain an annual professional development plan, and meet state continuing education requirements.
• Identify journal publication opportunities for self and staff and participate in a research project.
• Lead and support evidence-based projects and nursing research, helping identify opportunities to incorporate the scientific method into nursing practice.
• Monitor, control, and maintain departmental costs within budgeted allocations.
• Build trusting collaborative relationships with hospital departments, patient care units, ambulance services, medical staff, patients and families, law enforcement, clergy, morticians, media, and other health facilities.
• Use transformational leadership and change-management principles to drive needed improvements.
• Review Press Ganey patient satisfaction data and help managers formulate improvement plans.
• Analyze clinical service areas for operational effectiveness using dashboards and other data sources.
• Oversee and ensure standards of care relating to quality management, utilization review, and discharge planning.
• Ensure ongoing development and operation of the Shared Governance model in all departments.
• Consult with nurse managers and medical staff on patient care and nursing issues, including interpretation of Health Center policies to ensure patient needs are met.
• Use research and planning to ensure patient care is delivered in accordance with professional nursing standards and evidence-based practice.

What This Job Offers

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