Overview
In a joint venture partnership with The University of Kansas Health System, Ardent operates The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in Topeka, Kansas. St. Francis Campus has a long legacy of high-quality, compassionate care, serving its community since 1909. The 378-licensed bed acute care hospital is dedicated to building healthier communities through world-class healthcare.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Director is responsible for partnering with senior nursing leadership in establishing goals, coordinating programs, initiatives, and projects related to, but no limited to, professional practice, nursing excellence and Magnet Designation Program.
The Director coordinates activities required to attain and maintain the American Nurse's Credentialing Center's (ANCC's) Magnet Recognition Program designation. The Director provides leadership and oversight to the strategic planning, implementation, and evaluation of Magnet program initiatives. The Director will work closely with nursing and hospital administration, as well as the medical staff to ensure the organizational culture reflects all the Magnet components.
The Director is responsible for creating structures and processes used to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate programs and projects for all levels of nursing, and serves as a consultant to other nursing and hospital departments. The Director will be responsible for promoting nursing professional practice, research, evidence-based practice, and outcomes management that improve patient care delivery.
This position will report to the Chief Nursing Officer.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and coach nurses at all levels in their understanding and practical application of Magnet standards.
• Act as a knowledge expert and resource that interprets and integrates the Magnet standards into nursing practice and communicates important changes to senior leadership.
• Promote evidence-based practice and research in nursing practice and educational processes.
• Serve on shared governance councils and function as a liaison to all system departments and consultative resource for administration, nursing, non-nursing employees, physicians, and community.
• Promote nursing excellence and recognition through shared decision making and promotes professional development of nurses by actively working with staff.
• Develop, coordinate, and evaluate the Magnet program to advance a culture of excellence by including special events, creating Magnet campaign, leading the Magnet steering committee, and attending local/regional/national magnet-related conferences meetings.
• Work in collaboration with Quality to collect, correlate, analyze and generate reports for nursing sensitive indicators.
• Monitor, create, customize, and manage databases responsible to nursing's needs for the purpose of the annual demographic data collection tool (DDCT), interim monitoring reports, and the publication of the Magnet document.
• Coordinate the preparation, editing, and publication of the Magnet document and oversees system preparation for Magnet related site visits - DDCT, Interim Monitoring Reports.
• Work in conjunction with Director of Quality to prepare an operating budget, which estimates various expenditures, and monitors/reports the status of the budget monthly.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives through timely data management, analysis, and graphic display for driving actionable nursing and organizational outcomes.
• Oversees submission of nurse sensitive indicators to the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) in concert with the Director of Quality and Transformational Care
• Responsible for coordination and facilitation of the hospital's or clinic's nursing research and evidence-based program and related projects
• Supports nurse executive communication to frontline staff, assists with nurse executive communication as requested.
• Active participation in nursing strategic planning, professional practice model development, revisions, and the nursing annual report
• Maintains strong relationships with the American Nurses Credentialing Center program staff, proactively anticipating updates to the Magnet Manual, standards, manual revisions and designation information.

Qualifications
Education & Experience

• 5 years or greater experience in nursing
• Master's degree in nursing required; Doctor of Nursing Practice, or PhD in Nursing preferred
• Previous project management experience preferred.
• Previous MPD experience preferred
• Must maintain a Kansas Compact RN License in state of home residence. Must complete compact license process within the first 6 months of obtaining the role.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Significant knowledge and experience with the American Nurses Credentialling Programs, including the Magnet designation program.