Director, Nursing - Women's Services

2510 Cobb Hospital, Inc.•Mableton, GA

53d

About The Position

The Director of Nursing for Women's Health provides leadership and management of the Women's Service Line through advanced communication, job knowledge, professionalism, and business skills. The director is a member of the chief nursing officer's administrative team and may serve as the CNO's designee for assigned responsibilities. Reporting to the nursing operations leader, the director partners with nursing leadership, hospital vice presidents, medical staff, and other departments to build a center of excellence for the specialty service and meet or exceed the hospital's mission, vision, and goals. The role administers two or more cost centers, with a range of 150 to 180 FTEs at Wellstar Cobb Medical Center, or may have nursing-practice domain accountability in a smaller rural community or across the system. The director manages a budget of less than $80 million. The director provides direct leadership to nurse managers and others in the specialty service line, holding leaders and staff accountable for safe, high-quality care through effective communication, transformational leadership, visibility, and an accountability-based practice setting. The role sponsors performance improvement, encourages professional growth, and applies lean and evidence-based practices to achieve pillar outcomes. As chief safety officer for the service line, the director fosters a culture of safety, uses data and technology to make decisions and mitigate risk, and mentors leaders in these practices. The director ensures that nurse managers and staff maintain a safe, desirable work environment and meet licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards, while promoting teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments. The director is expected to be licensed and knowledgeable in nursing practice under the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and to implement the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics. As a member of the patient services team, the director upholds the patient's voice and system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals. The role engages leaders in decision-making and patient-centered care, supports nurse managers and effective clinical processes, manages financial resources, uses quality-improvement methods to reduce waste and improve operations, and integrates marketing and communication strategies to advance the service line. The director hires and develops leaders and staff, communicates across diverse audiences, establishes performance standards, resolves conflict, builds partnerships with hospital leaders and medical staff, and creates opportunities for professional growth and recruitment and retention.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license: single-state or compact.
BLS certification.
ARC-BLS.
BLS-I Instructor.
At least 5 years of experience as a Registered Nurse, including 3 years of progressive operational direct management of others and financial management.
Experience managing department-level budgets and metrics.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Women's Health is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the Women's Service Line and administer two or more cost centers.
Partner with nursing leadership, hospital vice presidents, medical staff, and other departments to advance the specialty service and meet organizational goals.
Provide direct leadership to nurse managers and other service-line leaders and staff; establish standards and hold them accountable for performance.
Promote safe, high-quality care through effective communication, transformational leadership, visible leadership, and an accountability-based practice setting.
Sponsor performance improvement and apply lean and evidence-based practices to achieve pillar outcomes.
Create a culture of safety and use safety-first interventions across the service line.
Use data and technology to make decisions and proactively mitigate risks; instruct and mentor leaders in these practices.
Ensure staff maintain a safe and desirable work environment and meet licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
Promote teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments.
Engage leaders in decision-making and promote patient-centered care and service excellence.
Support nurse managers and ensure clinical processes and the care delivery system function effectively.
Analyze and manage financial resources; use lean and quality-improvement methods to reduce waste and improve operational and clinical systems.
Integrate marketing and communication strategies to advance the service line and organization.
Hire and develop leaders and staff to achieve strong performance across organizational goals.
Communicate nursing, health care, and organizational issues to diverse audiences; establish standards and resolve conflict as needed.
Build relationships and partnerships with hospital leaders and medical staff, using coaching and reflective practice.
Create opportunities for professional development and foster a workplace that recruits and retains talented leaders and staff.
Uphold nursing practice under the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implement ANA Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics standards.
Uphold the patient's voice, system policies and procedures, and service excellence goals.