Director Professional Nursing Practice

Job Summary
Oversees and directs departmental activities to ensure quality services for both internal and external customers.

Supports and upholds the Hospital Mission, Vision, Values and Guiding Behaviors, Patient Bill of Rights, and the Code of Business and Ethical Conduct.

Job Specific Duties


* Provide leadership and oversight of the Magnet designation and re-designation process including 1) working in collaboration with the VP/CNO and Nursing Leadership to ensure the Forces of Magnetism are integrated throughout nursing practice in the organization; 2) collecting, maintaining, and coordinating the submission of application materials; and 3) promoting staff education and organizational awareness.


* Provides leadership and oversight of Nurse Residency Program, SNIP Programs, Nursing Research, Clinical Specialists, Clinical Educators, and the HAC program. 


* Collaborates across the organization to improve and sustain a high level of nursing care quality and ensures sustainability of quality metrics/programs. 


* Analyze nursing/patient outcomes and collaborates with nursing & hospital leadership in support of and leading special projects. 


* Fosters the Magnet culture, leads and supports Nursing Excellence programs and strategies, and ensures clinical staff engagement in shared leadership activities. 


* Ensures a consistent approach to nursing sensitive patient care outcomes data collection and reporting. 


* Serve as the liaison to Schools of Nursing providing RN to BSN education to ensure coordination of professional skill development and transition into clinical practice. 


* Evaluates and coordinates the annual competency review process ensuring standardization of nursing competency. 


* Communicates nursing practice changes across all nursing departments. 


* Ensures coordination across all nursing departments in response to regulatory action plans related to nursing practice. 


* Continually analyzes and supports/leads efforts to ensure care-delivery processes are at the cutting edge of clinical quality and safety.

 Supports safety culture initiatives and ensures a very high level of compliance with CMS and public-reporting indicators of clinical practice. 


* Incorporates improvement science principles into quality/process improvement activities while working with leadership ensuring application of evidenced based practice in the departments. 


* Provides oversight to ensure all nursing policies, procedures, and standard work are up-to-date and current.

 Assuring compliance with DNV, state, and federal regulations, as well as, current evidence-based guidelines. 


* Remains current with state and federal associations, professional trends, and by participating in community activities.

Actively involved in a professional organization.

Shares best practices with nursing leadership. 


* Ensures highest integrity for the business operations of the departments.

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