Nurse Director - Operations

Position Purpose

The Nurse Leader (NL) is a licensed registered nurse (RN) accountable for leading, managing & advancing people, processes & / or programs that support direct or indirect patient care. The NL promotes & advocates for patients, nurses/colleagues & the practice of nursing as defined by clinical area (s) of expertise & assignment.

Full time

Day Shift

The Nurse Leader (NL) is a licensed registered nurse (RN) accountable for leading, managing & advancing people, processes & / or programs that support direct or indirect patient care. The NL promotes & advocates for patients, nurses/colleagues & the practice of nursing as defined by clinical area (s) of expertise & assignment.

Provides operations & / or optimization leadership focus;
Multiple departments/specialties or division;
May provide leadership & direction through managers or senior managers;
Responsible for directing & coordinating / affecting large complex processes with strong dependencies & broad resources;
Accountable for the performance, regulatory readiness & results of large, strategic/diverse disciplines cross‑functional teams or departments /areas / clinics over a large functional domain or multiple domains in a large geography;
Accountable for ensuring organizational mission, values & goals are being carried out within a matrixed organization.

Single ministry‑level nursing function or discipline;
Provides decision support, operations & / or optimization leadership focus;
Influences / shapes strategy to address internal or external business & regulatory issues;
Engages in enterprise level strategy alignment;
Proactively identifies, defines & solves complex problems that impact the management & direction of the business;
Leads multidisciplinary projects or initiatives;
Manages large diverse teams of senior professionals.

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and Mercy One Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Our Trinity Health Culture:
  Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.
• Professional Nursing Practice:
  Acts independently & appropriately within license, scope of knowledge & experience in practice area. Supports safety by adhering to standards & acting as a champion role model. Accountable for personal learning & development by participating in knowledge, skill & competency enhancing activities.
• Professional Nursing Process:
  Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice:
  Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA);
  Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial & supported by current & relevant evidence‑based practices, science, trends & data (clinical & administrative) & patient care (AONL).
• Professional Leadership Practice:
  Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values & Vision;
  Cultivates excellence by supporting growth & development of team;
  Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring & succession planning;
  Engages & fosters transpersonal teaching & learning in the context of the caring relationship;
  Embraces & encourages humanistic‑altruistic values & behaviors;
  Advances nurses & others in the provision of quality‑focused, patient‑centered & relationship‑based healthcare;
  Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet);
  Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications;
  Embraces ideas & cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities;
  Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue & inclusion.
• Professional Leadership Process:
  Provides leadership & retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions & outcomes;
  Collaborates with key stakeholders & contributes to quality & improvement practices;
  Empowers staff to creatively problem‑solve through the caring process (Caritas);
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