Director Nursing - Surgical Services

The Nursing Director position oversees and leads operations for the surgical services department at Ridges Hospital. This leader contributes to and executes the vision for promoting clinical excellence and program growth in a highly competitive marketplace. In collaboration with other leaders, ensures that high quality services are provided within professional regulatory and accrediting body standards, and that overall clinical performance of the service line meets or exceeds national best practice benchmarks. Ensures operations function at top levels of efficiency, and exceeds customer expectations. Accountable for viable financial performance of the departments that position has accountability for. Partners with leaders across the continuum of care to achieve organization outcomes. Develops and administers policies and procedures, operating and capital budgets. Responsible to assist the VP of Patient Care Services with planning and management of initiatives and tasks which advance nursing strategic and operational work. May be assigned single or multiple projects having high impact across the system. This role is responsible for: * Oversees operations for multiple areas to ensure all staff and physicians have a safe, efficient, and highly effective environment that promotes outstanding clinical care, and leads the nation in clinical, safety and patient experience outcomes. * Oversees supervision and mentorship of direct care staff, nurse managers, and other clinical leaders engaged in activities for which the Director is responsible, including recruitment retention and performance evaluation. *Manages department finances and mentors staff to meet or exceed budgeted levels of performance. Actively seek out industry "best standard" benchmarks and apply them to operations. *Fosters an environment that promotes best practice employee engagement levels. *Advances exceptional patient experience and core concepts of patient and family centered care to achieve targeted performance levels. *Integrates quality improvement and outcome measurement initiatives into patient care delivery systems. *Advances evidence based practice regarding patient care as well as for management/leadership decision making. *Assures compliance with internal and external regulations, policies and procedures for areas of responsibility. Qualifications: Required Qualifications *Master's degree in nursing, health care administration, business administration or related field. If masters is not in nursing then bachelor's degree must be in nursing. *Current RN licensure in the state of Minnesota. *3+ years patient care experience in an acute care setting. *3+ years recent experience in management and leadership Preferred Qualifications *DNP *3-10 years' experience managing a large, complex nursing department(s) in a hospital based setting. *Academic experience.