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Dir, Magnet Program

Phoenix Children's
Phoenix, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/28/2026
Dir, Magnet Program Apply! Apply! Position Details

Department: PCH-MAIN | Magnet Program

Location: Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm

Category: Director/Management

Posting #: 1011126

Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

The Director of the Magnet Program provides strategic leadership and oversight for the organization’s pursuit and sustainment of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. This role is accountable for enterprise-wide Magnet program, alignment with organizational priorities, and sustained performance across all Magnet model components. Additionally, this position is responsible for prioritization, integration, and outcomes accountability, ensuring Magnet principles are embedded into nursing practice, governance, research, quality, and workforce strategy.

Position Duties

  • Magnet Program Oversight & Risk Management
  • Accountable for the Magnet journey, including initial designation and redesignation.
  • Establishes the enterprise Magnet roadmap, milestones, and success metrics.
  • Identifies risks that may jeopardize Magnet timelines or outcomes and implements mitigation strategies.
  • Advises the VP, Professional Practice, CNE and senior leadership on Magnet readiness, risks, and strategic decisions.
  • Ensures Magnet strategy is integrated into organizational strategic plans, nursing priorities, and quality goals.
  • Leads Magnet Steering Committee and ensures accountability across departments.
  • Provides leadership and direction to the Magnet Program Manager and Magnet Program Office.
  • Ensures appropriate resourcing, prioritization, and escalation of issues.
  • Organizational Alignment & Governance Integration
  • Ensures professional governance structures align with Magnet expectations and demonstrate meaningful RN decision-making.
  • Partners with nursing, quality, HR, informatics, and academic partners to embed Magnet principles into daily practice.
  • Oversees optimization of professional governance councils, charters, bylaws, and outcomes.
  • Outcomes, Research & Evidence Accountability
  • Partners with nursing leaders to ensure alignment with Magnet standards on nursing-sensitive indicators and empirical outcomes, RN satisfaction and engagement results, nursing research, EBP, and innovation portfolios, sustainable pipelines for research and EBP, dissemination and scholarly output, and alignment of outcomes with Magnet sources of evidence.
  • Holds leaders accountable for sustained performance above benchmarks.
  • Representation, Advocacy & Communication
  • Serves as the organizational representative for Magnet-related internal and external engagements.
  • Partners with Communications Specialist - Professional Practice to ensure consistent, accurate Magnet messaging.
  • Supports leadership readiness and storytelling for site visits and appraiser interactions.
  • Promotes nursing excellence and Magnet principles across the enterprise.
  • Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision

Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

  • Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
  • Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
  • Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
  • Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

  • We place children and families at the center of all we do
  • We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
  • We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
  • We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
  • We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable

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Position Qualifications Please review the following qualifications and specify whether you meet each of the requirements listed.

Education Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it

within the timeframe listed in the requirement?

  • Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or related field.

Required

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  • Doctoral degree in Nursing (DNP, PhD).

Preferred

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Experience Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it

within the timeframe listed in the requirement?

  • Seven (7) years of progressive nursing leadership experience.

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  • Demonstrated leadership in professional practice, quality, or nursing excellence programs.

Required

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  • Experience leading or significantly contributing to a Magnet designation or redesignation.

Preferred

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  • Experience in a quaternary or academic pediatric health system.

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Special Skills Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it

within the timeframe listed in the requirement?

  • Expert knowledge of ANCC Magnet Recognition Program standards.

Required

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  • Strong executive communication and influence skills.

Required

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  • Ability to lead large, complex, interdisciplinary initiatives.

Required

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  • Strategic thinking with operational translation capability.

Preferred

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  • Advanced understanding of nursing quality, research, and professional governance.

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Additional Requirements Do you meet this requirement or have the ability to obtain it

within the timeframe listed in the requirement?

  • Current Arizona RN license or compact license with eligibility for AZ licensure.

Required

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  • National nursing certification (e.g., NEA-BC, CPN, CNML, CCRN) or obtained within 1 year.

Required

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Certification / License / Registry Requirements For The Position

  • AZ RN License OR Compact to Arizona License OR Compact State - Required
  • Nursing Cert in 1 YR OR Nursing Specialty - Required

Physical Requirements & Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential

  • Physical Requirement - Feeling (sensing textures and temperatures) - Occasionally
  • Physical Requirement - Fine Motor Skills (pinching, gripping, etc) - Constantly
  • Physical Requirement - Hearing - Constantly
  • Physical Requirement - Pushing/pulling - Occasionally
  • Physical Requirement - Reaching - Occasionally
  • Physical Requirement - Sitting - Constantly
  • Physical Requirement - Standing - Frequently
  • Physical Requirement - Stooping/crouching/kneeling/crawling - Occasionally
  • Physical Requirement - Talking - Constantly
  • Physical Requirement - Walking - Occasionally
  • Physical Requirement - Near Vision - Constantly
  • Physical Requirement - Far Vision - Frequently
  • Physical Requirement - Color Discrimination - Occasionally
  • Physical Requirement - Use of keyboard, mouse and/or computer equipment - Constantly
  • Physical Requirement - Lift up to 35 pounds without assistance - Occasionally
  • Physical Requirement - Lift more than 35 pounds without assistance - Occasionally
  • Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Inside office environment - Applicable
  • Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Fumes or airborne particles - Applicable

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