Magnet Program Director – Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Lebanon, TN

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About The Position

Vanderbilt Health is conducting a national search for a Magnet Program Director at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. The director oversees the Magnet journey as a continuous program, ensuring that American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet standards are embedded in daily practice. The role leads oversight, coordination, and evaluation of the Magnet recognition program and is accountable for programs that promote organization-wide adoption of Magnet standards. The director serves as the point of contact for data analysis related to Magnet requirements, including nurse-sensitive indicators, and collaborates with direct-care nurses, local and system nursing leaders, and chief nursing officers to advance shared decision-making, professional practice excellence, inquiry, and innovation.

The Magnet Program Director assesses readiness for designation or redesignation, identifies gaps, leads improvement initiatives, and establishes infrastructure to support the process. The director coordinates development of the Magnet document, champions standards through structures defined by Nursing Staff Bylaws, and aligns Magnet activities with the Nursing Strategic Plan and the VUMC Professional Practice Model. The position builds interdisciplinary partnerships and fosters nursing excellence, professional engagement, innovation, continuous learning, evidence-based practice, shared accountability, quality outcomes, research, and patient-centered care.

The position is based at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital and is listed as first shift, days. A nursing degree and a master’s degree are required, along with three years of experience. Registered Nurse licensure is listed. Magnet designation or similar nursing excellence program experience is strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Master’s degree.
• Nursing degree.
• Three years of experience.
• Registered Nurse licensure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to build partnerships, drive alignment, solve problems, and achieve shared objectives.
• Time management and project management skills.
• Ability to lead change and foster innovation in complex healthcare environments.

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience with Magnet designation or similar nursing excellence programs.
• Knowledge of ANCC Magnet standards and application processes, with expert-level writing ability.
• Experience with data analysis, benchmarking, and quality improvement.
• Proficiency in learning management systems and educational technologies.
• Nursing leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess organizational readiness for Magnet designation or redesignation and identify opportunities to strengthen alignment with program standards.
• Lead gap analysis and performance improvement initiatives to ensure organizational structures, processes, and outcomes support designation success.
• Create and implement infrastructure to support designation or redesignation activities.
• Lead planning and coordination for construction of the Magnet document.
• Use structures defined by the Nursing Staff Bylaws to champion Magnet standards.
• Collaborate with system leaders to monitor and support nursing professional advancement, mentoring, succession planning, and nursing data-related activities.
• Champion and integrate VUMC’s Professional Practice Model across the organization.
• Build interdisciplinary relationships that enable a Magnet culture.
• Align Magnet activities with organizational priorities in the Nursing Strategic Plan.
• Foster nursing excellence, pride, professional development, engagement, innovation, continuous learning, evidence-based practice, and shared accountability.
• Develop partnerships that support professional nursing practice, quality outcomes, and exceptional patient and family experiences.
• Lead organizational efforts to achieve, sustain, and continuously advance nursing excellence through exemplary professional practice, quality outcomes, research, and patient-centered care.
• Advocate for the Magnet journey and engage frontline staff, leaders, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams in a shared vision of nursing excellence.
• Serve as a point of contact for data analysis related to Magnet requirements, including nurse-sensitive indicators.

Benefits

• Affordable high-quality health plan options.
• Dental and/or vision plan.
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Paid time off (flex PTO).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Adoption assistance, subject to maximums.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Subsidized backup childcare.
• Inpatient nursing supplemental pay program; ask about current offerings.
• Benefits may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.

What This Job Offers

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