Director of Nursing - Acute Care and Dialysis

Nemours Children's Health•Orlando, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The nursing director co-creates a culture of excellence, innovation, and transformation with professional nurses, other leaders, and Associates. The nursing director fosters healthy work environments, advances professional autonomy, clinical competences, and safe, ethical, and high-quality nursing care; and assures that nurses are allowed to practice within their full scope. The main goal is to assure the alignment of nursing’s goals, activities, and practices with the values and mission of the organization, governing boards, and constituencies. In addition to accountability for the direction of nursing practice, nurse administrators are responsible for the oversight and direction of all aspects of the clinical or educational enterprise. Nursing director has core accountabilities for the following: (a) safety, quality, and risk; (b) patient and population health advocacy; (c) clinical care delivery and optimal patient outcomes; (d) healthy work environment; (e) strategic, financial, and human resource management; (f) legal and regulatory compliance; (g) networking, partnering, and collaboration; and (h) accountability/advocacy for their Associates. Nursing director, at this level of influence, has line authority over a service line or multiple units that have registered nurses working who deliver nursing care in inpatient, hospital outpatient departments, or ambulatory care settings. At Nemours Children’s Hospital these may include, but are not limited to, acute care, critical care, cardiac services, transport, and perioperative services. The nursing director reports directly or indirectly to the SVP, Chief Nursing and Patient Operations Officer. The nursing director is charged with handling the daily operation of multiple units or departments. Typically, the nursing director is supported by a unit manager(s) who executes daily operations within defined clinical area(s). The nursing director efforts are directed toward program management, including program goals, objectives, and quality organizational outcomes. The nursing director mobilizes internal and external stakeholders to assure programmatic goals and objectives are met. The Standards of Nursing Administration Practice are authoritative statement of the duties for all nurse administrators.

Requirements

Current Florida RN license required at hire
Current American Heart Association BLS Health Care Provider course completion required upon hire
Master’s degree in nursing leadership, management, policy, or administration required (must hold BSN and/or Graduate degree in Nursing)

Nice To Haves

Professional certification in nursing administration or other relevant management or applicable specialty; obtain within one (1) year of eligibility and maintain national certification

Responsibilities

Co-create a culture of excellence, innovation, and transformation with professional nurses, other leaders, and Associates.
Foster healthy work environments, advance professional autonomy, clinical competences, and safe, ethical, and high-quality nursing care.
Assure that nurses are allowed to practice within their full scope.
Assure the alignment of nursing’s goals, activities, and practices with the values and mission of the organization, governing boards, and constituencies.
Oversight and direction of all aspects of the clinical or educational enterprise.
Accountability for safety, quality, and risk.
Patient and population health advocacy.
Clinical care delivery and optimal patient outcomes.
Healthy work environment.
Strategic, financial, and human resource management.
Legal and regulatory compliance.
Networking, partnering, and collaboration.
Accountability/advocacy for their Associates.
Line authority over a service line or multiple units that have registered nurses working who deliver nursing care in inpatient, hospital outpatient departments, or ambulatory care settings.
Handling the daily operation of multiple units or departments.
Program management, including program goals, objectives, and quality organizational outcomes.
Mobilize internal and external stakeholders to assure programmatic goals and objectives are met.
Collect comprehensive pertinent data and information relative to the situation, issues, problem, or trend.
Analyze the assessment data to identify problems, issues, and trends.
Identify expected outcomes for a plan tailored to the system, organization, or population, problem, issues, or tend.
Develop a plan that defines, articulates, and establishes strategies and alternative to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
Implement the identified plan.
Coordinate the plan and associated processes.
Establish strategies to promote health, education, and a safe environment.
Evaluate progress towards attainment of goals outcomes.
Practice ethically.
Practice in a safe manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively in all areas of practice.
Collaborate with health care consumers, colleagues, community leaders, and other stakeholders to advance nursing proactive and health care transformation.
Lead within the professional practice setting, profession, health care industry, and society.
Attain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
Integrate evidence and research findings in to practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practices.
Evaluate one’s own and others’ nursing practice.
Utilize appropriate resources to plan, allocate, provide, and sustain evidence-based, high quality nursing services that are person, population, or community centered, culturally appropriate, safe, timely, effective, and fiscally responsible.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
Assume responsibilities of Nurse Executive, as needed.