Director of Nursing- Acute and Emergency Care Services

The nurse director co-creates a culture of excellence, innovation, and transformation with professional nurses, other leaders, and Associates.

The nursing director fosters healthy work environments, advances professional autonomy, clinical competences, and safe, ethical, and high-quality nursing care; and assures that nurses are allowed to practice within their full scope.

The main goal is to assure the alignment of nursing's goals, activities, and practices with the values and mission of the organization, governing boards, and constituencies.

In addition to accountability for the direction of nursing practice, nurse administrators are responsible for the oversight and direction of all aspects of the clinical or educational enterprise.

Nurse director has core accountabilities for the following:


* safety, quality, and risk


* patient and population health advocacy


* clinical care delivery and optimal patient outcomes


* healthy work environment


* strategic, financial, and human resource management


* legal and regulatory compliance


* networking, partnering, and collaboration


* accountability/advocacy for their Associates.

Nurse director, at this level of influence, has line authority over a service line, nursing functions or multiple units that have registered nurses working who deliver nursing care in inpatient, hospital outpatient departments, or ambulatory care settings.

At Nemours Children's Hospital these may include but are not limited to, acute care, critical care, cardiac services, transport, and perioperative services .

The nursing director reports directly or indirectly to the Chief Nursing Officer/VP Patient Care Services.

The nurse director is charged with handling the daily operation of multiple units or departments.

Typically, the nursing director is supported by a unit manager(s) who executes daily operations within defined clinical area(s).

The nurse director efforts are directed toward program management, including program goals, objectives, and quality organizational outcomes.

The nursing director mobilizes internal and external stakeholders to assure programmatic goals and objectives are met.

Position Responsibilities

The Standards of Nursing Administration Practice are authoritative statement of the duties for all nurse administrators.

STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR NURSING ADMINISTRATION


* Assessment: Collect comprehensive pertinent data and information relative to the situation, issues, problem, or trend.


* Identification of Problems, Issues, and Trends: Analyze the assessment data to identify problems, issues, and trends.


* Outcomes Identification: Identify expected outcomes for a plan tailored to the system, organization, or population, problem, issues, or tend.


* Planning: Develop a plan that defines, articulates, and establishes strategies and alternative to attain expected, measurable outcomes.


* Implementation: Implement the identified plan.
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