Job Overview

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

POSITION PURPOSE:

Consistent with the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators (White Paper, January 2003) and the Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing Professional Development (2000), the director of clinical and professional development is a member of the Mercy Medical Center leadership team and is accountable for advancing and maintaining nurse competence, enhancing professional nursing practice, and supporting achievement of career goals, building on the educational and experiential bases of nurses across the novice to expert continuum for the ultimate objective of ensuring delivery of efficient, effective, safe, quality, and compassionate patient care.  He/she cultivates an environment that promotes an appetite for lifelong learning by supporting the development of effective, quality, innovative, creative, and fun continuing education activities. He/she supports a shared leadership philosophy and advances the professional practice model for patient care services.

The manager of clinical and professional development ensures an effective educational structure, inclusive decision-making, and creative and supportive personnel policies, professional models of care that promote excellent patient services, collegial interdisciplinary relationships, and professional development opportunities for nursing staff. The manager of clinical and professional development facilitates interactive management and the development of strong relationships among nursing personnel and with others throughout the organization and the community, promoting a professional environment consistent with magnet hospitals.

The clinical manager is accountable for the environment in which clinical nursing is practiced.  He/she enhances the practice environment, consistent with Magnet Hospital criteria, encouraging staff accountability for their own practice, and recruiting and retaining employees with appropriate values, experience, education, and background.  The clinical director is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the defined service area(s) and collaborates with the nurse executive and others in organizational planning, innovation, and evaluation.

Details:

Your best life. Our one purpose.

At MercyOne, we own our actions to achieve our larger goals. We invest in great people and ask that you make each experience your responsibility.

What we offer:

We care about your well-being, both physical and mental, which is why our benefit package includes:

• Wellness programs
• Education reimbursement
• Personalized health insurance plans including dental and vision
• Paid time off
• Long- and short-term leave
• Retirement planning
• Life insurance coverage

What you will do:

• Assures that individual rights are honored, and that care is delivered according to those rights and to individual wishes.
• Demonstrates ethical conduct and practice consistent with the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (2001).
• Participates in nursing and organizational policy formulation and decision-making involving staff.
• Evaluates the quality and appropriateness of healthcare in defined clinical service areas.
• Coordinates nursing care with other healthcare disciplines and assists in integrating services across the continuum of health care.
• Participates in the recruitment, selection, and retention of personnel, including staff members representative of the population diversity as possible.
• Maintains awareness of and responds to issues in areas including the following:
• Ethnic, cultural and diversity changes in the population
• Political and social influences
• Financial and economic issues
• The aging of society
• Ethical issues related to healthcare.
• Assures appropriate orientation, education, credentialing, and continuing professional development of personnel.
• Provides guidance for the supervision of personnel and evaluates performance.
• Plans, implements, monitors and is accountable for the budget in defined areas of service.
• Participates and involves the nursing staff in evaluative research activities and assures evidence-based practice.
• Provides and/or facilitates educational experiences for nursing and other students.
• Ensures accountability for professional practice in defined clinical service areas consistent with the ANA Standards of Professional Performance.
• Participates in the development of innovative clinical and professional improvement initiatives in areas of accountability, across the nursing organization and within MercyOne Medical Center as a whole.
• Serves as a professional role model and mentor to nursing staff.
• Upholds the customer service standards in defined clinical service areas, assuring that patients, families, and all customers are treated in a manner consistent with MercyOne Medical Center’s Mission and Values.
• Assures nurse participation in shared governance in defined area of service.
• Personally, adheres to and holds staff accountable for behaviors that are consistent with MercyOne Citizenship Standards.
• Meets leadership competency requirements within the Trinity Health Learning Network as specified below and carries out learning plan for ongoing personal development.
• Quality of Nursing Professional Development Practice:  The nursing professional
• Trinity Health Learning Network Competencies:
• Core
• Customer Focused
• Developing Others
• Interdependence (Team Focused)
• Mission Centered
• Open Communication
• Project Leader
• Organizational Knowledge
• Project Methodology
• Project Team Building
• Results Oriented
• Service Delivery Leader
• Budget Preparation & Management
• Building Relationships
• Field & Industry Expertise
• Planning & Prioritizing
• Problem Solving
• Selecting & Retaining Talent
• Supporting & Implementing Change
• Applicable competencies from Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), 3rd Edition (2000):
• Risk Identification
• Conflict Mediation
• Program Development                      
• Health Policy Monitoring
• Fiscal Resource Management
• Case Management
• Research Data Collection
• Incident Reporting
• Consultation
• Staff Development
• Supply Management
• Staff Supervision
• Quality Monitoring
• Product Evaluation
• Physician Support
• Peer Review
• Delegation
• Cost Containment
• Patient Rights Protection
• Decision-Making Support
• Cultural Brokerage
• Active Listening

What we are looking for:

The manager of clinical and professional development must hold an active license to practice nursing in the state of Iowa and maintain continuing education units per the state of Iowa licensure requirements. A minimum of a master’s degree in nursing is required. Certification by a nationally recognized nursing organization in nursing administration and an appropriate specialty area is recommended, as is membership in an appropriate professional nursing organization.   

MercyOne Eastern Iowa provides exceptional, personalized care to Dubuque, Dyersville, Elkader, Clinton and surrounding areas providing more than 300 licensed beds. MercyOne Eastern Iowa operates four medical centers in Dubuque, Elkader, Dyersville and Clinton. Our facility in Clinton has branches in Fulton specializing in family medicine and Savanna Home Health & Hospice Care based in Illinois.

• MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
• MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
• MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
• MercyOne Clinton Medical Center

With a history dating back more than 130 years, MercyOne Eastern Iowa has grown through expansions, acquisitions and consolidations to help provide exceptional, personalized care to our communities. Our four medical centers employ over 2,000 colleagues and medical staff improving access and creating an even higher level of care coordination to benefit patients and communities throughout the region.

Our Mission:

We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel, as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Our Core Values:

• Reverence
• Commitment to Those Who are Poor
• Safety
• Justice
• Stewardship
• Integrity

Our Vision:

• We will be the most trusted health partner for life.

Our Actions:

As a Trinity Health colleague, I will:

• Listen to understand.
• Learn continuously.
• Keep it simple.
• Create solutions.
• Deliver outstanding service.
• Own and speak up for safety
• Expect, embrace and initiate change.
• Demonstrate exceptional teamwork.
• Trust and assume good intentions.
• Hold myself and others accountable for results.
• Communicate directly with respect and honesty.
• Serve every person with empathy, dignity and compassion.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion.

Our Promise:

• We Listen.
• We Partner.
• We Make it Easy.

MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center and all its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, physical disability or any other classification protected under local, state or federal law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
 

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.