Nurse Director of Women and Children

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.

• Our Trinity Health Culture:
  Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and Mercy One Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and 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);
  Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient & colleague safety utilizing established & evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies;
  Drives effective patient, process, performance & stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics & trended data;
  Exhibits agility & willingness to take on new & additional responsibilities.

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and bachelor’s degree is required.
• Master’s degree is required within five (5) years of hire, with continuous enrollment in a relevant graduate program documented.
• Current Iowa RN license, (Mercy One Genesis, excluding Aledo and DeWitt, - current Registered Nurse (RN) license in either Iowa or Illinois is required at the time of hire. A secondary RN license for the other state must be obtained within 12 months of the hire date.)
• Three (3) to five (5) years of clinical nursing experience is required.
• Relevant supervisory experience required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.
• Specialty practice certification is preferred.
• Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership…