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Posted: 23-May-23
Location: Durand, Wisconsin
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 23018785
Description
Director Of Nursing – AdventHealth Durand
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
- Mission driven organization
- Kind and caring staff
- Family atmosphere
- Competitive wages and great benefits
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Full-Time Days
Shift:
Days
Location: AdventHealth Durand
1220 3rd Ave W, Durand, WI 54736
The community you’ll be caring for:
Feel better. Feel whole. Trust AdventHealth Durand, formerly Chippewa Valley Hospital, in Durand, WI, to help everyone in the community enjoy the best possible care. Our hospital is here to help all our Pepin County neighbors experience a life of whole health.
The role you’ll contribute:
The Director of Nursing is responsible for providing overall leadership and direction for hospital-based patient nursing services, pharmacy services, employee health services, surgical services, outpatient clinic services, and inservice education services. As a member of the AdventHealth Durand management team, reporting to the Administrator, the D.O.N. is mutually responsible for the provision of high quality and cost effective patient care with other management in fulfilling AdventHealth mission and values. The D.O.N. is accountable for the clinical practice of nursing, nursing roles and responsibilities, development and education of nursing staff, patient safety, infection control, and coordination of all policies, procedures, and protocols. The D.O.N. coordinates activities, which aid in compliance with standards set forth by state, OSHA, and other federal and governmental regulatory agencies.
The value you’ll bring to the team:
- Assures the patients, medical staff’s, and employees right to privacy by judiciously protecting information in a confidential manner.
- Embraces the values of respect, compassion, service, teamwork, innovation, and stewardship in accomplishing the mission of AHS. Empower employees to use their skills and talents to continuously improve the quality of care provided.
- Applies behavioral standards to all patient and team member interactions:
1. Practices pleasant, courteous and professional manner of speech and behavior in all forms of interaction and communication with all people.
2. Takes initiative to foster and maintain constructive relationships and participates in efforts to make things better.
3. Actively seeks opportunities to help all people.
- Attends all required meetings/in services per facility policy. When absent, seeks information missed.
- Demonstrates good work attendance; is dependable.
- Is a team player; cooperates departmentally and interdepartmentally.
A. Job Specific
Job may be modified temporarily, but not permanently.
1. Develops and annually revises strategies for patient care services and provides input into other organizational strategies based upon situational analysis. Assures these strategies are consistent with the mission and values of AdventHealth.
2. Designs, develops, implements, and continually evaluates work processes and quality related outcomes to meet the needs and expectations of patients/residents, providers, visitors, and community. Identifies specific outcomes important to clinical quality and excellent service, assures continuous quality improvement processes are operational and nursing culture is consistent with organizational mission and values.
3. Selects, orients, develops, and evaluates those reporting directly to the position. Assures that staff are highly qualified, are evaluated in a timely and meaningful manner, and identifies and pursues development plans in line with organizational needs. Assures that human resource practices and plans in nursing are consistent with overall human resource strategies and goals.
4. Is accountable for establishing productive working relationships with the medical staff and support departments.
5. Develops, monitors and evaluates resources to be allocated (facilities, staff, supplies, capital equipment) for the care functions to be effective in the delivery of patient care. Assures these resources support and enhance the attainment of organizational strategies.
6. Actively participates in the committees for Quality Assessment and Improvement for Acute Care and Swing Bed Patients, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Forms, and Safety.
7. Actively initiates/participates/leads Performance Improvement processes.
8. Occasionally staffs nursing units to maintain skills, assess performance, and relieve shortages.
9. Maintains competency in at least one department service area.
10. Develops, implements, and evaluates Nursing and AdventHealth Durand’s policies, practices, systems, and structures to assure they support and enhance the mission, values and strategies of AHS.
11. Creates, reviews and revises on an ongoing basis with nursing staff and the medical staff standards of care, standards of practice and protocols to keep consistent with current professional practices. Disseminates such information.
12. Promotes and educates managers in the production of meaningful meeting minutes that are informative and inclusive of the discussion, evaluation, and actions of that committee/group.
13. Works with other registered nurses and other staff in evaluating current nursing practices and patient care delivery models to improve the quality and efficiency of nursing care.
14. Along with other nursing staff, participates in developing and implementing mechanisms for collaboration between nursing staff members, physicians and other associate providers.
15. Works with other nursing staff to develop, implement and evaluate programs to promote the recruitment, retention, development; and continuing education of nursing staff members.
16. Along with Human Resources in the ongoing review and revision of job descriptions, performance evaluations and orientation/competency skills lists. Creates same as new positions occur within the division.
QualificationsThe expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PREFERRED
· 5+ years of demonstrated leadership and management skills as an R.N. with increasing levels of responsibilities and a proven record of achieving results.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
· Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. 2, 3 or 4-year R.N. program..
· Registered in Wisconsin – License as a Registered Nurse
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
· Wisconsin Registered Nurse License
· BCLS obtained through the American Heart Association
· ACLS within one year of employment
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Yes – All Med/Surg Staff
