Manager - Professional Nursing Practice at Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc

Job Category:

Work Shift/Schedule:

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

Job Summary

The Professional Nursing Practice Manager provides leadership and direction for nursing services by meeting and exceeding selected standards of nursing excellence. Coordinates Magnet, Pathways, Beacon and Prism application, document, designation, reports and re-designation. Coordinates the integration of Magnet standards into the nursing and hospital infrastructure. Helps to oversee and lead improvement efforts in collaboration with nurse leaders around NGHS strategic goal deployment and indicators specific to nursing.  Serves as advisor to Nursing and Hospital Leadership regarding Magnet, Pathways, Beacon and Prism Standards. Leads committees. Serves as liaison to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Office. Coordinates education and staff development. Assists in coordinating and interpreting the data for National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) for patient outcomes and Press Ganey for Patient Experience and Employee Engagement.   Collaborates with the Director, Nursing Quality regarding nurse sensitive indicators and other pertinent data. The Manager has knowledge of the policies, procedures, and regulations that govern nursing practice and must exercise sound, independent judgement in adapting and applying leadership and clinical principles to specific situations. The Manager relies on experience, judgment and collaboration to plan and accomplish goals. Oversight of the professional practice environment by collaborating in setting and supporting the NGHS nursing strategic direction. Oversight of Professional Nursing Governance. 

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.  Professional Certification in either a clinical or leadership role. 

• Educational Requirements: Masters Degree, A degree in Nursing (either BSN or MSN)

• Minimum Experience: Minimum of five years of nursing experience in a hospital or related health care setting. Three years of experience in nursing management, supervisory or comparably related position. Experience with Magnet journey and/or Pathways Journey document writing

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• Preferred Educational Requirements: DNP and/or PhD. Professional organization membership

• Preferred Experience: Research and EBP experience.

• Other:

• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with a variety of professional and paraprofessional staff; Ability to work effectively with nursing and physician leaders.

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate orally with a variety of people, answering questions and explaining information and decisions; Ability to give oral and written instruction in exact detail; Skill in preparing written reports.

• Effectively honed critical thinking skills with decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Ability to be a strong take charge leader to develop team work.

• Skill in developing annual operating and capital budgets, with ongoing monitoring; Ability to understand and maintain financial records and to prepare staff and budget reports.

• Skill and ability to instruct, direct, and evaluate employees, including directing the training of professional and nonprofessional personnel.

• Skill in supervision (e.g. hire, train, assign and review work, motivate, prepare performance evaluations and effectively handle disciplinary actions).

• Skill in tailoring communication and performance feedback to the individual employee.

• Skill in coordinating services with other departments.

• Strong writing skills.

• Knowledge of performance improvement tools and methodologies.

• Competent in use of excel, tables, graphs etc. 

• Ability to demonstrate Magnet philosophy through coaching  and mentoring.

• Maintains thorough understanding of the dynamics of major healthcare industry trends to support the integrated analysis of performance results against goals and targets.

• Oversees the Magnet Program, Pathways program, Beacon program including documents, application, reports and designation/re-designation. 

• Collaborates with the production, analysis, and presentation of relevant nursing sensitive quality data to key individuals, committees, and leaders and provides guidance on opportunities for improvement. 

• Responsible for the production of various reports and quality information.

• Works in close partnership with leaders within other departments to prepare and meet requirements of Magnet, DNV and other regulatory agencies.

• Promotes effective communication by utilizing multiple forums and strategies to reach all staff, including administrative leadership and physicians.

• Facilitates the collection of outcomes data from a variety of sources to provide information for data analysis, trending, and reporting of nursing sensitive indicators. Facilitates the data analysis, trending, and reporting of nursing related measures.

• Makes decisions regarding appropriateness of performance improvement initiatives, methods, implications of data (including trends, variation, and research), others' compliance with regulatory standards, evidence-based practice, and need for changes in process or practice.

• Works with leadership when trends are identified, and facilitates performance improvement processes.

• Participates in strategic and operational planning and implements objectives reflective of organizational philosophies, mission, and values.

• Cost effective use of human and material resources to ensure financial viability of division and organization.

• Responsible for overseeing a wide variety of regulatory, administrative, and fiscal activities, both internally and externally.

• Weight Lifted: Up to 50lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Weight Carried: Up to 200lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Vision: Heavy, Constantly 66-100% of time

• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Standing/Walking: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Intensity of Work: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding, Driving

#LI-MT1

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals. 

NGHS: Opportunities start here.

Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.