Nursing Director - Critical Care

Position Purpose

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

Full time

Day Shift

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

• 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.

• 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 - 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 environment.
• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health and Mercy One.

• Must be able to set and organize own work priorities, and adapt to them as they change frequently. Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of…