Senior Director of Nursing Practice

• Location: Remote with up to 50% Travel
• Department/Specialty: Nurse Education
• Schedule: Full-time, Days
• Eligible for annual bonus incentive
  

• Drives nursing priorities aligned with the Ascension Strategic Plan.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates evidence-based nursing practice initiatives and nursing standards across the continuum of care (including ambulatory), with a focus on improving patient outcomes and nurse engagement.
• Evaluates outcome metrics, process metrics, and nurse-sensitive indicators to construct scalable, data-driven plans for improvement.
• Boundary span and collaborate with stakeholders, including clinical, operations, system, market, and local level leadership, to achieve organizational goals amenable to nursing practice.
• Leads efforts to advance a professional practice ecosystem, ensure high performance in nurse sensitive indicators, and support data-driven improvements at all organizational levels.

Licensure / Certification / Registration

• Required Credential(s):
  • Certified Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required. Master's degree or combination of Bachelor's degree and experience preferred.

Work Experience

• 5 years of experience required. 10 years of experience preferred. 2 years of leadership or management experience required. 5 years of leadership or management experience preferred.

Additional Preferences

• Doctorate preferred.
• Experience in nursing leadership to support a high-impact nursing operations framework.
• Proven success leading evidence-based nursing and patient safety initiatives.
• Proven system-level or multi-site healthcare leadership experience.