Director of Nursing Practice, Quality Research

## Director of Nursing Practice, Quality, & Research Apply:
Fort Thomas, Kentucky:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR314505
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**** Job Type:
** Regular
* * Scheduled

Hours:

** 40
* * Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare
** zabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork.

Our associates are the heart of everything we do.
** Benefits That Support You
** We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

- Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.

- Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
- Retirement savings with employer match
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
- Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility
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* Job Summary:

** The Director of Nursing, Quality, & Practice & Research provides leadership in advancing nursing excellence through the integration of evidence-based practice (EBP), nursing research, clinical inquiry, and professional practice standards across the organization. Serving as a leader, mentor, and role model, this position fosters a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement that supports high-quality patient care and optimal nursing outcomes.

The Director is responsible for ensuring nursing practice standards are consistently implemented, evaluated, and improved throughout the system. This role leads efforts to standardize nursing practice, promote clinical consistency, and align policies, procedures, and documentation with professional standards, regulatory requirements, and accreditation expectations.
In partnership with the Magnet Program Director and nursing and interprofessional leadership, the Director Nursing Practice, Quality, & Research champions the integration of Magnet principles into daily practice by strengthening shared governance, evidence-based decision making, nursing research, quality improvement and nursing excellence.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
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* Job Description:

**** Nursing Practice*
* * Provides leadership for professional nursing practice across organization.
* Establishes, implements, and evaluates nursing practice standards to ensure evidence-based, safe, and high-quality patient care.
* Oversees the review, development, revision, and maintenance of nursing clinical policies, procedures, and standards of practice.
* Collaborates with nursing and patient care services, quality, patient safety, accreditation, and operational leaders to ensure practice consistency and regulatory compliance.
* Drives standardization of nursing care processes and documentation to improve patient outcomes and operational effectiveness.  
** Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Scholarly Inquiry
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* A. Develops, implements, and sustains the organization's nursing evidence-based practice (EBP) and research infrastructure, fosters a practice environment that supports inquiry, innovation, and the integration of evidence into clinical and operational decision-making.
* Provides consultation, mentorship, education, and resources to nurses and leaders conducting EBP, quality improvement, and nursing research projects; mentors nurses participating in research and scholarly…