Director of Nursing

Montefiore Mount Vernon•St. Charles, IL

16d•$148,800 - $186,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Director of Nursing is responsible for maintaining standards of nursing practice and ensuring quality patient care. This position involves planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating nursing service standards and patient care outcomes. The Clinical Director collaborates with the Senior Director and Nursing Leadership Staff to ensure compliance with regulations and standards. The Clinical Director of Nursing actualizes the vision, mission, values, and balanced scorecard performance measures for Montefiore Mount Vernon (MMV). The position prioritizes Nursing-Professional Practice, maintains standards of the practice for nursing as defined by the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, and Nursing’s Social Policy Statement. This position is accountable to the Senior Director/AVP of Nursing for the overall management of activities MMV to ensure that quality, compassionate, culturally competent, effective, and efficient patient care is delivered in compliance with the standards and regulations of the Health System and Regulatory Agencies. Accountable with the Senior Director/Assistant Vice President of Nursing, Nursing Leadership Staff in a shared governance model to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate the scope of practice for nursing service staff, nursing professional practice standards, and patient care outcomes. This position is accountable for nursing clinical practice/outcomes and the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of quality improvement initiatives, regulatory standards, and the peer review process. This position is also accountable for interdisciplinary resource management, redesign, and innovations. The position collaborates with the nursing and interdisciplinary teams to establish nursing quality, QI/Regulatory, and Peer Review responsibilities, as well as Clinical Practice responsibilities. A leader who knows how to turn Quality and CQI principles into meaningful improvements that nurses feel at the bedside, as well as utilize clinical resource management that focuses on the redesign/development of an infrastructure that supports professional clinical practice and processes in an evolving managed care environment. Key elements of professional practice redesign/development include practice standardization across the continuum of care. The role also collaborates across diverse disciplines on Nursing Quality and CQI initiatives, supports nurse managers, guides nursing teams through regulatory and quality issues, including Joint Commission and DOH readiness, and strengthens the culture of patient safety and experience. The role acts as an educator, implementation team leader, internal consultant, facilitator, role model, and change agent. The role translates data into real-world practice and fosters collaboration across departments.

Requirements

Master’s Degree Required
New York State Registered Nurse
At least 7 years of clinical experience, including experience in a leadership assignment
At least 5 years of managerial experience
Excellent Leadership Skills
Ability to think logically and sequentially, understand redesign concepts, and re-demonstrate ability to identify opportunities for improvement.
Skilled in the areas of finance, operations, strategic planning, marketing, human resources, and computer technology
Effectively influences and develops others, fosters teamwork, and possesses strong customer service skills and initiative.
Ability to plan and organize time and resources efficiently and focus on the integrated delivery system as it relates to capacity management and the admission & discharge process.
Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications

Nice To Haves

Nursing Administration Certification preferred or attained within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

Maintaining standards of nursing practice and ensuring quality patient care.
Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating nursing service standards and patient care outcomes.
Collaborating with the Senior Director and Nursing Leadership Staff to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
Actualizing the vision, mission, values, and balanced scorecard performance measures for Montefiore Mount Vernon (MMV).
Prioritizing Nursing-Professional Practice.
Maintaining standards of practice for nursing as defined by the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, and Nursing’s Social Policy Statement.
Overall management of activities MMV to ensure quality, compassionate, culturally competent, effective, and efficient patient care is delivered in compliance with the standards and regulations of the Health System and Regulatory Agencies.
Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the scope of practice for nursing service staff, nursing professional practice standards, and patient care outcomes in a shared governance model.
Accountable for nursing clinical practice/outcomes and the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of quality improvement initiatives, regulatory standards, and the peer review process.
Accountable for interdisciplinary resource management, redesign, and innovations.
Establishing nursing quality, QI/Regulatory, and Peer Review responsibilities, as well as Clinical Practice responsibilities.
Turning Quality and CQI principles into meaningful improvements at the bedside.
Utilizing clinical resource management that focuses on the redesign/development of an infrastructure that supports professional clinical practice and processes in an evolving managed care environment.
Ensuring practice standardization across the continuum of care.
Collaborating across diverse disciplines on Nursing Quality and CQI initiatives.
Supporting nurse managers.
Guiding nursing teams through regulatory and quality issues, including Joint Commission and DOH readiness.
Strengthening the culture of patient safety and experience.
Acting as an educator, implementation team leader, internal consultant, facilitator, role model, and change agent.
Translating data into real-world practice.
Fostering collaboration across departments.