Nursing Director- Neuroscience- Neuro ICU BWH

Job Summary

Full Time, 40 Hours, Main Campus

Be part of our amazing leadership team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. BWH is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for Neurology and Neurosurgery. According to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024‑2025 rankings, BWH ranked #16 nationally in Neurology & Neurosurgery.

Oversee approximately 20‑bed neurosciences ICU including both neurology and neurosurgery service lines, and a float pool.

• Evaluate and supervise staff based on mutually agreed‑upon goals in job descriptions.
• Implement strategies to enhance retention and reduce turnover.
• Promote a safe and positive working environment.
• Ensure that the RN supervisors/clinical care managers are aware of any updated policies and procedures.
• Prepare departmental budget and operate the department within budgetary guidelines.
• Assign patients for day‑to‑day management to nursing coordinators and/or Nursing Supervisors/Managers.

• Creates an environment that supports and celebrates the professional growth of nursing practice.
• Actively supports the development of new nursing knowledge.
• Ensures adherence to evidence‑informed practice/standards for nursing care.
• Supports practice environment that encourages reflective practice, e.g., through the use of narratives, and meets the needs of the relevant patient population.
• Professional development
  • Participates in self‑performance appraisal process continuously.
  • Seeks feedback from professional colleagues.
  • Shares strengths and areas for development with the associate chief nurse and other colleagues as appropriate.
  • Maintains necessary clinical and managerial expertise through evidence‑based practice.
  • Participates in service‑ and department‑wide developmental initiatives.
• Demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning, e.g., through active participation in professional organizations.
• Conduct timely assessments of staff learning needs and ensure programs/projects are in place to address them, including collaboration with the Professional Development Managers and the Center for Nursing Excellence.
• Facilitates opportunities for staff to precept and teach others.

• Serves as a clinical leader/coach/mentor to staff.
• Promotes staff participation in annual goal setting for his/her patient care area(s) and the Department of Nursing.
• Serves as a leader within the community of nursing, adhering to the ANA Code of Ethics.
• Ensures appropriate personnel to meet the needs of the designated patient population.
• Designs and implements staffing patterns responsive to a dynamic care environment.
• Interviews, hires and oversees the orientation of new employees, considering departmental, divisional, local and individual employee needs.
• Provides ongoing formal and informal feedback regarding performance to staff members.
• Delegates authority and/or responsibility to others as appropriate while maintaining 24x7 accountability.
• Demonstrates consistent leadership in maintaining a fair and just culture.
• Ensures staff participation in local‑based decision making, Department of Nursing committees and initiatives.

• Provides formal and informal opportunities for staff to develop personal career goals and plans for achievement.
• Provides ongoing formal and informal feedback regarding professional development to staff members.
• Encourages and recommends staff participation in unit‑based decision making, Department of Nursing committees and organizational initiatives.

• Creates a caring, therapeutic, healing, patient‑ and family‑centered care environment.
• Ensures presence of interventions to promote a patient and family centered healing environment.
• Ensures appropriate staffing plan to meet patient care needs continuously.
• Promotes an inclusive environment supportive of patient‑ and family‑centered care for a diverse community.

• Leads the clinical discipline with a commitment to excellence in nursing care and positive patient outcomes.
• Accounts for contributions to planning, implementing and evaluating the Department of Nursing Quality Plan, including nurse‑sensitive indicators and patient…