Executive Director, Nursing (Critical Care/ICU)

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what''s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people''s lives. Responsibilities The Executive Director of Nursing (EDON) is a registered professional nurse (RN) who provides leadership and management of the Critical Care/Intensive Care Units (ICU) for a 500+ bed, downtown Level 1 Trauma hospital. These units are through the application of advanced competencies in communication; job knowledge, professionalism and business skills. This executive is a member of the chief nursing officers administrative team and serves as her designee for assigned responsibilities He/she effectively partners with hospital leadership,, medical staff and other departments to create a center of excellence for their specialty service and to meet the hospitals mission, vision and goals. This leader administers five (5) to twenty (20) cost centers with a range of approximately 200 600 FTEs in a medium or large complex case setting that is 350 to 800 beds. This EDON also handles a budget with a range from 60 to 300 million dollars. The Executive Director of Nursing provides direct leadership for a group of nurse managers/directors or departments and who comprise their specialty service line. He/she is a standard bearer and holds leaders and staff accountable for the delivery of safe, quality care and services through effective communication, fiscal accountability, and employment of transformational leadership., instilling an accountability-based practice setting. The executive director of nursing serves as sponsor for performance improvement; inspires others to seek opportunities to grow and improve their performance and successful applies lean and evidenced based practice to ensure all targets pillar outcomes are achieved. This executive employs all safety first interventions and as the chief safety officer creates a culture of safety for his/her service line through the development/use of these skills by other leaders, physicians and staff. He/she effectively uses data and technology to make decisions and proactively mitigates unnecessary risks for his/her area of responsibility providing instruction and mentoring for assigned leaders to be able to do the same. This executive ensures that nurse managers and staff create a desirable, safe work environment that enables the organization to meet or exceed all licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards. He/She models the way by fostering exemplary skills in attaining effective teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients and other departments.LI-CP1

Created: 2021-11-29