Director of Inpatient Nursing - UW Medical Center

** Job Description
**** University of Washington Medical Center
** has an outstanding opportunity for a
** Director of Inpatient Nursing
** to join our team.
** POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
** The
** Director of Inpatient Services
** will develop and oversee Patient Care Services (PCS) special projects and quality initiatives to assure alliance with and adherence to the organization’s mission, vision, values, strategic goals, and business strategies. Emphasizing service excellence, patient safety, staff safety and organizational integration, the director leads division initiatives and service priorities with emphasis on innovation and advancement, and will support clinical space design, ensuring alignment with operational workflows, operational efficiency and integration of healthcare technologies such as virtual nursing and improvements to clinical documentation.
** WORK SCHEDULE
*** Full Time
* Primarily Monday - Friday, but with 24/7 accountability for the delivery of care
* Day shifts, with additional hours as needed
** RESPONSBILITIES
* ** Serves as Director, Patient Care Services, responsible for Acute Care Inpatient operations, human resource management, regulatory management, fiscal management and quality improvement.
* Ensures best practice for nursing sensitive quality indicators such as falls, central line infections, pressure injuries and catheter associated urinary tract infections. Works with teams to ensure that evidence-based practice is utilized in all care settings.
* Provide leadership support and oversee projects and quality initiatives within the patient care environment at both UW Medical Center.
* Evaluate, develop, implement, and support leadership development initiatives, leadership advancement opportunities, and leadership retention
* Promote and support clinical innovation and patient care technology integration across UWMC
* Plan for and support leadership coverage during leadership vacancies and extended leaves.
** REQUIREMENTS:
*** Master's Degree in Nursing or Health Administration, or equivalent experience
* Minimum 4 years of management or supervisory experience in a healthcare setting; hospital experience in acute or critical care  preferred
* Demonstrated management/leadership and program management skills related to patient care leadership, quality improvement,  fiscal management, and staff development.
* An active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State.
** ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER
** UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses:
Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street.

The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring
** Northwest Outpatient Medical Center
** and
* * Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion**.
** ABOUT UW MEDICINE - WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER
** UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine…