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Sr Director Nursing - Operative Services - Full Time - Days
Mohawk Valley Health System
Utica, NY, USA
USD 180k-180k / year
Posted on Jul 18, 2025
Job Summary
The Senior Director of Nursing is responsible for establishing and maintaining excellence in nursing practice and also effectiveness and efficiency of nursing business, clinical operations, and practice within the Operating Room, the PACU, Central Sterile and the Ambulatory Services Center. Provides leadership for advancing, developing, refining and innovating nursing clinical, patient care delivery operations throughout a number of inpatient programs and the organization.
The Senior Director of Nursing is accountable for developing, leading, and executing large scale operational projects as well as supporting day to day organizational performance throughout the Health System.
Core Job Responsibilities
- Actively engage in the development and implementation of the strategic plan for Nursing aligned with the overall strategic plan and ensure the integration of service line planning into nursing, resource management strategic planning and operational budgets. Lead program planning, implementation and evaluation efforts for areas of responsibility at a strategic and tactical level.
- Collaborate with administrative and clinical colleagues in strategic planning and the development and evaluation of business plans, clinical programs, and services.
- Determine opportunities to improve the value and equity of care and services to patients and families, working collaboratively across organizational lines to facilitate hospital and nursing operations and ensure patient needs are met.
- Plan and provide nursing care interventions and prevent complications. Promote patient improvement outcomes, comfort and wellness. Ensure exceptional patient experience through patient centered initiatives
- Actively provide clinical nursing expertise, practice consultation and engagement at an institutional level for the service line/groupings for the organization.
- Lead the advancement of nursing through professional research and scholarly activities and promote the development and implementation of inter-and intra-disciplinary research by staff.
- Plan, promote and conduct integrated quality performance improvement processes and organizational change that will improve effectiveness, enhance efficiency, increase cost effectiveness, and ensure high customer satisfaction and optimal patient outcomes.
- Facilitate the development and implementation of evidence-based practice and quality programs.
- Participate in and comply with ongoing regulatory and accreditation readiness sustaining a working understanding of regulatory requirements, State Mandated Guidelines, and accreditation standards. Ensure areas of responsibility consistently meet these standards.
- Develop and oversee departmental budgets, capital expenditures, research revenue and reimbursement, as well as grants and awards.
- Assure efficiencies in staffing and resource utilization by comparison with internal and external benchmarks as measured by productivity and cost per unit for areas of responsibility.
- Ensure the availability of appropriately trained staff to deliver a high quality, consistent standard of nursing and regulated care. Provide opportunities for staff development based on scientific advances, changes in technology, society, or health care delivery systems.
- Cultivate a culture that promotes and rewards professional growth, interdisciplinary collaboration, constructive communication, flexibility, teamwork, and customer service.
- Make decisions or recommendations related to performance management, hiring, transfers, corrective actions, terminations, etc. In partnership with Human Resources, resolve or ensure the resolution of staff issues and grievances in a fair, timely and consistent manner. Maintain a focus on internal talent management and retention.
- Take an active role in the integration of operations between the college of nursing and affiliating schools of medicine, health professions, and nursing services.
- Monitor key quality and nursing indicators such as: HAI, HCAHPS, Falls, Pressure Ulcers.
- Advocate MVHS's diversity, inclusion and health equity mission, strategies and practices to support a diverse workplace and patient population. Leverage the effects of diversity to achieve a competitive business advantage.
- Serve as the Administrator-On-Call for the Health System throughout the year as scheduled/assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education/Experience Requirements
REQUIRED:
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) or a Master’s degree Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, a related field.
- Eight years of experience in nursing including five years of progressive health system management.
- Proven leadership and management skills essential to the practice of nursing, principles and practices of and current trends in health care delivery and hospital system organization and administration.
- Knowledge of the current theories, principles, practices and standards of as well as emerging technologies, research, health equity, techniques, issues, and approaches in the nursing profession.
- Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care and clinical research in the area of assignment.
- Knowledge of the types of nursing practice, clinical research and delivery systems, understanding of the complexity of the nursing practice environment, roles and responsibilities of the health care team members to achieve quality and health equity outcomes.
- Business goal setting, ROI analysis and cost modeling experience.
- Ability to lead and influence large diverse multidisciplinary teams of professionals.
- Ability to build teams by leading and motivating groups of people to work together effectively.
- Ability to incorporate change management practices to lead teams in order achieve the required business outcome, and to realize that business change effectively within the social infrastructure of the workplace.
- Ability to collaborate with others to complete projects, tasks or develop ideas and processes using interpersonal skills, communication skills, knowledge sharing and strategy.
PREFERRED:
- Master’s Degree in Nursing or related field.
Licensure/Certification Requirements
REQUIRED:
- Active New York State Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
PREFERRED:
- National Board Certification as a Nurse Executive (e.g. NEA-BC or CENP).
Disclaimer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Job Details
Req Id 95288
Department NURSING ADMINISTRATION
Shift Days
Shift Hours Worked 8.50
FTE 1
Work Schedule SALARIED MANAGEMENT
Employee Status A1 - Full-Time
Union Non-Union
Pay Range Up to $180k
Department NURSING ADMINISTRATION
Shift Days
Shift Hours Worked 8.50
FTE 1
Work Schedule SALARIED MANAGEMENT
Employee Status A1 - Full-Time
Union Non-Union
Pay Range Up to $180k