Director of Nursing Practice

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work ( PTO, leave)

Job summary

Methodist Hospital in San Antonio seeks a Director of Nursing Practice to lead clinical nursing standards and patient care administration under the Chief Nursing Officer. The role emphasizes leadership in professional practice and program development across nursing services.

You will coordinate nursing practice innovations, participate in strategic planning, and mentor units to optimize patient outcomes and care delivery models.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing is required.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive leadership experience in acute care nursing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and leads innovation in clinical nursing practice.
• Participates in Nursing Strategic Planning to reach hospital goals.
• Provides leadership and coaching for shared governance and care delivery models.
• Supports the SDM council structure and chairs' follow-up.
• Develops partnerships with schools of nursing for innovative curricula and recruitment.
• Collaborates with nurse directors and educators to advance evidence-based practice.
• Ensures consistent input into clinical standards of nursing practice.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing expertise

Education

Master's degree in Nursing

Job description

This position is incentive eligible.

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Director of Nursing Practice with Methodist Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Under the general supervision of the Chief Nursing Officer contributes to the fulfillment of the Methodist Healthcare System mission and vision by planning, designing, implementing and maintaining programs, policies/standards, and management systems in all facets of nursing/patient care administration. Serves as a role model for leadership in the professional practice of nursing and clinical programs. Promotes an awareness and understanding of positive professional practice principles, cultivates and inspires transformational leadership principles, and ensures quality staff and patient outcomes through the development of programs and systems consistent with the Mission, vision, and values of the Methodist Health System.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Coordinates and manages innovation in clinical nursing practice. These include, but are not limited to nursing excellence program initiatives, nursing research, nursing care delivery models, certification programs, nursing recognition programs and nursing leadership development programs (internal and external) and assists in the empirical evaluation of those programs and initiatives.

2. Participates in achieving hospital wide nursing goals by participating in the Nursing Strategic Planning process.

3. Provides primary leadership and facilitation, coaching of the nursing units to the effective development, implementation and evaluation of the shared governance models, care delivery models systems, and patient experience models and programming.

4. Provides coordination for the hospital shared decision making council structure and participates directly as appropriate to insure the viability and efficacy of the program. Serves as a coach for the chairs of the SDM councils and assists the chairs in successful council follow-up and follow-through.

5. Assists the CNO in developing partnerships with schools of nursing for innovative curiculums and positive recruitment strategies for newly licensed students. Assists CNO in establishing Advanced Practice roles for advancing the practice of nursing

6. Works collaboratively with unit nurse directors and nursing educators ,and nurse researchers to support the development of evidence based practice including policy/procedure and practice development and revision. Establishes unit/council/leadership journal clubs.

7. Ensures consistent input into clinical standards of nursing practice. Horizontally integrates standards of care.

What qualifications you will need:

• A minimum of a masters degree in nursing or affiliated degree is required.
• A minimum of 5 years progressive leadership experience in acute care nursing.

Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).

Minimum License, Certificates, or Registrations Required:

• Current RN licensure in the State of Texas.

Benefits

Methodist Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. With over 900 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics. We are proud to be the largest provider of the lifesaving ECMO Program in San Antonio, are home to the largest robotics program in the world, and our Adult Blood Cancer and Stem Cell Transplant unit has become the first program to receive FACT Accreditation in North America.

As the flagship hospital, and most comprehensive medical care facility of Methodist Healthcare, we appreciate the support and recognition we receive from the community. We’ve recently been named the No.1 Best Regional Hospital by the U.S. News and World Report for 2019-20. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality of care possible for our patients, which is proven by our consecutive Grade A Leapfrog Hospital Safety scores. In addition, Methodist Hospital not only received a Primary Stroke Center designation from The Joint Commission, but has also received a Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from DNV GL Healthcare, designating the facility as offering the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital under Locations.

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We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.