Nursing Director Emergency Department
Company: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 3, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Description - Nursing Director Emergency Department
(3276221) Nursing Director Emergency Department - ( 3276221 ) At
Mass General Brigham , we place great value on being a diverse and
inclusive community. Brigham & Women's Hospital and the Emergency
Department are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion as we
aim to reflect the diversity of the patients in our local
community. We have a dedicated focus on equity. Thus, we believe in
equal access to quality care, employment and advancement
opportunities encompassing the full spectrum or human diversity:
race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national
origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression
that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge
healthcare and research.The Nursing Director is the leader of the
clinical subject area of nursing with administrative, fiscal, and
personnel accountability in the designated clinical area. They are
responsible for creating and maintaining a therapeutic, healing,
patient- and family- centered care environment. They participate in
the development, refinement, communication, and actualization of
the BWH Department of Nursing (DON) vision, professional practice
model, and relationship-based care delivery system. As the leader
of the team, they will establish and maintain the standards of
nursing care and practice, maintain true collaborative
relationships with nursing staff to foster optimal patient outcomes
and a professional practice environment. They partner with
leadership to set mutual goals that advance teamwork, learning,
just culture and the environment of care.Scholarship
1. Creates an environment that supports and celebrates the
professional growth of nursing practice.2. Actively supports the
development of nursing knowledge.3. Assures the use of and
adherence to evidence-informed practice/standards for nursing
care.4. Assures the practice environment supports reflective
practice, e.g. through the use of narratives, and meets the needs
of the relevant patient populationa. Participates in
self-performance appraisal process in ongoing manner.b. Seeks
feedback from their professional colleagues.c. Shares strengths and
areas to be developed with associate chief nurse and other
colleagues as appropriate.d. Maintains vital clinical and
managerial expertise through evidence-based practice.e.
Participates in service- and department-wide developmental
initiatives.f. Demonstrates commitment to learning6. Conducts
timely assessments of staff learning needs and assure
programs/projects are in place to address them, including
collaboration with the Professional Development Managers and the
center for Nursing Excellence.7. Facilitates opportunities for
staff to precept and teach others.II. Authentic Leadership
1. Serves as a clinical leader/coach /mentor to staff.2. Promotes
staff participation in annual goal setting for their patient care
area[s] and the Department of Nursing.3. Serves as a leader within
the community of nursing, in accordance with the standards of the
field of nursing, including adherence to the ANA Code of Ethics.4.
Assures appropriate personnel to meet the needs of the designated
patient population.5. Designs and implements staffing patterns
responsive to a dynamic care environment.6. Interviews, hires and
is responsible for the orientation of new employees considering
departmental, divisional, local and individual employee needs as
basis of decisions.7. Provided ongoing formal and informal feedback
regarding performance to staff members.8. Delegates authority
and/or responsibility to others as appropriate while maintaining
24x7 accountability.9. Demonstrates consistent leadership in the
maintenance of a fair and just culture.10. Assures staff
participation in local-based decision making, Department of Nursing
committees and initiatives.III. Important Recognition
1. Provides formal and informal opportunities for staff to develop
personal career goals and plans for their achievement.2. Provides
ongoing formal and informal feedback regarding professional
development to staff members.3. Encourages and recommends staff
participation in unit-based decision making, Department of Nursing
committees and organizational initiatives.IV. Relationship Based
Care
1. Creates an environment that celebrates the professional growth
of nursing practice.2. Responsible for creating and maintaining a
caring, therapeutic, healing, patient- and family-centered care
environment.3. Assures the presence of interventions to
promote/assure a patient and family centered healing environment.4.
Assures appropriate staffing plan to meet patient care needs on a
continuous basis5. Promotes an inclusive environment supportive of
a patient- and family- centered care for a diverse community.V.
Outcome Focused Measures
1. Serves as a leader of the clinical subject area, committed to
excellence in nursing care and positive patient outcomes.2.
Accountable for contributions to planning, implementing and
evaluating the Department of Nursing Quality Plan, inclusive of
nurse sensitive indicators and patient satisfaction metrics.3.
