Director, Nursing

Wellstar Health System; Sandy Plains (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare system in Georgia is seeking a Director of Nursing for its Acute Care (Medical-Surgical) service line. This leadership role involves managing nursing staff, coordinating with medical staff, and ensuring high-quality healthcare standards in a hospital setting. The ideal candidate is an experienced registered nurse with leadership skills and a commitment to patient care and safety, ready to foster a culture of excellence and team collaboration.

Benefits

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• Registered professional nurse with a valid Georgia license.
• Experience in nursing leadership and management.
• Understanding of safety, quality care, regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management for nursing staff in a service line.
• Manage budget and resources for two or more cost centers.
• Ensure compliance with licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse License

Job description

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Job type: Full-time

Work setting: Hospital

Medical specialty: Medical-Surgical

Benefits

Opportunities for advancement

Overview

Director of Nursing - Acute Care (Medical-Surgical)

The Director of Nursing will be based at Wellstar North Fulton (Roswell, Georgia). This position is for a registered professional nurse providing leadership and management of a specific service line through advanced communication, job knowledge, professionalism, and business skills. The leader is part of the chief nursing officer's administrative team and may serve as her/his designee for assigned responsibilities.

Reporting to the nursing operations leader, this role involves partnering with nursing leadership, hospital vice presidents, medical staff, and other departments to create a center of excellence for the specialty service, aligning with the hospital's mission, vision, and goals. The Director of Nursing manages two or more cost centers with a range of 50 to 200 FTEs in a hospital or specialty hospital, typically in a smaller rural community or system accountability for a nursing practice domain. The budget handled is less than $80 million.

The Director provides direct leadership for nurse managers and staff in their specialty service line, ensuring safe, quality care through effective communication, transformational leadership, and accountability. They serve as a sponsor for performance improvement, inspiring growth and applying lean and evidence-based practices to meet outcomes. The leader fosters a culture of safety, employing safety interventions, data, and technology to mitigate risks, and mentors leaders to do the same.

Ensuring a safe, productive work environment that meets licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards is key. The Director models teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments.

All nurse leaders are expected to be licensed, uphold the practice of nursing as per the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, and adhere to the ANA Code of Ethics. They also support service excellence and uphold patient voices, system policies, and procedures.