Director Nursing - Lakes

The Nursing Director directs nursing practice and patient care operations in collaboration with the VPMA, Sr Director of Operations and Service Line Executive, at Fairview Lakes Hospital.

This includes nursing practice, quality and safety, regulatory compliance, finance, and other operational accountabilities.

• Contributes to and executes the vision for promoting clinical excellence and program growth in a highly matrixed organization and competitive marketplace. 
• Collaborates and aligns with other leaders, both site and system based, to ensure high quality services are provided within professional regulatory and accrediting body standards. Drives vision and strategy that advance the strategic imperatives utilizing organizational process improvement methodologies.
• Ensures overall clinical quality and safety that meets or exceeds national best practice benchmarks.
• Partners with Advanced Practice Nurses, Physicians, and other stakeholders to drive quality patient outcomes.   
• Accountable for viable financial performance including operating and capital budgets of the departments as assigned.
• Ensures operations function at high levels of efficiency
• Leads an environment that exceeds organizational goals for customer service. 
• Promotes a culture of high employee engagement, professional development, nursing education and research.
• Partners with the interprofessional team members leaders across the continuum of care, to achieve organization outcomes. 
• Oversees identified programs and departments as assigned (i.e. Stroke, ECMO, Diabetes, Transplant).
• Partners in developing and administering policies and procedures.
• Responsible to assist the VP/CNO with planning and management of initiatives and tasks which advance nursing strategic and operational work at a local and system level. 
• Leads teams based on mission, vision, and values of organization.

Required

Education

• Master’s degree in nursing, health care administration, business administration or related field. If Bachelor’s degree is not in Nursing, Master’s must be in Nursing.  

Experience

• 6 years nursing experience, at least 3 of which are in a progressive leadership role in a healthcare environment. 

License/Certification/Registration

• Licensed Registered Nurse. Ability to obtain Minnesota nursing license at time of hire.
• BLS certification 

Preferred

Education

• Doctor of Nursing Practice
  

License/Certification/Registration

• ANCC or AONL Certification