This position is incentive eligible.
Job Summary and QualificationsThe 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 Magnet4 and /Pathway to Excellence4.
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.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What qualifications you will need:- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
- (RN) Registered Nurse
- Masters Degree, or Bachelors Degree required
- 5+ years of clinical leadership managing large scale and/or complex project
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center is a
445+ bed acute care hospital located in the heart of central Houston, adjacent to the Medical Center and Museum District, and provides quality care for the greater Houston area. Established in 1975, our hospital has been serving Houston for more than 40 years. We provide a wide range of medical services, including cardiology, bariatrics, orthopedics, neurology, emergency care and more. Our comprehensive medical specialties are here to offer individualized care to every individual that walks through our doors. We also offer 24/7 emergency services and two intensive care units: surgical intensive care unit (SICU) and medical intensive care unit (MICU). We are an accredited
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) Center and an accredited
Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.
