Director, RN Medical Surgical

Banner Health • Glendale, AZ

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About The Position

Banner Health believes leadership matters, and we look for people who share our vision making health care easier, so life can be better. Our leaders are at the front of the health care transformation, planning the future of Banner Health. Drive Excellence Through High Reliability As Nursing Director, you'll champion our Journey to Zero Harm, embedding High Reliability Organization (HRO) strategies and behaviors into every aspect of care delivery. You'll leverage cutting-edge innovation to provide extraordinary service while fostering a culture where safety, quality, and patient experience are inseparable. Develop Tomorrow's Leaders Today This role demands exceptional acumen in leadership development and staff engagement through a robust shared governance model. You'll empower your team to own their practice, drive improvement initiatives, and grow as healthcare professionals committed to excellence. Why Banner Health? At Banner Health, leadership matters. We seek individuals who share our vision of making healthcare easier, so life can be better. Our leaders stand at the forefront of healthcare transformation, shaping Banner Health's future. Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. This opportunity is also eligible for our Management Incentive Program, as part of your Total Rewards package. Banner Health offers a variety of benefits to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life. Join us in leading extraordinary care at a facility designed for the future of emergency medicine. Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. This opportunity includes the option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits. In addition, this position may be eligible for our Management Incentive Program as part of your Total Rewards package. Banner Health’s premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (BTMC) and Banner Children’s Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience. Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets. If you would like to contribute to truly leading edge caring, we invite you to bring your experience and skills to Banner Thunderbird.

Requirements

• Leadership experience with a passion for transforming emergency care
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with physicians, leaders, and multidisciplinary teams
• Change agent mindset—embracing innovation while engaging others in transformation
• Unwavering commitment to safe, kind, effective, efficient, evidence-based care
• Solution-oriented approach focused on measurable outcomes
• Dedication to patient and family-centered care
• BSN or MSN required for all new hires to the position after July 1 2013. Incumbents in the position as of July 1, 2013 must possess their BSN or MSN by July 1, 2015.
• Must possess a strong knowledge of healthcare as normally obtained through the completion of a master’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, or related field.
• Requires a current RN license in state of practice.
• Requires BLS certification.
• Must possess a strong knowledge and understanding of clinical care management as normally demonstrated through 3-5 years of progressive care management experience.
• Requires demonstrated experience leading and/or managing strategic clinical operations.
• Requires strong written and oral communication skills.
• Must demonstrate strong decision-making and critical thinking skills along with the ability to lead change.
• Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
• An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of planning structures and processes designed to optimize organizational outcomes.
• Recruits and retains top talent through effective communication, performance management and professional development.
• Fosters a team environment by instilling a cooperative atmosphere, promoting collaboration and encouraging constructive conflict.
• Creates and initiates professional plans for direct reports.
• Communicates with staff in a manner that is respectful of the diversity of workforce and patients/families.
• Provides infrastructure and systems to empower staff to contribute to organizational goals and achieve desired outcomes.
• Creates processes for sharing information and decision-making across care settings and roles.
• Develops strong relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders across the organization to positively impact business, nursing and patient outcomes.
• Oversees the management of financial, human and material resources, to ensure alignment with organizational strategies and goals and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and policies.
• Creates and supports a clinical practice environment focused on nursing professional autonomy, inter-professional collaboration and innovation.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the processes and desired outcomes from clinical operations and motivates staff to perform at the highest level.
• Assures a measurable, outcome-focused, systematic approach to care delivery.
• Leads development, implementation and evaluation of evidenced based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with current nursing research, organizational and national practice standards.
• Assumes a leadership role in collaborating and partnering with other health care providers, services and the community, in philanthropic and outreach activities.
• Leads the integration of innovation and evidence based findings into practice.
• Creates an environment supportive of innovative solutions.
• Assumes a leadership role, in partnership with physician and facility leaders, in managing the quality of services provided across the care delivery continuum and within the larger organization.
• Demonstrates and directs employees in using a systematic approach in analyzing and utilizing data in problem-solving.
• Produces results that meet or exceed identified strategic and operational targets through leadership.
• Assures performance in clinical operations, financial, human resources and quality outcomes meet or exceed established targets.
• Directs and provides oversight to the management of clinical operations, quality and safety programs, and nursing practice with a focus on results and the evaluation of outcomes data.
• Leads the effective management of human resources to include staff turnover and retention outcomes and staff satisfaction.
• Responsible for the function and strategic development of a clinical department(s) within a facility.
• Accountable for clinical outcomes and ensuring clinical excellence.
• Coordinates services with other leaders and administrators to achieve goals.
• Internal customers include facility and system management, staff, and physicians.
• External customers include patients, families and regulatory agencies.

Benefits

• Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health.
• This opportunity is also eligible for our Management Incentive Program, as part of your Total Rewards package.
• Banner Health offers a variety of benefits to help you and your family.
• We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.
• This opportunity includes the option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits.
• In addition, this position may be eligible for our Management Incentive Program as part of your Total Rewards package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees