Director Nursing Informatics

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO medical plan

100% preventive healthcare coverage

Paid Time Off

Retirement Programs

Paid Parental Leave

Wellness programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is looking for a nursing management leader with a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and extensive leadership experience. The role emphasizes improving performance, managing fiscal nursing operations, and ensuring patient safety and quality care standards. Applicants should hold a Texas RN license and exhibit skills in strategic evaluation and evidence-based practices. The position is full-time with opportunities for professional development in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) is required.
• Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN) or in Healthcare Informatics is desired.
• Must have 7 years of progressive management/leadership experience.
• Current State of Texas Registered Nurse License is a must.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate continuous performance improvement aligned with hospital targets.
• Manage fiscal operations and cost centers within nursing informatics.
• Assess internal and external environments for strategic initiatives.
• Ensure patient safety and quality in nursing practice.
• Support nursing data retrieval for quality measurement programs.
• Establish customer satisfaction and clinical practice standards.

Job description

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)
• Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN) or in Healthcare Informatics.

Experience

• 7 years of progressive management/leadership experience

Licenses and Certifications

• (RN) REGISTERED NURSE – Current State of Texas Registered Nurse License
• (NLC) NURSING LICENSURE COMPACT-BNE – Preferred

Must be able to read, write and communicate in English.

Job Duties

• Demonstrate continuous performance improvement in targeted areas of responsibility in alignment with the overall annual Hospital performance improvement targets. Develops, maintains, and evaluates organizational systems to facilitate documentation for the plan, delivery of care, and patient outcomes. Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of staff, unit/department performance and operations in conjunction with organizational strategic goals and initiatives.
• Meets or exceeds financial goals and objectives of the department. Incorporates budget planning, monitoring, and evaluating individual cost centers. Manages the fiscal operation of the organization's nursing informatics plans to ensure utilization of staff and resources efficient and cost effective.
• Demonstrates critical judgment necessary to assess environment (internal & external), and implement strategic initiatives necessary to meet performance targets. Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice documentation and nursing services administration. Serve as an agent of change, assisting all staff in understanding the importance, necessity, impact and process of change.
• Creates a work environment that ensures patient safety and quality hallmarks of design are facilitated within the EMR and encourages nursing staff to demonstrate accountability for their own practice, an environment that utilizes critical thinking. Provides leadership and collaboration in determining department of nursing standards and scope of service.
• Optimizes nursing's ability to design the EMR to capture outcomes measurement and evidence-based practice. Supports nursing data retrieval for participation in programs of study (e.g., National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators). Applies current research in operating practice, maintain current knowledge of changes that could impact areas of responsibility (e.g., regulatory, reimbursement, competition, etc.) Incorporating evidence-based best practice in accord with the organizational healthcare goals.
• Evaluate and review systems and processes of nursing service/ electronic documentation to ensure achievement of nurse-sensitive, patient-, client-, or family-centered outcomes. Sets and enforces high standards for customer satisfaction, professional conduct, and clinical practice, serving as a role model for others, i.e., Press Ganey; CMS; THCIC: benchmarking, etc. Serve as a professional role model and mentor to motivate, develop, recruit, and retain future nurse leaders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EEO Statement

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

Location: 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX. Schedule: Full-time, Day Job.