Nursing Director Outcomes/Practice

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Director of Nursing Outcomes, Practice & Systems provides executive leadership for nursing quality, patient safety, professional practice, and performance improvement. The Director establishes and executes the nursing quality strategy, advances high‑reliability behaviors, ensures regulatory and accreditation readiness, and leads the performance system for nursing‑sensitive indicators using evidence‑based practice, analytics, and improvement methodologies.

This leader serves as the primary nursing liaison to the Jeffords Institute for Quality, partnering to align measurement, regulatory, and improvement strategies that impact nursing practice. The Director sets direction for nursing practice, policy management, and care delivery optimization related to quality/ safety; partners with the CNIO and informatics teams to enhance clinical documentation, decision support, workflow usability, and technology adoption; and leads nursing’s engagement in Clinical Value Analysis for products and equipment that affect safety, quality, and efficiency. The role ensures equity in outcomes and co‑designs improvements with patients, families, frontline nurses, and interdisciplinary partners. The role oversees, supports and develops the inpatient nurse clinicians, nursing informaticists & nursing program/ project managers and assures their work is in alignment with departmental and organizational goals.

In collaboration with the Nursing Director team, this role co‑leads and contributes to enterprise communication and relationship‑building; medical staff and interdisciplinary collaboration; leadership and change initiatives; professionalism and community engagement; financial and operational stewardship; staffing productivity and labor management; and human resources management. Working closely with the CNO and peer directors, the Director translates strategic priorities into operational objectives, budgets, staffing models, and resource plans—to ensure consistency and spread across nursing. The Director models the UVMMC Leadership Core Competencies—creating a high‑performance culture; coaching and developing others; demonstrating a strong commitment to care and service; navigating complex change; championing innovation and evidence‑based practice; and building trusting relationships—while promoting psychological safety, professional accountability, and continuous learning.

EDUCATION:

Demonstrated commitment to life-long learning required. Masters in Nursing required, DPN/PhD in Nursing preferred. Current RN licensure, compact licensure or APRN recognized by the State of Vermont is required. Certification in related nursing specialty preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

Five years nursing leadership experience.

Experience in integrated health systems in an academic medical center preferred.

Experience at the director level in Healthcare setting within Nursing preferred.