Actively participates in Brigham and Women's Hospital quality
improvement programs, assuring clear articulation of the quality
agenda by all staff in their patient care area(s) and/or specialty
patient populations.4. Develops local-based quality agenda using
performance improvement methodologies in collaboration with
department and hospital-based quality leaders assuring an
environment of continuous quality improvement, improved patient and
systems' outcomes.5. Actively translates quality improvement
findings into daily operations and business planning for the
clinical area.6. Communicates and translates outcomes to staff and
interdisciplinary colleagues, assuring staff's active participation
in addressing quality improvement opportunities.7. Serves as a
resource on clinical matters to assure an environment that promotes
the desired patient outcomes.8. Assures all staff members are in
compliance with regulatory standards. [For example, required
licensure, orientation, ongoing education and annual competencies
and screenings for ongoing employment].9. Provides leadership in
developing cost-effective plans to deliver patient care, including
participation in business planning10. Assures the accurate
attainment and review of data (complexity, volume, acuity, etc) in
relation to staffing effectiveness11. Develops and participates in
creating systems to supervise the patient care environment,
knowledgeable about and mindful of relevant regulatory
compliance.VI. True Collaboration
1. Contributes to nursing as a department/subject areaa. Seeks and
provides peer consultation and collaboration.b. Contributes to
strategy, practice and policy decisions assuring all decisions made
include perspectives of constituents to be represented.c. Assures
self and staff participation in DON and interdepartmental
committees.d. Represents service/DON as requested on various
hospital task forces/committees.2. Demonstrates leadership in
interdisciplinary collaboration; participation in the development,
implementation and evaluation of joint protocols for patient
care.3. Collaborates in department-wide recruitment and retention
strategies and initiatives.4. Collaborates with HR staff/leadership
re: personnel management as appropriate.5. Seeks resources/liaison
for staff from within the larger nursing and BWH communities.6.
Leads patient flow ensuring collaboration with other patient care
areas and/or Patient Access Department.7. Establishes and maintain
open communication with managers and resources as needed to assure
clean and safe patient care environments.VII. Fiscal
Responsiveness
1. Accountable to seek vital information, including active
engagement of staff, to establish trends necessary to resolve
appropriate personnel and supply budgets.2. Leads to budget and
articulates any short or long-term variances.3. Collaborates with
Associate Chief Nurse to be fiscally responsive, i.e. managing
volume and acuity to hours per workload index (HPWI).4. Develops
schedules/ staffing plans that meet patient care needs on a
continuous basis.5. Collaborates with nurse leaders and other
departments to assure adequate supplies, operational, capital
resources are available to staff caring for
patients.Accountability: Reports to the Associate Chief Nurse,
Nursing and Clinical Services of the designated areas.We will
ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable
accommodation to participate in the job application or interview
process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other
benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request
accommodation.Qualifications
Current registration in nursing in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
MSN (or) DNP (or) PhD, (or) a BSN with a Master's degree in a
related field, required.
Current certification required or to be attained within two-year
period from 10-1-18 or from date of hire after 10-1-18.
Certification must be maintained while employed in this
position.
Minimum of 3 years nursing experience required.
Minimum of 3-5 years' experience in nursing administration within
an academic medical center (preferred).
Current nursing licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Clinical experience will be evaluated on an individual basis by the
hiring associate chief nurse.
Previous leadership experience with demonstrated management ability
is preferred.
Skills and Abilities Required
Demonstrate clinical competence in nursing practice.
Analytical abilities necessary to organize, to supervise and to
evaluate the work of others; to develop and to administer policies,
procedures, budgets, and apply current concepts of nursing
practice.
Interpersonal skills sufficient to provide effective leadership to
staff, and to interact with patients, visitors, physicians, other
clinical subject areas and a variety of hospital departments.
Management and leadership skills to be effective with multiple
levels of staff.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Responsible for the supervision of
RN's, LPN's, technical and support personnel. Qualifications
Current registration in nursing in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
MSN (or) DNP (or) PhD, (or) a BSN with a Master's degree in a
related field, required.
Current certification required or to be attained within two-year
period from 10-1-18 or from date of hire after 10-1-18.
Certification must be maintained while employed in this
position.
Minimum of 3 years nursing experience required.
Minimum of 3-5 years' experience in nursing administration within
an academic medical center (preferred).
Current nursing licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Clinical experience will be evaluated on an individual basis by the
hiring associate chief nurse.
Previous leadership experience with demonstrated management ability
is preferred.
Skills and Abilities Required
Demonstrate clinical competence in nursing practice.
Analytical abilities necessary to organize, to supervise and to
evaluate the work of others; to develop and to administer policies,
procedures, budgets, and apply current concepts of nursing
practice.
Interpersonal skills sufficient to provide effective leadership to
staff, and to interact with patients, visitors, physicians, other
clinical subject areas and a variety of hospital departments.
Management and leadership skills to be effective with multiple
levels of staff.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Responsible for the supervision of
RN's, LPN's, technical and support personnel. Brigham and Women's
Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, disability
unrelated to job requirements, genetic information, military
service, or other protected status. Primary Location Work Locations
75 Francis St Job Job Nursing-Management Organization Organization
Brigham & Women's Hospital(BWH) Schedule Schedule Full-time
Standard Hours 40 Shift Shift Day Job Employee Status Employee
Status Regular
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