Director of Nursing Excellence and Magnet Programs
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and coach nurses at all levels in their understanding and practical application of Magnet standards.
Act as a knowledge expert and resource that interprets and integrates the Magnet standards into nursing practice and communicates important changes to senior leadership.
Promote evidence-based practice and research in nursing practice and educational processes.
Serve on shared governance councils and function as a liaison to all system departments and consultative resource for administration, nursing, non-nursing employees, physicians, and community.
Promote nursing excellence and recognition through shared decision making and promotes professional development of nurses by actively working with staff.
Develop, coordinate, and evaluate the Magnet program to advance a culture of excellence by including special events, creating Magnet campaign, leading the Magnet steering committee, and attending local/regional/national magnet-related conferences meetings.
Work in collaboration with Quality to collect, correlate, analyze and generate reports for nursing sensitive indicators.
Monitor, create, customize, and manage databases responsible to nursing’s needs for the purpose of the annual demographic data collection tool (DDCT), interim monitoring reports, and the publication of the Magnet document.
Cover the coordination and facilitation of the hospital's or clinic's nursing research and evidence-based program and related projects.
Supports nurse executive communication to frontline staff, assists with nurse executive communication as requested.
Active participation in nursing strategic planning, professional practice model development, revisions, and the nursing annual report.
Maintains strong relationships with the American Nurses Credentialing Center program staff, proactively anticipating updates to the Magnet Manual, standards, manual revisions and designation information.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in hospital nursing
- Master’s degree in nursing required
- Must maintain a Kansas Compact RN License in state of home residence
- Must complete compact license process within the first 6 months of obtaining the role
- Significant knowledge and experience with the American Nurses Credentialling Programs, including the Magnet designation program
- Preferred: Doctor of Nursing Practice, or PhD in Nursing preferred
- Previous project management experience preferred
- Previous Magnet Program Director or Pathway to Excellence experience strongly preferred