Senior Director, Nursing Quality & Magnet Program

Reporting to the ACNO of Professional Practice and a member of the DFCI nursing leadership team, the Director, Nursing Quality and Magnet Program Director (MPD) oversees the Nursing Quality, Approved Provider Unit for Continuing Education, and the ANCC Magnet Recognition programs. The senior director plans, designs, directs, and evaluates the nursing quality plan and programs that influence and enhance compliance to professional standards of practice, the DFCI Professional Practice Model and the ANCC Magnet Program standards.

Evidence-based practice, shared decision-making, professional development of nurses, and top performance on quality outcomes. The senior director works collaboratively with nursing leaders at all levels and others in interprofessional departments to ensure the enculturation of standards, optimization of the professional nursing environment and advancement of nursing practice.

The Director/MPD ensures that the Mission, Vision, and Core values of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) are incorporated into all areas of practice and follow the ANA foundational documents and specialty standards including Nursing Administration and Professional Development Scope and Standards, American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition, oncology specialty standards as well as standards set forth by regulatory agencies. The director works collaboratively with members of the Institute Quality and Safety Department to align nursing goals and metrics with Institute quality priorities.

The senior director engages multidisciplinary teams to design, implement, and monitor quality reporting systems.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations.

We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Enacts the strategy and tactical plans for enhancing professional practice and retaining Magnet recognition.
• Recommends and ensures the integration of professional nursing concepts, including Magnet standards, into nursing leadership, organizational programs and hospital initiatives.
• Supports nursing leadership in monitoring compliance with nurse-sensitive outcomes related to national standards for nursing practice.
• Participates in the evaluation of nursing quality data and application of evidence-based practices to improve nursing practice, patient outcomes, and patient experience data.
• Collaborates with nursing leadership to promote an environment that fosters teamwork, mentoring, and coaching as measured by staff engagement and satisfaction.
• Develops the organization’s magnet process as the onsite expert and resource for the ANCC Magnet Program.
• Leads the organization in applying Magnet standards to the work environment and clinical practice.
• Develops an annual Magnet Practice Environment Advancement Plan in collaboration with the CNO and NEC.
• Serves as the liaison between the organization and ANCC Magnet Program office.
• Develops and provides ongoing education related to magnet, mentoring staff nurses about the Magnet process and serves as an educational resource on Magnet to the hospital community.
• Manages the Magnet annual summary and re-designation process.
• Leads a contingent of staff nurses and nurse leaders to the annual ANCC Magnet Conference.
• Assures that innovations in practice and the related outcomes are documented using the appropriate templates and are disseminated in the appropriate forums and periodicals.
• Provides consultation to SVP Patient Care Services/CNO, Nurse Executive Committee regarding organization sponsorship of nurses for ANCC-specific recognition (Magnet Nurse of the Year, Magnet Prize).
• Participates in ad hoc programs that foster the adoption of Magnet principles (Magnet4
  
  Europe).

• Supports the ACNO of Professional Practice, and other nurse leaders in the development of the department’s strategic and quality plans and in establishing goals aligned with hospital priorities using outcome measurement and outcome evaluation methods that support nursing quality, process improvement, culture of safety, and reliability of care processes.

• Develops and implements a departmental quality improvement plan that is consistent with the goals of the Institute.
• Serves as an active member, and/or co-chairs committees at various levels in the Institute.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation agency requirements (DPH, CMS, TJC, ANCC).
• Demonstrates…