Director Nursing
About The Position
The Director of Nursing strategically plans, designs, implements, and maintains patient care programs, policies, and management systems across assigned departments and campus. The role leads integration of services to ensure patient-centered care, drives quality and cost-effective improvements, and models ethical management. The Director has direct operational and matrix management responsibility for all nursing care areas on the assigned campus and builds relationships with physicians, employees, and community stakeholders. The Director provides leadership in patient care administration and collaborates with medical staff and ancillary services. The role supports patient experience and staff engagement while achieving campus operational objectives and contributing to the division's CNO strategy. The Director is responsible for the overall quality of care provided by nursing personnel, advises medical staff, department heads, and administrators on nursing services and strategies, interprets nursing policies and objectives for staff and community groups, monitors nursing operations for compliance with organizational and governmental standards, schedules staff, conducts performance reviews, and provides nursing care to patients as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing or equivalent education and experience, upon hire.
- Master's degree in nursing or another related field (MSN, MBA, or MHA), upon hire.
- Minimum of three years of nursing experience.
- Two years of leadership experience.
- Registered Nurse license in Nevada, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Strategically plan, design, implement, and maintain patient care programs, policies, and management systems across assigned departments and campus.
- Lead integration of services to ensure patient-centered care and drive quality and cost-effective improvements.
- Maintain direct operational and matrix management responsibility for nursing care areas on the assigned campus.
- Build relationships with physicians, employees, and community stakeholders.
- Collaborate with medical staff and ancillary services in patient care administration.
- Support patient experience and staff engagement while achieving campus operational objectives and contributing to the division's CNO strategy.
- Ensure the overall quality of care provided by nursing personnel.
- Advise medical staff, department heads, and administrators on nursing services and strategies.
- Interpret nursing service policies and objectives to staff and community groups.
- Monitor nursing staff operations and ensure compliance with organizational and governmental standards and practices.
- Schedule staff and conduct employee performance reviews.
- Provide nursing care to patients as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
