Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Innovation

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Richmond (KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-Time Health, Vision, Dental and $

Life Insurance

Short Term and Long-Term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Paid Time Off

Bereavement Leave

PTO Sell Back Program

Compassionate Leave Sharing Program

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health Richmond is seeking a Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Innovation to lead nursing services in collaboration with the VP/CNO. The role focuses on advancing evidence-based practice, directing patient care delivery systems, and ensuring alignment with the Professional Nursing Practice Model while driving outcomes and accountability.

Responsibilities include leading Pathway to Excellence activities, overseeing Clinical House Supervisors, guiding governance and nursing

Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• BSN required.
• MSN or related healthcare field required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• 2 years of nursing leadership experience.
• Skilled at using evidence-based practice.
• Skilled at using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Directs nursing services and drives evidence-based practice in collaboration with the VP/Chief Nursing Officer.
• Plan, direct, monitor, and evaluate nursing and patient care delivery systems.
• Lead Pathway to Excellence program activities for redesignation and maintenance.
• Oversee Clinical House Supervisors and support patient throughput.
• Coordinate with leadership to address gaps and recommend operational improvements.
• Lead governance structures and advise nursing councils on professional practice standards.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Evidence-based practice

MS Office proficiency

Education

BSN

MSN or related healthcare field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Director Nursing Professional Practice and Innovation

Acts as the Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Innovation for Baptist Health Richmond. In collaboration with the VP/Chief Nursing Officer, directs nursing services and drives evidence-based practice. Plans, directs, monitors, and evaluates the nursing and patient care delivery systems to ensure the care performed exemplifies the Professional Nursing Practice Model; promotes continuous, consistent, efficient, and accountable delivery of patient/family care; and adheres to the State Nursing Practice Act. Assists in the development of nursing standards of practice, policies and procedures, standards of patient care, and standards to measure, assess, and improve patient outcomes consistent with current nursing research/evidence findings and nationally recognized professional standards. Works collaboratively with the chief nursing officer to lead special projects to advance/enhance professional nursing practice and care delivery. Serves as Pathway to Excellence Program Director to manage all activities related to redesignation and maintenance. Provides oversight of the Clinical House Supervisors and supports patient throughput. The following is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job by listing the major components for this position (i.e., key responsibilities and essential duties). The list is not intended to be an all-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities required and are subject to change from time to time. Additionally, other duties may be assigned at the discretion of leadership to meet business, customer, and/or patient needs Collaborates with clinical and administrative leadership, assumes responsibility for coordination of the ANCC Pathway to Excellence application, designation, and re-designation process. Provides administrative consultation for staff assigned to the Pathway to Excellence project and administrative leadership involved in achieving Pathway to Excellence status. Serves as the Pathway advisor to the leadership teams and the liaison to the ANCC Pathway/Magnet office. Supports Nursing Administration in assuring that the organization milieu reflects the internalization of the components of Pathway to Excellence. Provides administrative direction for the Shared Governance and all Nursing councils. Serves as a professional advisor to all nursing councils. Coordinates, supports, and collaborates routinely with the VP/CNO, and Directors of Nursing concerning gaps with ongoing analysis and any recommendations pertinent to the efficient operation of nursing departments. Develops strategic and tactical plans for obtaining/retaining Nursing Pathway to Excellence status. Demonstrates leadership skills including willingness to accept increasing levels of accountability, comfort with decision-making responsibilities, coaching and teaching in collaboration with executive leadership. Works with Senior Team, Director of Quality/Infection Control/Patient Experience, Education and other key stakeholders to proactively assess the impact of legislation, regulations, and policies for areas of responsibility. Responds promptly and courteously to customer needs and follows up on all customer complaints and concerns, where appropriate.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Master's degree in Nursing (MSN) or a related healthcare field required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• 2 Years of nursing leadership experience.
• Skilled at using evidence-based practice.
• Skilled at using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Benefits

• Full-Time Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health's eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health's employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.