Director of Nursing - North Fayette Surgery Center
Highmark Health
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Creates an environment that embraces cultural diversity and recognition that we are stronger as an interdisciplinary team when we embrace our differences.
- Promotes an environment of transparency with the use of visual management boards on nursing units.
- Promotes staff participation in the annual NDNQI nurse satisfaction survey. Additionally, coaches managers on identified opportunities from nurse satisfaction survey results.
- Actively participates in review and identification of opportunities of nurse quality indicators as measured by NDNQI at individual department level partnering with nurse managers.
- Benchmarks AHN-SVH performance against national best practices.
- Pursues sharing of best practices through publication, presentation at conferences and networking with other AHN leaders throughout the system.
- Performs large scale project management independently.
- Implements and monitors initiatives to recognize, reward and incentivize staff.
- Actively participates in the development and communication of nursing's shared vision.
- Seeks out learning opportunities to enhance professional growth and development. Creates and updates personal professional development plan annually. Minimally meets state requirements for continuing education.
- Identifies opportunities for journal publications for self and staff.
- Participates in a research project.
- Lead and support evidence based projects & nursing research by assisting in the identification of opportunities to incorporate the scientific method into nursing practice.
- Financial stewardship: monitors, controls, and is accountable for maintaining departmental costs within budgeted allocations.
- Builds trusting and collaborates relationships with other hospital departments, patient care units, ambulance services, medical staff, patient and families, law enforcement officers, clergy, morticians, media and other health facilities.
- Utilizes a transformational leadership style to facilitate effective change management principles to drive needed improvements.
- Reviews patient satisfaction data and findings from Press Ganey and assists in coaching managers formulate improvement plan.
- Analyzes clinical service areas for operational effectiveness, using dashboards and other data sources.
- Oversees and ensures that standards of care are maintained relative to quality management, utilization review, and discharge planning.
- Accountable to ensure ongoing development and operation of Shared Governance model in all departments.
- Serves as a consultant for nurse managers and medical staff on patient care or nursing issues assisting with interpretation of Health Center policies to ensure patient needs are met.
- Through research and planning ensures patient care is delivered in accordance with the professional standards for nursing practice and is evidenced based.
- Bachelor’s Degree Nursing OR relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of Bachelor's Degree.
- CPR Certification
- PA State Registered Nurse License
- MSN
- Certified Healthcare Executive (CHE)
- National Certification