Director of Professional Practice, RN

Role Overview

• Collaborating within the scope of nursing practice to operationalize visions and strategies of nursing within Banner Health
• Providing visionary leadership in collaboration with Chief Nursing Officers to optimize nurse and patient/family outcomes
• Partnering with Chief Nursing Officers to implement and oversee professional practice strategies enhancing clinical nursing care and professional growth of staff
• Promoting positive outcomes and nursing accountability through nursing peer review and staff empowerment programs
• Cultivating Shared Leadership, mentoring and facilitating processes
• Serving as a resource on professional practice and consulting to develop and promote nurses practicing at their full scope
• Supporting advancement of nurse empowerment, patient care, and quality outcomes at assigned facility
• Promoting inquiry to optimize nurse and patient/family outcomes through research findings and performance improvement principles
• Ensuring compliance with ANCC accreditation program criteria as a Primary Nurse Planner, if applicable
• Providing excellent service experience by demonstrating core and leader behaviors daily

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Nursing or Master’s Degree with undergraduate Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing required
• Minimum of five years clinical practice leadership experience within a complex, highly matrixed healthcare setting
• Current RN license in state of practice
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Clear understanding of human relations, shared leadership principles, adult learning theories, complex systems principles and basic business principles related to health care delivery in acute care setting
• Successful track record in design and implementation of new programs
• Ability to create collaborative working relationships
• Analytical, problem solving, project management, critical thinking and organizational skills
• Effective coaching and negotiation skills with strong presentation and group facilitation skills
• Working knowledge of common office software, along with ability to access, compile, evaluate and use information appropriately
• Ability to organize and convey information in meaningful ways using a variety of electronic media
• Ability to learn new technologies and incorporate them appropriately to further workforce development.

Benefits

• Option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits
• Eligibility for Management Incentive Program as part of Total Rewards package