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    Richmond, VA

    time type

    Full time

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    Posted 16 Days Ago

    job requisition id

    R26183


    The Director of Nursing Practice and Quality leads a team of nursing leaders and others in the development, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of resources and systems that support nursing practice, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance for all sites and entities within the VCU Health System.

    The Director of Nursing Practice and Quality is responsible for leading and dissemination of quality nursing practice and advancing the systems that support nursing practice, including policy, procedures, and clinical practice guidelines, scope of practice, compliance assurance, and shared governance.

    The Director of Nursing Practice and Quality supports the VCU Health System in efforts that lead to recognition within the healthcare community for excellence in nursing, maintenance of regulatory accreditation, and designation as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

    The Director of Nursing Practice and Quality provides strategic leadership in nursing practice to ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care, promotion of workforce wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and innovation in clinical practice and inquiry.

    Essential job Statements

    Performance Expectation:
    Strategic Leadership in Nursing Practice and Quality

    Guide and direct development of a department operational and strategic plan in alignment with the mission, vision, and strategic plan of the VCU Health System.

    Lead the department through system change, analyze data, identify trends and make data-driven decisions to the enhance nursing practice across the enterprise.


    Scope of Practice Oversight:
    Ensure adherence to nursing scope of practice regulations and guidelines, and collaborate in ongoing education and training to support nursing competency

    Performance Monitoring and Improvement:
    Establish and monitor nursing key performance indicators to assess quality of care, patient outcomes, and operational efficiency. Collaborate with key stakeholders and implement strategies for continuous performance improvement based on data analysis and benchmarking.

    Safety Management:

    Develop and implement strategies to promote a culture of safety within nursing practice, including risk assessment, incident reporting, mitigation of patient safety risks, and corrective action planning.


    Promotion of Shared Governance:

    Support a culture of shared governance by ongoing improvement to professional governance structures and engaging nursing team members in decision-making processes related to practice, quality improvement, and patient care initiatives.

    Effectively communicate and promote bi-directional communication.

    Dissemination:
    Pursues opportunities for active engagement and dissemination of clinical inquiry. Actively support and participate in Magnet recognition and other accreditation processes.

    Performance Expectation:
    Strategic Leadership in Nursing Practice Resources and System Improvements

    Policy, Procedures, and Guideline Development and Maintenance: Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop, revise, maintain nursing policies, procedures, and clinical practice guidelines based on evidence-based practice, professional organization guidance, and industry standards.


    Regulatory Compliance Assurance:

    Monitor and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, accrediting body requirements, and organizational policies related to nursing practice and quality.


    Performance Expectation:
    Relationship Development

    Establish positive and effective working relationships between the department and other divisions, inter-professional groups, and VCU Health entities.

    Collaborate and partner within the department, among peers, clinical teams, enterprise and organization leaders, academic health partners, and community stakeholders.


    Maintain high visibility as a people leader, colleague, and mentor developing the confidence and capturing the spirit of nursing clinical teams and leaders to achieve a dynamic and positive environment supportive to the professional practice of nursing.


    Promote the growth of the department and individual team members in areas such as healthy work environment, design thinking, change management, and translation of evidence-based processes by identifying strengths and opportunities for professional developing providing formal and informal coaching and performance management.

    Promote team engagement, retention, and take proactive and/or prompt action to address concerns or issues.

    Patient Population

    Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide equitable care appropriate to the age of the patients served on their assigned unit.

    Employment Qualifications


    Required Education:
    Bachelor's degree in Nursing
    Master's degree in Nursing

    Preferred Education:
    Doctorate, Nursing
    Licensure/Certification



    Required:

    Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible compact state
    Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
    Licensure/Certification



    Preferred:

    Certification in specialty area
    Minimum Qualifications
    Years and Type of Required Experience
    Minimum of ten (10 years of relevant clinical experience with five (5) years of progressive leadership or management experience
    Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Required:

    Ability to manage administrative and leadership tasks

    Ability to work and maintain confidentiality of patient, patient account and personnel information

    Willingness to embrace and lead change when change is necessary, and ability to effectively communicate and work with teams and administration

    Ability to work as a team player

    Customer Service and community engagement

    Excellent organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills

    Demonstrated experience in

    policy/procedure/guideline

    development, implementation, and compliance monitoring


    Must possess knowledge of local, federal and state laws and regulations and The Joint Commission (TJC) standards related to position's chief objective and demonstrate aptitude for compliance with VCUHS policies, procedures, and customer service philosophy.

    Strong knowledge of nursing scope of practice regulations, accreditation standards, and quality improvement methods

    Exceptional patient care and service skills

    Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and implement evidence-based interventions

    Cultural Responsiveness
    Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
    Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Preferred:

    Experience in an Academic Medical Center, 2 years within specialty
    Working Conditions

    Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur.
    General office environment.
    Required to car travel to off-site locations, occasionally in adverse weather conditions.
    Long-distance or air travel as needed- not to exceed 10% travel.
    May be exposed to high noise levels and bright lights.
    May be exposed to limited hazardous substances or body fluids.
    May be exposed to human blood and other potentially infectious materials.
    May have periods of constant interruptions.
    Prolonged periods of working alone.

    • Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.
    Physical Requirements

    Physical Demands:
    Lifting/ Carrying (0-50 lbs.), Push/ Pull (0-50 lbs.)

    Work Position:
    Sitting, Walking, Standing

    Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards

    Physical Requirements:
    Manual dexterity (eye/hand coordination), Repetitive arm/hand movements, Finger Dexterity, Acuity – near, Acuity – far

    Hazards:
    Mental/Sensory –Emotional

    Mental / Sensory:
    Strong Recall, Reasoning, Problem Solving, Hearing, Speak Clearly, Write Legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking

    Emotional:
    Fast pace environment, Able to Handle Multiple Priorities, Frequent and Intense Customer Interactions, Able to Adapt to Frequent Change

    EEO
    Employer/Disabled/Protected

    Veteran/41 CFR

    About Us

    Who We Are

    Inventing better care, day by day by discovery

    Sound outrageous? It absolutely is. Sound impossible? That's never stopped us before. Sound like hard work, intense research, collaboration with experts around the world, sheer brainpower meets unrelenting willpower? That's. Exactly. Right.

    We'll do whatever it takes to offer the best in care and empower the best in quality of life.

    And it's an approach that works — whether it's a patient who undergoes a new, life-saving procedure or a clinical researcher who finds promise in a new cancer treatment, exciting new medicine is happening at VCU Health.


    We have it all:

    • One college and four health sciences schools
    • An academic medical center
    • A Level I trauma center
    • One of only two NCI-designated cancer centers in Virginia
    • The region's only full-service children's hospital
    • More than 800 physicians in 200 specialties
    • With a community health center, dedicated research teams, facilities and valued partners in every field
    Our medical teams are top notch.

    And we're not too shy to boast of internationally known physicians, some recognized as the best in the country, top-ranked local specialists and all-around all-stars at every level.

    From our very first years to our most recent advancements, we are driven to learn more, dig deeper, teach passionately and never rest in order to be a true leader in discovering what's possible in health and recovery.

    We are a comprehensive system of care and a pioneer of health. Read VCU Health Year In Review for more about our accomplishments.

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