Assistant Director Nursing Excellence & Inquiry

We’re looking for a Assistant Director of Nursing Excellence & Inquiry, someone who’s ready to grow with our company. In this position you will be responsible for participating in strategic and operational leadership to support the advancement and innovation of nursing in the domains of clinical practice, professional development and education, nursing quality, and nursing research. The assistant director is responsible to plan, implement, and evaluate programs and initiatives in support of the domains. Collaboration with multiple Inter-professional teams and leaders is key to drive success.

 

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Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with other leaders to identify organizational needs related to the defined job role. Provides leadership in the communication of short- and long-term departmental goals to team members to secure buy-in. Supports and acts as a resource for other nursing leaders and ensures high visibility of self and team members in clinical settings to provide support to units and departments.
• Supports and drives the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, performance standards and initiatives.  
• Facilitates the integration of professional nursing concepts (i.e. Magnet National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI)) and standards of practice into nursing programs and initiatives.
• Leads and supports highly complex projects and provides technical expertise on programs, processes and best Clinical Practice: Supports the advancement of clinical programs and services to a level that exceeds regional, national and best clinical practices.
• Develops and coordinates communications to the organization on related strategies, projects and initiatives. Maintains effective working relationships with peers across the organization. Serves as a champion of enterprise-wide culture, influencing culture change to support operational objectives. Leads the development of a culture of innovation and inquiry through spreading and sustaining evidence-based practice and leadership.  Develops and maintains relationships with colleagues across the nation regarding quality and research best practices.
• Leads with primary fiscal responsibility for the department, by monitoring budgets for all related cost centers and programs in order to meet or exceed established financial targets. Ensures a high-level of fiscal responsibility.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with medical leadership, direct reports and appropriate interdepartmental liaisons to ensure the achievement of identified goals.

 

Requirements:

• Required bachelor's degree Nursing and master's degree Nursing, Business, or healthcare related field
• Preferred Doctorate Nursing, Business, or healthcare related field
• Required RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact
• Preferred Nursing certification from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is preferred
• Required 5 years Nursing experience, with three years of management/leadership experience preferred
• Required Completion of nursing certification within 2 years of assuming the role
• Preferred magnet program experience highly preferred 

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also