4040BF - RN Dir-Nursing
Job Title: Director of Nursing
Position Summary:
The Director of Nursing provides strategic and operational leadership for inpatient clinical services, currently overseeing Medical/Surgical units, telemetry units, and the staffing office. This role plays a critical part in driving improvements in patient experience, clinical quality, staff engagement, and operational efficiency—while fostering a culture of equity, inclusion, and excellence.
As a key nursing leader, the Director ensures adherence to regulatory standards, supports high-reliability practices, and promotes innovation in patient care delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership & Department Oversight:
- Lead operations for assigned nursing departments, currently including Med/Surg, telemetry, and centralized staffing. Ensure alignment with system-wide goals, quality standards, and patient care objectives.
- Lead operations for assigned nursing departments, currently including Med/Surg, telemetry, and centralized staffing. Ensure alignment with system-wide goals, quality standards, and patient care objectives.
- Staff Leadership & Development:
- Hire, mentor, and retain a high-performing and diverse team. Promote professional development, accountability, and workforce planning strategies that support consistent, high-quality care.
- Hire, mentor, and retain a high-performing and diverse team. Promote professional development, accountability, and workforce planning strategies that support consistent, high-quality care.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration:
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, and other health professionals to coordinate care, optimize patient outcomes, and enhance interdisciplinary teamwork.
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, and other health professionals to coordinate care, optimize patient outcomes, and enhance interdisciplinary teamwork.
- Quality & Performance Improvement:
- Develop and implement data-driven strategies to improve clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and nurse-sensitive indicators. Support continuous quality improvement and evidence-based practices.
- Develop and implement data-driven strategies to improve clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and nurse-sensitive indicators. Support continuous quality improvement and evidence-based practices.
- Financial & Operational Management:
- Manage departmental budgets, staffing plans, and resource allocation. Ensure efficient operations, cost containment, and appropriate use of clinical resources.
- Manage departmental budgets, staffing plans, and resource allocation. Ensure efficient operations, cost containment, and appropriate use of clinical resources.
- Patient-Centered Care & Health Equity:
- Foster an inclusive environment that respects the diverse backgrounds and needs of patients and families. Promote equitable care delivery and culturally competent practices across all teams.
- Foster an inclusive environment that respects the diverse backgrounds and needs of patients and families. Promote equitable care delivery and culturally competent practices across all teams.
- Regulatory Compliance & Accreditation:
- Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and accrediting body standards. Maintain readiness for inspections, proactively address risks, and implement corrective action plans as needed.
- Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and accrediting body standards. Maintain readiness for inspections, proactively address risks, and implement corrective action plans as needed.
Qualifications:
- Education & Experience:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Current Michigan RN licensure.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills. Ability to engage and collaborate effectively with physicians, staff, and patients.
- Proven history of driving change, delivering results, and improving patient outcomes in a clinical environment.
Leading in an environment that embraces diversity, fostering inclusivity among physicians, staff, and patients from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Preferred Skills:
- RN with a master’s degree in nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration (or enrollment in an accredited program with completion within two years).
- High level of integrity, energy, and service orientation, committed to fostering a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive work environment.
- RN with a master’s degree in nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration (or enrollment in an accredited program with completion within two years).
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.