Nurse Director- Adult Inpatient Services- Full time

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Job Description:

About the Job:

The Nurse Director Adult Inpatient Services provides clinical operational financial and professional nursing leadership for assigned inpatient service areas including the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU) Step Down Unit and Medical-Surgical units. Reporting to the Vice President of Patient Care Services the Nurse Director is responsible for supporting the delivery of safe high-quality patient-centered care; promoting professional nursing practice; ensuring regulatory readiness; optimizing patient flow and operational performance; advancing workforce development; and achieving departmental goals aligned with organizational priorities. Serving as an operational leader within Patient Care Services the Nurse Director collaborates closely with physicians advanced practice providers nursing leaders educators quality and safety teams Patient Placement Capacity Management Nursing Informatics and other interdisciplinary stakeholders to improve patient outcomes strengthen workforce engagement enhance access and throughput and foster a culture of accountability collaboration service excellence nursing excellence and continuous improvement while supporting the implementation of organizational quality safety and patient experience initiatives.

What Youll Do:

Leadership & Operations

Direct daily operations of assigned inpatient nursing units including staffing scheduling budget oversight productivity monitoring resource allocation and operational performance.

Implement departmental goals and priorities that align with organizational strategies and patient care objectives.

Develop implement and evaluate departmental policies procedures care delivery processes and performance standards in collaboration with nursing and organizational leadership.

Ensure compliance with state federal regulatory accreditation and professional nursing practice standards.

Monitor and support operational performance related to patient throughput admission and discharge efficiency transfer processes patient placement effectiveness and bed utilization.

Collaborate with Patient Placement Capacity Management Emergency Services Hospital Medicine Procedural Services and physician leaders to support effective patient flow and access.

Participate in planning for high census periods surge activities staffing challenges and emergency preparedness efforts.

Serve in operational leadership roles during emergency management incident command and disaster response activities as assigned.

Develop collaborative working relationships with physician leaders and interdisciplinary partners to support clinical operational and patient experience goals.

Support initiatives that improve operational reliability efficiency communication and care coordination across service lines.

Clinical Excellence & Professional Nursing Practice

Maintain current knowledge of acute care critical care cardiovascular critical care step down and medical-surgical nursing practices.

Promote evidence-based practice professional nursing standards and consistent nursing care delivery across assigned units.

Serve as a clinical and operational resource for complex patient care issues staffing concerns and interdisciplinary coordination needs.

Promote standardization of evidence-based clinical practices and nursing workflows to support quality and patient outcomes.

Support shared governance activities and encourage staff participation in professional practice and improvement initiatives.

Partner with educators advanced practice providers and nursing leaders to ensure staff competency orientation continuing education and professional development.

Encourage specialty certification professional growth leadership development and lifelong learning.

Collaborate with Nursing Informatics and Information Technology teams to support optimization of electronic health record workflows clinical technologies and operational efficiencies.

Support interdisciplinary care models that promote continuity of care communication and patient-centered outcomes.

Nursing Excellence Professional Development & Innovation

Support initiatives that promote nursing excellence professional nursing practice evidence-based care and quality outcomes.

Participate in organizational nursing excellence efforts professional practice initiatives recognition programs and shared governance activities.

Encourage participation in evidence-based practice projects quality improvement initiatives and nursing scholarship activities.

Support dissemination of best practices and successful improvement initiatives within assigned service lines.

Identify opportunities for innovation workflow improvement and adoption of practices that enhance patient care staff experience and operational effectiveness.

Promote an environment of learning inquiry and continuous improvement.

Quality Safety & Performance Improvement

Lead and support patient quality and safety initiatives within assigned inpatient service areas with a focus on reducing preventable harm and improving clinical outcomes.

Monitor and respond to nursing-sensitive indicators and quality outcomes including falls with injury hospital-acquired pressure injuries CLABSI CAUTI hospital-acquired conditions sepsis performance readmissions patient experience and other organizational and department-specific measures.

Use Lean A3 PDSA root cause analysis standard work and other performance improvement methods to identify implement and sustain improvements.

Partner with Quality Patient Safety Infection Prevention physicians and interdisciplinary teams to address performance opportunities.

Promote a culture of safety through event reporting transparency teamwork accountability learning and proactive risk identification.

Support regulatory readiness accreditation requirements audit processes and implementation of corrective action plans.

Ensure timely follow-up on safety events patient concerns audit findings regulatory findings and identified performance opportunities.

Support initiatives that promote equitable care delivery and improve outcomes across diverse patient populations.

Workforce Leadership & Talent Development

Recruit mentor coach develop evaluate and retain nurse managers clinical leaders educators and staff within assigned service areas.

Foster a work environment characterized by respect accountability teamwork inclusion engagement psychological safety and service excellence.

Support workforce initiatives related to recruitment retention succession planning leadership development and professional growth.

Monitor workforce indicators including turnover vacancy rates overtime premium labor agency utilization attendance and engagement metrics.

Support initiatives that promote staff well-being resilience recognition and professional fulfillment.

Develop emerging nurse leaders and contribute to succession planning within assigned areas.

Collaborate with Human Resources and nursing leadership to address workforce opportunities and challenges.

Promote effective communication conflict resolution interdisciplinary collaboration and constructive problem-solving.

Ensure staffing plans support patient acuity quality outcomes fiscal responsibility workforce well-being and regulatory expectations.

Financial Stewardship & Resource Management

Assist in the development implementation and monitoring of operating and capital budgets for assigned departments.

Monitor labor productivity premium pay supplies equipment utilization purchased services and operational expenses.

Support achievement of budgetary and productivity goals through effective workforce planning and resource management.

Participate in departmental operational planning and implement annual goals aligned with organizational priorities.

Identify opportunities to improve efficiency resource utilization patient flow and operational effectiveness and provide recommendations to leadership.

Use quality operational workforce and financial data to guide departmental decision-making.

Stay informed about emerging trends and best practices in inpatient care delivery and evaluate applicability to assigned service areas.

Participate in departmental divisional organizational and interdisciplinary committees and councils as assigned.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Demonstrates leadership consistent with Elliot Health System mission vision values and strategic priorities.

Maintains a visible presence within assigned departments and actively engages with staff patients providers and leaders.

Supports implementation of organizational initiatives designed to improve quality safety operational performance workforce engagement access and patient experience.

Uses clinical operational quality workforce and financial data to support decision-making prioritization and performance improvement.

Monitors departmental performance and implements action plans to address identified opportunities.

Supports alignment of departmental goals with broader organizational priorities.

Promotes professional nursing practice nursing excellence workforce development patient-centered care and continuous improvement.

Collaborates effectively within matrixed leadership structures and interdisciplinary teams.

Exercises sound judgment and decision-making in rapidly changing clinical and operational environments.

Communicates decisions clearly respectfully and professionally.

Manages multiple priorities while maintaining safe effective and efficient operations.

Who You Are:

• Bachelors Degree or higher in Nursing required. Masters Degree in Nursing or related field required. Doctoral degree in Nursing Healthcare Administration or related field preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse license required. Current New Hampshire RN license required or eligibility for licensure in New Hampshire. Current BLS certification required. Nurse Executive certification (NE-BC or NEA-BC) Specialty certification in leadership critical care medical-surgical nursing or related field CPHQ Lean Healthcare Lean Six Sigma or related improvement certification preferred.
• Seven (7) years of progressive nursing leadership experience in an acute care setting including management responsibility for personnel quality operational and financial outcomes. Experience leading inpatient operations through nurse managers and frontline leaders. Experience with quality improvement patient safety workforce management regulatory readiness and operational performance.
• Knowledge of professional nursing practice standards evidence-based care regulatory and accreditation requirements patient safety principles workforce management and inpatient operations.
• Strong leadership communication interpersonal organizational analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to interpret clinical quality safety financial operational and workforce data. Proficiency with electronic health record systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Why Youll Love Us:

• Exciting opportunity to join New Hampshires top Health Care System.
• Elliot Health System named Forbes Americas Best in State Employers two consecutive years.
• Health dental prescription and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees
• Short-term long-term disability life & pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Eligible for sign on bonus and annual leadership bonus
• 403(b) Retirement savings plans
• Continuous earned time accrual
• And many more!

Work Shift:

SolutionHealth is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation disability status veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Required Experience:

Director