Job Description

Job Location: Marietta, OH 45750,

Position Type: Salary,

Job Shift: 8-Hour Day Shift,

Job Category: Leadership, In an environment of continuous quality improvement, the Director of Nursing is responsible for the leadership, oversight, and accountability of professional nursing practice at Selby General Hospital, with a focus on the unique needs of a critical access hospital and the community it serves. The director aligns nursing goals with hospital and organizational strategic objectives and fosters a participative, evidence-based, clinically excellent, and collaborative practice environment. Responsibilities include safe, acuity-based staffing; staff competency and development; patient safety; clinical outcomes; quality improvement; financial stewardship; patient experience; and employee relations. In collaboration with medical staff and interdisciplinary partners, the director promotes access to care, effective use of available resources, timely recognition and escalation of patient needs, and coordinated transfers and discharge planning when services beyond the hospital’s capabilities are required. The director leads nursing compliance with applicable Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation and other regulatory requirements, supports continuous survey readiness, exhibits the MHS Standards of Excellence, and maintains strict confidentiality at all times.

Job Functions

• Promotes and is accountable for professional nursing practice in the span of control for the position.
• Works closely and collaboratively with various nursing and non-nursing departments to meet organizational goals.
• Exhibits professionalism, confidence, and inspires, motivates others to a higher level of professionalism using Transformational Leadership practices.
• Works collaboratively with nursing quality to achieve high levels of nursing practice.
• Participates in practice and quality councils to achieve sustained improvements.
• Models participation in shared governance and mentoring emerging leaders, networking across the system and ensuring the involvement of frontline staff.
• Utilizes Evidence Based Practice (EBP) when available and establishes standards for its use in all policies, procedures, guidelines and education.
• Organizes and manages complex projects, uses lean processes to facilitate project management.
• Demonstrates financial stewardship and innovation. Works with clinical areas to manage resources, set educational strategies and track quality.
• Participates in departmental goal development and goal setting that aligns with strategic nursing and organizational goals. Works collaboratively with other departments partnering to ensure mutual success.
• Demonstrates leadership in all aspects of professional nursing practice, improving systems and managing resources.
• Has the authority and responsibility to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, discipline, direct, or recommend such actions by using independent judgment.
• Completes and conducts employee performance evaluations based on direct observation of their employee’s job performance.
• Granted authority to perform the supervisory duties and are held accountable for performing such duties.
• Assumes all other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Qualifications: Minimum Education/Experience Required:

• Current Licensure in the State of Ohio as a Registered Nurse.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or appropriate related field required.
• Minimum of five years of progressive nursing leadership (formal or informal) with evidence of successful achievement of strategic objectives or implementation of projects.
• BLS certification required.
• Maintains compliance in RQI required.

Special Knowledge, Skills, Training

• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills.
• Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals, to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions, and to find solutions for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.

Compensation Details: Education, experience, and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.

Benefits: Memorial Health System is proud to offer an affordable, comprehensive benefit package to all full time and flex time employees. To learn more about the many benefits we offer, please visit our website at www.mhsystem.org/benefits.

Bonus Eligibility: Available to qualifying full or flex time employees. Eligibility will be determined upon offer.

Memorial Health System is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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• Memorial Health System is a federal drug-free workplace. This policy prohibits marijuana use by employees.