Magnet Program Manager - Sinai

Advocate Health • Milwaukee, WI

6d • $51 - $77 • Onsite

About The Position

The Magnet Program Manager at Aurora Sinai Medical Center champions nursing excellence and leads professional governance, helping carry forward the medical center’s Magnet Designation with Distinction. The role partners with nurses and leaders throughout the organization to strengthen professional governance engagement, interpret and communicate outcomes, recognize accomplishments, and connect day-to-day nursing work to Magnet principles. It requires an independently driven, visible, collaborative leader who builds relationships and brings people together around shared goals.

The position reports to the site's Chief Nursing Officer. It provides Magnet consultation to nursing shared governance and leadership, coordinates the Magnet Recognition Program application and related submissions and site-visit preparation, and supports process improvements, evidence-based practice, and outcome measurement. The role also mentors staff, shares Magnet standards and governance education across Aurora sites, leads site Magnet Champions, and develops and maintains a budget for Magnet activities.

This is a full-time, on-site position working 40 hours per week, generally Monday through Friday during traditional business hours (0800–1630), with flexibility as needed to meet program and project goals. The position requires travel and may involve exposure to road and weather hazards. The pay range is $51.05–$76.60.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
• Master's degree in Nursing or a master's degree in Health Care Administration.
• Typically, five years of nursing experience, including experience conducting evidence-based practice, quality-improvement projects, and data analysis to support improvements in patient care.
• Strong understanding of standards of practice, laws, regulations, and guidance governing nursing practice and performance improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare written documentation in support of regulatory or Magnet Recognition Program submissions.
• Strong critical and analytical thinking skills and ability to communicate effectively with nurses at all levels.
• Ability to interact on a scholarly level with professional staff and other Magnet Program Directors.
• Effective project-management, time-management, professional communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, and twist throughout the workday; functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing; and ability to operate equipment necessary for the job.

Nice To Haves

• Professional or shared governance experience.
• Project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide Magnet consultation to site nursing shared governance groups, including the Nursing Coordinating Council, Nurse Practice Committee, and Nursing Professional Development Committee, and to other nursing leadership.
• Collaborate with nursing leadership to plan and complete the Magnet Recognition Program application, written document submission, site visit, and interim reporting within required timeframes.
• Collaborate with nursing leadership on process improvements that enhance performance outcomes and evidence-based nursing practices.
• Coordinate collection of National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) and nurse-sensitive indicator data in accordance with database and professional standards, and ensure timely reporting to the Center for Nursing Research and Practice.
• Validate that patient outcome data is disseminated, monitored, and evaluated against evidence, state and national benchmarks, and regulatory standards, and that direct-care nursing areas have identified indicators.
• Provide mentorship and maintain expertise in state and national regulatory and nursing professional practice requirements, Magnet Recognition Program standards, and data requirements.
• Collaborate with the System Senior Director of Nursing Operations to design, develop, and provide education to Aurora sites on Nursing Shared Governance principles and Magnet Recognition standards and applications.
• Attend system and site Magnet consortiums and share information about Magnet recognition processes and standards.
• Provide leadership and direction to site Magnet Champions.
• Develop and maintain a budget for Magnet Recognition Program activities.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health-care and dependent-care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Career-development programs.
• Potential premium pay, incentive pay for select positions, and annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

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