Executive Director Nursing - Women and Children's Services

Description

Calling All Esteemed Leaders! Are you a nursing leader who is passionate about advancing quality, safety, patient experience, and operational excellence across complex acute care environments? Do you thrive in highly collaborative settings where nursing leadership, physician partnership, and strategic execution come together to improve outcomes for patients and caregivers? If so, we invite you to explore this leadership opportunity with Providence.

The Executive Director Nursing position has overall responsibility for the operation of Acute Care Services, the Children’s Hospital and Women’s Services  Executive Director assures that the provision of these clinical services are integrated into the ministry's performance improvement plan and are in support of the Providence Saint Joseph Health overall strategic plan with a focus on highly reliable care and appropriate utilization of resources.

As a member of the hospital Senior Leadership Team, the Executive Director assumes an active leadership role inter-professionally and works collaboratively to ensure an integrated system for delivery of care.

With a constant focus on whole person care, quality, staff and patient safety, the Executive Director Nursing maintains standards and systems for care delivery at their ministry. These systems of care delivery promote evidence-based practice and are designed to support the management of productivity targets, patient acuity, and appropriate planning for and use of available resources.

• Overall responsibility for the management and operations of the inpatient nursing departments for both adults and children’s hospital, including productivity, quality, and assures following the terms of the CBA as appropriate.

• Responsible for the operation of the Professional Nursing Practice and nursing clinical operations within the ministry. This position directs nursing services by approval and implementation of nursing policies, procedures, standards, and staffing plans.

• Assumes active role as the key point person for nursing to staff, physicians, and the community on behalf of the CNO/COO.

• Responsible for the practice of nursing throughout the areas of responsibility, policies, procedures, standards, education, and staffing plans.

• Assures that nursing practice is evidence-based, and meets all regulatory, safety, and moves towards top-of-license performance.

• Works closely with the service line directors, shared services, and other leaders to represent nursing and patient care for the inpatient services.

• Dyad partner with Medicine Division Chief and works with key physicians to work towards goals for inpatient care.

• Creates a strong sense of team between the various departments to work together in a trusting environment for the betterment of patient care including efficiencies, safety standards, innovative care delivery models, and strategic implementation of initiatives.

• Works collaboratively with ministry executives, medical staff, nursing staff, and shared service leaders to ensure an integrated system for the delivery of specialty services.

• Focuses on ensuring that business and clinical development is in alignment with a shifting healthcare landscape and PSJH vision.

• Ensures that the provision of unique services meets community needs, is high in quality and service, and has sustainable financial performance.

• Establishes an environment that values diversity in which care is delivered in a manner sensitive, socially and culturally.

• Creates the operational objectives, goals, and specific strategies required to achieve the strategic outcome set by the CEO and COO and aligns value-based care delivery models.

• Evaluates the outcomes and effectiveness of delivery models.

• Articulates the value…