Nursing Director - Cardiology & Vascular Surgery

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Job Summary

NURSING DIRECTOR | Intermediate Medical Cardiology / Vascular Surgery
Full Time 40 Hours | Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Boston, MA - Main Campus location

The Opportunity:
As Nurse Director, you will provide strategic, operational, clinical, and financial leadership for a highly specialized inpatient service line that includes
• Intermediate Medical Cardiology service with a 29-bed cardiology intermediate care unit (patient population includes post-cath lab, myocardial infarction, heart failure, etc.)
• Vascular Surgery service line with a 12-bed vascular surgery care unit
• Small sized float pool
• Help lead and shape cardiovascular care in the years to come.

Why Brigham and Women’s Hospital:
• The Heart & Vascular Institute—nationally recognized and one of the largest heart and vascular centers in the United States.
• Enjoy excellent benefits including generous Paid Time Off, 403B match, pension/cash balance account, tuition reimbursement, continuing education, medical and dental, short-term disability, transit subsidy, and much more.
• Founding member of Mass General Brigham, a world-class academic health system.
• Collaborative environment that values innovation, research, professional development, and nursing excellence.

What You'll Do:
Provide Strategic and Operational Leadership
• Foster an environment of inclusivity, collaboration, psychological safety, trust and respect for patients, families, and interdisciplinary clinicians and colleagues.
• Drive quality improvement, safety, patient-experience, and exceptional clinical outcomes as well as compliance, and accreditation readiness.
• Contribute to developing and implementing Department of Nursing vision, practice model and alignment with MGB goals.
• Demonstrates leadership in interdisciplinary teamwork, including participation in the development, implementation and evaluation of joint protocols for patient care.
• Collaborate in creation annual operating budgets, including proposals for new initiatives, and ongoing monitoring.

Lead and Develop High-Performing Teams
• Serves as clinical leader which encompasses hiring and counseling, employee engagement, new hire unit orientation, mentoring and coaching, performance appraisals and feedback.
• Ensure team focus on maintaining a caring, therapeutic, healing, patient- and family-centered care environment that is inclusive for a wide range of patients with a fair and just culture.
• Design and adapt staffing to be responsive to dynamic care environment.
• Responsible for the supervision of registered nurses, patient care associates, support personnel, and other team members as directed.
• Reports to the Associate Chief Nurse, Nursing and Clinical Services of the designated areas.
• Work schedule is primarily days with 24/7 accountability.

Advance Clinical Excellence
• Partner closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, and interdisciplinary leaders to advance care and ensure a caring, healing and collaborative environment.
• Creates an environment that supports and celebrates the professional growth of nursing practice at all levels of experience.
• Advance evidence-based practice, innovation, and nursing scholarship.
• Provides opportunities for staff development and growth including participating in committees.

• 1. Current registration/licensure in nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

• 2. MSN, DNP, PhD, or BSN with Master’s degree in a related field, required.

• 3. Five + years nursing experience required.

• 4. Current certification required; certification must be maintained while employed in this position.

• 5. 3-5 years nursing management experience.

• 6. Cardiac experience preferred.

• 7. Previous leadership experience with demonstrated management ability is preferred.

• 8. Clinical experience will be evaluated on an individual basis by the hiring associate chief nurse.

Skills and Abilities - Required:

• Must have demonstrated clinical competence in nursing practice.

• Must possess analytical abilities necessary to organize, to supervise and to evaluate the work of others; to develop and to administer policies, procedures, budgets, and utilize current concepts of nursing practice.

• Must possess interpersonal skills sufficient to provide effective leadership to staff, and to interact with patients, visitors, physicians, other clinical disciplines and a variety of hospital departments.

• Must possess both management and leadership skills to be effective with multiple levels of staff.

Onsite70 Francis Street40RegularDay (United States of America)

Pay Range

$147,097.60 - $213,959.20/Annual

Grade

9At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.2200 The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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