Director for Nursing Excellence

This position is incentive eligible.

Managers thrive with us HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Director for Nursing Excellence for our Rio Grande Regional Hospital team where excellence creates excellence.

Rio Grande Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years. Do you want to be an influencer in healthcare? Apply for our Director for Nursing Excellence role today

The Director for Nursing Excellence functions in the role of clinical leader to promote, develop, and assist with fostering innovation and excellence in nursing practice throughout the organization. The Director is responsible for advancing nursing practice and innovation through organizational shared decision-making councils, unit practice councils, evidence-based practice, and nursing research. The Director for Nursing Excellence works closely with leadership and staff in successfully executing initiatives throughout the organization and (when applicable) ANCC designation programs such as Magnet and /Pathway to Excellence.

What you will do in the role:

• Collaborates with leadership and staff to promote a culture of evidence-based practice, nursing research, innovation, excellence, and recognition.
• Collaborates with clinical nurses and leadership to develop and embed the nursing professional practice model into nursing practice throughout the organization.
• Creates and implements innovative ways to transform organizational culture, systems and services.
• Seeks opportunities to improve department or interdepartmental processes, resulting in more efficient or effective services.
• Designs complex system-level process improvement initiatives and maintains oversight of the collecting and analyzing of process improvement data as it relates to NDNQI, patient experience, nursing satisfaction, professional certification and BSN rates. Disseminates data to appropriate units and assists with action planning when benchmarks are not being attained.
• Conducts organizational assessments/gap analyses to meet identified areas of focus for improvement.
• Collaborates with department directors/clinical managers to facilitate effective change throughout the organization.
• Develops and implements organizational strategies and infrastructure to support clinical quality, operational effectiveness, and shared decision making.
• Assumes responsibility for submitting applications, interim monitoring reports, and documents for professional nursing designation programs (initial and re-designation) including business plan and annual budget related to program expenses.
• Serves as a liaison with all departments in the organization to promote nursing excellence.
• Oversees shared decision-making council structure (unit and organizational) and mentors clinical staff in leadership skills to ensure successful shared decision structures and processes.
• Leads nursing recognition programs, such as Daisy, nursing certification day, nursing week, etc.
• Serves as liaison between leadership, outside certifying organizations, staff, physicians, and the community.
• Participates in interdepartmental activities and committees as requested in order to improve nursing practice and patient care.
• Maintains current knowledge of applicable policies and procedures as evident in performance.
• Designs and produces reports/trended data/graphs etc. as required.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Science, Master's Degree in Nursing Science or Healthcare required
• Doctor of Nursing Practice, or PhD preferred
• 5+ years of clinical leadership managing large scale and/or complex projects required
• Magnet Director experience preferred
• Registered Nurse license required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• Professional Nursing Certification required

Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas has been serving the Rio Grande Valley for more than 30 years. Our full service hospital has 320+ beds and a team of more than 500 physicians representing 35+ specialties. Rio Grande Regional Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services. Our Emergency Room is a Level III Trauma Center and we have extended our ER services into the Rio Grande Valley with our three remote ERs in McAllen/Mission, Edinburg, and San Juan. Our Women's Services include L&D and a 30+ bed NICU. We also have an entire children's hospital within our main facility to care for the children in our community. We work with the Texas Transplant Institute, which serves local patients in need of organ, tissue or stem cell transplants. Our proven track record of serving the medical needs of the Valley communities we serve has led to Rio Grande Regional Hospital being recognized for patient safety and clinical excellence time and time again.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you're looking for a leadership opportunity that provides both personal satisfaction and professional growth, apply to join HCA Healthcare as a Director for Nursing Excellence. Unlock your leadership potential with HCA Healthcare.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.