What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Director Med Surg position at Lutheran Medical Center?
You.
You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as the Director MedSurg Nursing at Lutheran Medical Center.
You’re equally comfortable with leading people, increasing engagement, and aligning strategies with Performance Excellence initiatives.
You’re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.
Us.
Lutheran Medical Center is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 249-bed community-based hospital provides comprehensive, specialty care to the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. Dating back to 1905, we are proud of the rich history and inspiring mission our hospital has embodied for over 110 years. At Lutheran Medical Center, we’re happy to tell you about us:
- Magnet designated facility
- Level 2 Trauma Center
- High volume, high acuity Emergency services
- Specializing in Neurosciences, women’s and CV services
- Top quartile Patient Experience Performance
- Top quartile Associate Engagement Performance signifying a strong internal culture
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes digital tools, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer retirement planning.
With this position, you are eligible to participate in the At Risk Compensation (ARC) Plan. This plan enables SCL Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The ARC Award opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected SCL Health Board-approved goals. In addition, to show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we may also offer a sign-on and / or relocation stipend and reimbursement when applicable.
We.
Together we’ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We’ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.
We’ll laugh at each other’s jokes (even the bad ones). We'll say hello and high five. We’ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.
We’re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.
Your day
The nursing director exhibits transformational leadership qualities with well communicated strategic vision that supports the Professional Practice Model, through sound business strategies, caregiver support, patient advocacy and organizational stewardship. In this position, you will have leadership oversight of the medical surgical nursing units as well as Dialysis services and our IV team.
The Nursing Director of Medical Surgical services will need to know how to:
- Evaluate and effectively advocate for resources that support the nursing process of assessment, planning, and outcome evaluation.
- Responsible for ensuring the departmental goals align with SCL Health and care site strategic goals.
- Provide direction and oversight for the operations of one or more departments.
- Effectively manage financial and human resources for optimal patient outcomes.
- Develop and execute on emergency preparedness plans.
- Ensure development of educational programs to foster workforce competencies and development goals.
- Participate in the development of and execute on operational objectives, goals, and specific strategies to achieve strategic outcomes.
- Develop and evaluate recruitment, retention, and onboarding strategies.
- Develop and implement performance improvement projects to improve the work environment and/or patient care quality.
- Provide leadership in the evaluation, execution, and adoption of information systems and technology.
Your experience
We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
- Bachelor’s of science degree in nursing (BSN), required
- Master’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, or business (or ability to obtain in three to five years), required
- Doctorate in nursing practice (DNP) or PhD, preferred
- Current license to practice in the state of assigned position (or ability to obtain license), required
- Professional certification or willingness to obtain certification within 18 months, required
- Minimum of three years of nursing leadership in an acute care environment, required
- Experience leading in a Magnet or Pathways designated organization, performance improvement processes/tools (e.g. High Reliability Organization, Lean, IHI), preferred
- Experience in ambulatory, post-acute, or care management, preferred
Your next move
Now that you know more about being a Nursing Director on our team we hope you’ll join us. At SCL Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.