About this role
Job Summary:
- Operational leadership: Direct assigned inpatient nursing services across all shifts. Establish unit priorities, care delivery standards, and operational plans aligned with organizational goals. Maintain accountability for assigned managers and escalate significant operational concerns to nursing executive leadership.
- People leadership: Lead and evaluate assigned nurse managers and staff. Set clear expectations, provide timely coaching, address performance and conduct concerns in partnership with HR, and develop leadership capability and succession plans. Promote professional communication, teamwork, and accountability.
- Workforce management: Develop staffing plans and skill mix appropriate to patient acuity and volume. Monitor productivity, overtime, vacancies, and agency utilization. Partner with HR on recruitment and retention, and ensure effective orientation, education, and competency validation.
- Financial management: Develop and manage assigned operating budgets and resource plans. Review labor and supply costs, investigate budget variances, and implement corrective actions. Evaluate equipment and capital needs and support responsible resource allocation.
- Quality and patient safety: Monitor nursing quality indicators and patient outcomes. Review adverse events and care concerns with appropriate partners, implement evidence-based improvements and corrective actions, and evaluate whether improvements are sustained. Promote timely reporting and a culture of safety.
- Practice and regulatory compliance: Establish and maintain nursing policies and standards consistent with applicable requirements and organizational direction. Maintain survey readiness, verify required licensure and competencies, and address identified gaps in practice, documentation, and compliance.
- Collaboration and patient experience: Partner with physicians, case management, and other departments to improve patient flow, transitions of care, and service delivery. Address patient and family concerns, support effective interdisciplinary communication, and use patient experience results to guide improvement.
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor of Sceince in Nursing from an accredited nursing program. Master's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field preferred. Current RN licensure or authorization to practice in Alabama required.
Experience:
Minimum of seven years of progressive nursing experience, including at least three years of formal nursing management experience in an acute care hospital, required. Experience managing multiple inpatient units or leading nurse managers preferred.
Additional Skills/Abilities:
Demonstrated experience managing staffing, budgets, quality improvement, employee performance, and interdisciplinary relationships. Possess excellent interpersonal skills sufficient to interact with guests. Proficient oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills required.