RN Nurse Director-Periop Services

Trinity Health•Dubuque, IA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

MercyOne Dubuque is seeking a Nurse Director of Periop Services to lead, manage, and advance people, processes, and programs supporting patient care. This role is responsible for operations and optimization leadership, directing clinical departments, and balancing staff leadership with broader organizational direction. The Nurse Director will be accountable for the performance, regulatory readiness, and results of a strategic area or multiple departments. This position is based at MercyOne Dubuque, a Magnet-designated hospital recognized for its nursing excellence. The hospital is a leading facility in the tri-states, offering specialized services like a comprehensive cardiology center, Level II regional neonatal intensive care unit, and a new Cancer Center. It also includes a trauma center, inpatient rehabilitation unit, orthopedics, pharmacies, palliative care, and various outpatient and community services. MercyOne operates skilled nursing units and a nursing home. The Nurse Director will embody the Trinity Health Culture, demonstrating its Mission, Values, Vision, Actions, and Promise. They will act independently within their nursing license and scope of practice, championing safety and personal learning. The role involves participating in the development of clinical standards based on evidence-based practices and leading the team to embrace the organization's mission and values. This includes fostering growth and development, mentoring, succession planning, and advancing quality-focused, patient-centered care using transformational leadership principles. The Nurse Director will inspire the team through change, manage complex priorities, and enhance a culturally proficient work environment. They will also empower staff, drive effective patient and financial outcomes, and ensure responsible use of resources. A healing environment will be facilitated, prioritizing patient and colleague well-being, and fostering trusting relationships through effective communication and respect for diversity.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Bachelor’s degree is required.
Master’s degree is required within five (5) years of hire, with continuous enrollment in a relevant graduate program documented.
Current Iowa RN license.
Three (3) to five (5) years of clinical nursing experience is required.
Relevant supervisory experience required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.
Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health and MercyOne.

Nice To Haves

Specialty practice certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Leading, managing, and advancing people, processes, and programs that support direct or indirect patient care.
Promoting and advocating for patients, nurses/colleagues, and the practice of nursing.
Providing operations and/or optimization leadership.
Directing clinical specialty departments/areas or specialty non-clinical departments/areas.
Providing leadership and direction through managers.
Balancing staff leadership, broader organizational direction, and administration.
Accountable for the performance, regulatory readiness, and results of a single large, strategic area or multiple departments.
Knowing, understanding, incorporating, and demonstrating Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions, and Promise.
Acting independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge, and experience.
Supporting safety by adhering to standards and acting as a champion role model.
Accountable for personal learning and development.
Participating in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial, and supported by current evidence-based practices.
Inspiring the team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values, and Vision.
Cultivating excellence by supporting the growth and development of the team.
Advocating for continuous development with a focus on mentoring and succession planning.
Engaging and fostering transpersonal teaching and learning.
Embracing and encouraging humanistic-altruistic values and behaviors.
Advancing nurses and others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered, and relationship-based healthcare.
Utilizing transformational leadership principles.
Leading the team effectively through change.
Embracing ideas and cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities.
Enhancing a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue, and inclusion.
Providing leadership and retaining accountability for delegation, choices, decisions, and outcomes.
Collaborating with key stakeholders and contributing to quality and improvement practices.
Empowering staff to creatively problem-solve.
Enhancing an environment that prioritizes patient and colleague safety.
Driving effective patient, process, performance, and stewardship/financial outcomes.
Exhibiting agility and willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities.
Facilitating a healing environment.
Practicing in an environmentally safe, professional manner.
Valuing and advocating for the patient’s cultural beliefs and faith.
Monitoring and initiating corrections or evidence-based practices.
Promoting optimum physical and psychological behaviors.
Influencing effective, judicious, and financially responsible use of resources.
Fostering a continuous learning and development environment.
Stimulating and adopting innovative practices.
Cultivating caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being.
Understanding and embracing change through active encouragement of innovation.
Providing teams with tools and resources necessary for successful transformation.
Leading others through the change process.
Incorporating colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience.
Actively participating in building community by fostering trusting relationships.
Being visible and accessible to the team.
Facilitating development of interpersonal relationships and use of effective and respectful communication.
Demonstrating authentic listening.
Encouraging and modeling communication that respects diversity and divergent opinions.
Employing communication strategies that show the value of patient and family participation in care.
Maintaining a working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws/regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct, and other policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Ensuring adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior and safe work practices.
Performing other duties as needed.