Nursing Director Professional Development and Magnet Program MelroseWakefield Hospital
Job in
Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02176, USA
Listing for:
Tufts Medicine
Full Time
position
Listed on 2025-11-06
Job specializations:
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 100000 - 125000 USD Yearly
USD
100000.00
125000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Nursing Director Professional Development and Magnet Program – Melrose Wakefield Hospital
Melrose Wakefield Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital are distinguished by the range of high‑quality clinical care and services. Our two hospitals, the Breast Health Center, Cardiovascular Center, and over 20 locations offer a wide range of services and over 50 specialties to the Melrose and surrounding communities just north of Boston. As a Level III Trauma Center we offer immediate access to life‑saving care and one of the region’s only community‑based cardiac catheterization labs for advanced heart care.
Our Level III Special Care Nursery provides families the opportunity to stay close to their babies who may need a little extra care before they are ready to go home.
Job Overview
Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, this role focuses on supporting the education and development of employees or students by developing education, curriculum, materials, and programs to support educational growth. The role also serves as Magnet Program expert and coordinator for application, interim reporting, documentation, and appraisal process.
Minimum Qualifications - Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN).
- Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and/or Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP).
- Two (2) years in healthcare, as appropriate to specialty or designated population.
Preferred Qualifications - Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP).
- Three (3) years in healthcare, as appropriate to specialty or designated population.
- BLS, PALS, ACLS Instructor.
- Specialty certifications.
- Project Management experience.
- Five (5) years progressive Nursing Leadership/Management experience including Magnet designation/application experience.
Duties and Responsibilities
Develops, coordinates, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates orientation programs and innovative learning approaches for staff.Partners in developing recruiting strategy plans, interviewing and hiring new positions within scope of designated patient population(s).Responsible for facilitation of all aspects of onboarding progression and specialty enculturation, including counseling and separation recommendations when required.Provides performance feedback including active participation in the annual performance appraisal.Develops, coordinates, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates competency programs for all staff.Ensures staff competency.Achieves successful outcomes by utilizing innovative and flexible methodologies.Monitors and ensures excellence in the clinical practice of nursing and the delivery of patient care within the assigned practice area(s).Directs, supports, coaches and guides nursing in the application for Magnet Recognition Program at Melrose Wakefield Hospital.Works with senior leadership to facilitate the integration of Magnet recommendations into nursing practice, leads the coordination of the ANCC Magnet application.Serves as the NDNQI Site Coordinator.Supports and encourages involvement of staff nurses in professional governance, Magnet activities, and hospital committees.Provides continuous substantive performance feedback for all staff and during the orientation phase, and for 6 months to one year is primary author of performance appraisal for new staff.Accountable for competence achievement of staff through planning, collaboration, coaching and counseling.Recommends, initiates, provides, and documents formal discipline, and when necessary recommends additional discipline in collaboration with Clinical Nursing Director.Develops, coordinates, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates in‑service programs for all staff in assigned practice area(s).Identifies through needs assessment, continuing education opportunities that augment knowledge, skills, and attitudes of all nursing staff.Demonstrates proficiency in identifying continuing education offerings that are provider‑directed, learner‑directed and learner‑paced (ANA 2009).Creates, manages, implements, coordinates, and evaluates continuing education.For new staff, guides process of goal setting and evaluation of progression…
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