Director Center for Nursing Excellence

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Summary:
Responsible for the planning, designing, coordinating, and evaluation of educational and professional practice initiatives for the Nursing Department (in collaboration with nursing leadership and shared governance councils). Ensures that all components of nursing education are consistent with quality standards and benchmarks. Ensures nursing practice and policies are in accordance with accreditation requirements. Facilitates all residency programs and ensures that residency programs address strategic priorities of UNC Hospitals and prepare candidates to make an effective transition to their primary role. Provides oversight for nursing evidence based practice and research. Manages grants and scholarships. The research responsibility includes oversight of nursing research fellowships, developing and maintaining relationships with the UNC School of Nursing, and direction for the nursing Research Council. Directs a hospital wide approach to the Magnet Recognition Program Works in collaboration with hospital leadership to implement, evaluate and identify best practices related to the Nursing Model of Care and Professional Practice Model. Provides oversight of Division of Nursing Quality programs, submissions to National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), and provides coordination of Nursing Quality Team while collaborating with hospital wide quality efforts. Responsible for input, coordination, and ongoing financial oversight of the department budget.

Responsibilities:
1. Financial Stewardship: Works to develop and submit budgetary requests on or before stated deadlines for UNC Hospitals cost centers; assists in monitoring and analyzing budgetary trends. Implements strategies to increase revenue/decrease costs and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply and equipment resources. Makes necessary adjustments to ensure goals are achieved and/or meet budget projections. Recognizes opportunities for increases in productivity, cost savings, and revenue generation.
2. Human Resource Management: Effectively recruits, selects, hires, coaches, and uses appropriate corrective actions with staff in accordance with UNCHCS policies and procedures. Creates an environment conducive to retaining staff. Provides input regarding staff annual performance feedback and the opportunity to set developmental goals. Participates in and leads as needed regularly recurring staff meetings at which pertinent information such as policy and procedure changes are communicated. Encourages staff to celebrate successes, express concerns and identity opportunities for improvements. Implements strategies to improve employee satisfaction inclusive of strategies to involve employees in decision making.
3. Leadership: Collaborates to establish goals for the department that are congruent with hospital goals. Reviews overall department performance to ensure staff are meeting or exceeding target outcome goals. Leads in change efforts for improvement in work quality. Aligns work unit goals with organizational strategic direction. Demonstrates corporate citizenship by participating in activities external to assigned work unit/departments. Demonstrates active support of organizational initiatives. Accesses and utilizes appropriate administrative/clinical/financial systems. Acquires and maintains quantitative skills for data analysis. Creates an educational environment conducive to learning.
4. Professional Development Maintains familiarity with standards of appropriate discipline/professional work group. Seeks opportunities for professional growth. Attends required orientation prior to initiation of new systems. Participates in appropriate educational opportunities. Designs, coordinates, implements and evaluates Nursing Division quality and research activities and educational programs relates to those areas in alignment with strategic plans based on the hospital's mission and nursing goals. Participates in activities designed to monitor and improve education, quality, and research activities. Uses staff feedback to assess and design ongoing programs.
5. Communication: Identifies key customers and needs. Develops and maintains positive, effective relationships with key individuals and team both internally and externally. Monitors unit(s) performance and ensures scores are showing improvement using LEAN methodology. Maintains accountability for annual competency assessment of staff. Functions as liasion with the UNC-CH School of Nursing coordinates collaborative activities between SON faculty and UNCH nursing staff.
6. Quality and Regulatory/Accreditation Issues: Maintains familiarity with applicable rules, regulations, and accreditation issues, including Magnet related activities. Ensures work unit is in compliance with applicable accreditation issues. Participates in activities designed to monitor and improve compliance. Analyzes sentinel events and errors and develops and implements strategies to address the conditions that contributed to these situations.

Qualifications

Education Requirements:
•Master's degree in Nursing or related field; Applicant must have a Bachelor's and Master's Degree, at least one of which is in Nursing (if BSN is held degree, Master's in Education, Nursing, or other applicable field required).
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
•Registered Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina; Certification in Nursing Leadership (CNML, NE-BC, NEA-BC) preferred;Must obtain certification in administrative or clinical area within one year of hire.
Professional Experience Requirements:
•Requires a minimum of seven (7) years' experience in nursing. Demonstrated progressive experience in nursing management with a minimum of four (4) years in a leadership role required; one (1) year clinical or management experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
•Proven track record of effective management of health care staff in an acute care setting. Previous experience in an academic medical center and/ or health care system preferred.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Basic computer skills in word processing and spreadsheet programs.Understands and applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Center of Nursing Excellence

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC: Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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