System Nursing Operations Leader: Drive Throughput & Excellence

Beth Israel Lahey Health; United States; On-site; USD 185,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking an Executive Director, System Nursing Operations to lead systemwide nursing strategy and foster shared decision-making across entities. You will drive standardized operations, collaboration with system leaders, and alignment with organizational goals.

The role emphasizes culture, retention, informatics, case management, and patient throughput, with travel to hospitals as needed. Requires advanced nursing leadership experience and relevant degrees.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing, Business Administration, Healthcare Finance or Hospital Administration is required.
• Doctoral degree in Nursing Practice or PhD in Business Admin, Healthcare Finance or Hospital Admin is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional leadership and acts as a member of the BILH Nursing Leadership team. Supports the programmatic creation of systemwide strategies and support implementation of standardized nursing operations embedded in patient throughput and meeting the system goals with these collaboratives.
• Has the responsibility to support local leaders in developing and improving operations to create optimal performance levels.
• Support the operationalization of patient care throughput initiatives throughout the system with an oversight of BILH Case Management Program
• Provide insights to the local entities for staffing to volume
• Represent the nursing voice as the system nursing informatics representative
• Provide on-site support to the local entities to promote the ongoing initiatives as needed.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary team members at the system and local sites to drive nursing performance and meet or exceed system goals

Education

Master’s degree in Nursing, Business Administration, Healthcare Finance or Hospital Administration

Doctoral degree in Nursing Practice or PhD in Business Admin, Healthcare Finance or Hospital Admin preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking an Executive Director, System Nursing Operations to lead systemwide nursing strategy and foster shared decision-making across entities. You will drive standardized operations, collaboration with system leaders, and alignment with organizational goals.

The role emphasizes culture, retention, informatics, case management, and patient throughput, with travel to hospitals as needed. Requires advanced nursing leadership experience and relevant degrees.