Interim Leader

Trinity Health • Livonia, MI

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About The Position

Purpose The Leader is accountable for leading, managing & advancing people, processes & / or programs that support direct or indirect patient care. The Leader promotes & advocates for patients, colleagues & the practice as defined by the area (s) of expertise & assignment. Essential Functions Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions. Professional Practice: Acts independently & appropriately within license, scope of knowledge & experience in practice area. Supports safety by adhering to standards & acting as a champion role model. Accountable for personal learning & development by participating in knowledge, skill & competency enhancing activities. Professional Leadership Practice: Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values & Vision; Cultivates excellence by supporting growth & development of team; Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring & succession planning; Engages & fosters transpersonal teaching & learning in the context of the caring relationship; Embraces & encourages humanistic-altruistic values & behaviors; Advances nurses & others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered & relationship-based healthcare; Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet); Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications; Embraces ideas & cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities; Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue & inclusion. Professional Leadership Process: Provides leadership & retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions & outcomes; Collaborates with key stakeholders & contributes to quality & improvement practices; Empowers staff to creatively problem-solve through the caring process (Caritas); Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient & colleague safety utilizing established & evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies; Drives effective patient, process, performance & stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics & trended data; Exhibits agility & willingness to take on new & additional responsibilities. Environment of Care: Facilitates a healing environment, reverentially encouraging and supporting basic needs as sacred acts, sustaining human dignity; Practices in an environmentally safe, professional & healthy manner; Values & advocates for the patient’s cultural beliefs & faith; Monitors & initiates corrections or evidence-based practices; Promotes optimum physical & psychological behaviors; Influences effective, judicious & financially responsible use of resources (people, equipment, supplies, materials). Colleague Experience & Well-being: Fosters a continuous learning & development environment; stimulates & adopts innovative practices; Cultivates caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being; Understands & embraces change through the active encouragement of innovation & provisioning teams with tools & resources necessary for successful transformation; Leads others through change process. Compassion & Communication: Incorporates colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience as an essential component of leading nursing practices; Actively participates in building community by fostering trusting relationships; Visible and accessible to the team; Facilitates development of interpersonal relationships & use of effective & respectful written, verbal & nonverbal communications; Demonstrates authentic listening by forgiving & accepting positive & negative feelings; Encourages & models communication that respects diversity & divergent opinions; Employs communication strategies that shows the value of patient & family participation in care. Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable Federal, state & local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity & Compliance Program & Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures & guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical & professional behavior & safe work practices. Functional Role (not inclusive of titles or advancement career progression) NL II – managing: Provides operations &/or optimization leadership to professional &/or frontline staff, supervisors &/or managers; Retains accountability for staff coordination, training, hiring, performance, regulatory compliance & results of assigned department(s); Develops departmental plans, including organizational priorities; Controls resources, effectiveness & policy formation in area of responsibility; Collaborates with larger teams of health professionals to plan for long-term patient care needs. Operations-focus: Directly manages department(s) / service line; Decisions are guided by resource availability as informed by operational need, functional objectives & clinical drivers of department; responsible for driving outcomes through the daily management of resources Optimization-focus (advance, improve, enhance, leverage): Manages indirect or patient care department / program; Priorities are guided by the operational needs of areas; Develops plans in concert with Operations Managers in support of the department functional objectives & drivers where support is assigned.

Requirements

• Valid RN licensure authorized in the applicable state(s) of practice/employment if appropriate.
• Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited school.
• Valid driver’s license where required by assignment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager