Director Nursing

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Director, Nursing Administration, you will be responsible for the clinical and management aspects of your Department. Every day you will plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate, collaborating with staff, management, and physicians to ensure quality patient care and optimum outcomes. You will provide leadership and vision to maintain continuous quality care, and contribute to our Health Mission and Vision by developing and implementing programs, policies, and management systems. To be successful in this role, you will effectively lead and manage comprehensive nursing operations, driving quality patient outcomes, fostering collaboration, and ensuring the integration of services to deliver patient-centered, cost-effective care.

• HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENTEstablishes a process to define qualifications, responsibilities, competencies and staffing needed to provide care and services that meet the mission, vision, and values of CHI Saint Joseph Health.Utilizes a staffing plan that is multi-skilled and patient-focused to meet customer and service needs that effectively addresses staffing guidelines, productivity measures, and the hospital plan of care to provide safe and high quality service.Develops departmental work teams that successfully assess, revise, and improve work outcomes.Provides frequent and clear performance feedback to staff based on individual needs and job requirements.Provides or facilitates continuing education/training for team members, with particular focus on quality improvement in teams, use of equipment, interpersonal relationships, customer service, and leadership.Holds staff accountable for 100% attendance at mandatory education.Assures all new team members successfully complete general and department orientation within designated time frames.Assures all staff members are knowledgeable on all current hospital and department policies and procedures.Assures record of all staff licensure and certification is in the Joint Commission (TJC) department files and current at all times.Instills confidence in team members through recognition and reinforcement of successes by team and its members.Facilitates and fosters ongoing problem solving that utilizes teams and collaboration.Develops teams that can focus on immediate issues, move quickly, and achieve specific results as planned.Supports others to do their best, creating an atmosphere focused on results, achievement and recognition.
• FISCAL MANAGEMENTMaintains a unit/department business plan based on care and services provided that is in alignment with mission, vision, and values of CHI Saint Joseph Health.Monitors and modifies business plans according to shifts in demand for services and resource availability.Communicates business plans to staff and all others involved in supporting the provision of care and services.Continually defines, analyzes, and implements efficient workflow utilizing process improvement principles.
• MATERIALS MANAGEMENTUtilizes a systematic plan for meeting material and capital needs that is based on available resources and consistent with the mission, vision, and values of CHI Saint Joseph Health.Utilizes a systematic process for assessing and projecting material and capital needs on a yearly and 3 year basis.Utilizes an ongoing system that effectively manages material and supply usage.
• MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORTMaintains a work environment that develops leadership and accountability skills in all staff.Systematically empowers employees by relocating decision making for customer satisfaction to those serving the customer.Utilizes an ongoing mechanism for measuring and improving quality of service and outcomes.Assesses and implements a plan for continuously improving own leadership skills.Develops own and staff skills in seeing organizational issues from the broad view, anticipating challenges and opportunities, thinking ahead, and the ability to react quickly with tactical responses to changes in work demands.Maintains effective system for ongoing solicitation, evaluation and implementation of ideas for improvement.Maintains a precise and constant flow of information to staff through numerous channels and opportunities.
• LEADERSHIPChallenges the status quo to improve efficiency of operations.Ensures that the competence of staff is assessed, maintained, demonstrated, and improved on an ongoing basis.Creates and supports an environment in the department that encourages problem solving, experimentation, creativity, calculated risk taking, desire to excel and pride in success.Is adaptable, appreciates others viewpoints and open to new assignments.Continually focuses staff attention and planning on future opportunities for improvements in services provided.Is an effective advocate, gets ideas adopted, moves people to action, asks hard questions, and helps staff feel they are part of something bigger than themselves.Role models effective team leader skills through leading department meetings, problem analysis meetings, feedback sessions, and cross functional teams.Develops positive energy in staff, resulting in a high level of individual and group morale in the department.Sets dramatic and inspiring goals that result in high expectations and successful outcomes.Deals with issues in an unemotional and objective manner, while striving to enhance self-esteem of others and listen with empathy.Gets things done by setting deadlines for certain actions, closely monitoring the progress of activities, and intervening quickly when these are not proceeding according to schedule.Sets the role model for accountability.States clearly what is wanted and expected from others.
• CLINICAL COMPETENCEMaintains knowledge and competence in areas of management and clinical practice.Demonstrates flexibility from management to clinical.Participates in educational programs to enhance clinical/ management experience.

Job Requirements

Required

• Masters Of Science Nursing and 4-6 years a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a leadership role, upon hire and
• 4-6 years 5 years of supervisory management experience, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Where You’ll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.