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The Executive Director of Nursing (EDON) is a registered professional nurse who provides leadership and
management for five (5) to twenty (20) cost centers for a specific service line through the application of
advanced competencies in communication; job knowledge, professionalism and business skills. This executive is
a member of the chief nursing officer's or AVP Nursing's administrative team and serves as their designee for
assigned responsibilities. This leader effectively partners with hospital leadership, medical staff and other
departments to create a center of
excellence for their service line and to meet the hospital's vision, mission and goals. This role has a range of
approximately 200 – 600 FTEs in a medium or large complex case setting that is 350 to 800 beds. This EDON
also handles a budget with a range from 60 to 300 million dollars.
The Executive Director of Nursing provides direct leadership for a group of nurse managers/directors or
departments and who comprise their specialty service line. He/she is a standard bearer and holds leaders and
staff accountable for the delivery of safe, quality care and services through effective communication, fiscal
accountability, and employment of transformational leadership., instilling an accountability-based
practice setting. The executive director of nursing serves as sponsor for performance improvement; inspires
others to seek opportunities to grow and improve their performance and successful applies lean and evidenced
based practice to ensure all targets pillar outcomes are achieved. This executive employs all safety first
interventions and as the chief safety officer creates a culture of safety for his/her service line through the
development/use of these skills by other leaders, physicians and staff. He/she effectively uses data and
technology to make decisions and proactively mitigates unnecessary risks for his/her area of responsibility
providing instruction and mentoring for assigned leaders to be able to do the same. This executive ensures that
nurse managers and staff create a desirable, safe work environment that enables the organization to meet or
exceed all licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards. He/She models the way by fostering exemplary
skills in attaining effective teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients and other departments.
It is expected that all Nurse Leaders are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined
by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics
Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is
expected the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service
excellence goals.
Required Minimum Education:
Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required
Master's degree in Nursing is required, o other field of study
Required Minimum Experience:
12 years of experience as a registered nurse required and 5-7 years of progressive operational leadership in a manager or director level role required.
Required Minimum Skills:
Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building
a knowledge of the health care environment
leadership that includes such skills as successfully implementing and managing a change process –
ability to use systems thinking- and inspire, coach others to be successful
model the way for professional practice
professionalism and teamwork/collaboration for self/department/medical staff
and possess necessary business skills to manage human and material resources.
Must be a continuous learner who understands health care financing
strategy and operations for running a business unit(s)
and effectively employ data and technology to support work processes and make decisions.
Supports shared governance or shared decision making
manage the design and delivery of care that in based on evidence and focused on quality and
safety.
Knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements
assuring that these are upheld while advancing industry standards through the achievement of goals
by effective management and measurement of outcomes.
Required Minimum License and Certifications:
RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) Upon Hire is required and(
RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact Upon Hire is required or
BLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire is required and
ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support Upon Hire is required or
BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor Upon Hire is required or
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Georgia or hold a
privilege to practice in the State of Georgia under the Enhanced Nurse
Licensure Compact (eNLC) required.
Must have a current BLS card from the American Heart Association on the
first day of employment in position required.
National certification in nursing administration or clinical specialty preferred.
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