How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)The Director of Nursing for Women's Health is a registered professional nurse who provides leadership and management of Women's Service Line through the application of advanced competencies in communication; job knowledge, professionalism and business skills. This leader is a member of the chief nursing officer's administrative team and may serve as her/his designee for assigned responsibilities. He/she reports to the nursing operations leader and demonstrates own leadership to effectively partner with nursing leadership, hospital vice presidents, medical staff and other departments to create a center of excellence for their specialty service and to meet or exceed the hospital's mission, vision and goals. This leader administers to two or more cost centers with a range of 150 to 180 FTEs in a hospital (Wellstar Cobb Medical Center), in a smaller rural community area or system accountability for a domain of nursing practice. The Director of Nursing handles a budget less than 80 million dollars.
The Director of Nursing provides direct leadership for a group of nurse managers and others 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, employment of transformation leadership, managing by walking around, and instilling an accountability-based practice setting. The director of nursing serves as sponsor for performance improvement; inspires others to seek opportunities to grow and improve their performance and successfully applies lean and evidenced based practice to ensure all targets pillar outcomes are achieved. This leader 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 leader 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.
Requirements:
RN - Reg Nurse Single State or Compact
BLS
ARC-BLS
BLS-I Instructor
5 years + years of experience as a Registered Nurse; includes 3 years of progressive operational direct managment of others and financial management.
Experience managing department-level budgets and metrics - Required
Experience with Women's Health - Highly preferred
Additional Job Overview:
Resources and Support
- a. Engages leaders in decision- making and partners with others to promote patient centered care and service excellence while effectively providing leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit, possesses strong and effective negotiation and mediation skills
- b. Serves to support the nurse managers to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended. Serves as a resource for all leaders and accepts additional leadership responsibilities
- c. Analyzes and manages financial resources; uses lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care; integrates marketing and communication strategies to advance one’s service line and organization as a whole
- d. Hires and develops an engaged team of leaders and staff that raises each other’s performance to achieve top percentile standing in all pillar goals
Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Collaboration
- a. Effectively communicates to diverse audiences on nursing, health care and organizational issues and this includes the ability to set standards and holds leaders and staff accountable for performance standards. Proactively establishes a health work place by reducing unnecessary conflict - resolves it when necessary – promotes and achieves positive team dynamics
- b. Establishes partnerships by employing strong relationship building skills with all hospital leaders and medical staff by striving to understand others (and situations) and keeping the long view in mind – is fair and just using reflective practice skills to monitor self and leader performance/interaction skills exercising coaching and guiding skills
- c. Creates opportunities for self and leaders to grow professionally and implements a desirable workplace to recruit and retain talented leaders and staff
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Skills Required
- Registered Nurse license (Single State or Compact)
- BLS (Basic Life Support)
- ARC-BLS (American Red Cross BLS)
- BLS-I Instructor
- 5+ years experience as a Registered Nurse with 3 years progressive operational direct management and financial management
- Experience managing department-level budgets and metrics
- Experience with Women's Health
- Knowledge of the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and ANA Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics
Wellstar Health System Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Wellstar Health System and has not been reviewed or approved by Wellstar Health System.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, with multiple medical plan options plus dental and vision offerings. Mental health support is also described as accessible, including no-cost therapy and psychiatry through a dedicated benefit.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support appears broad, including on-site fitness centers, wellness coaching, and wellness incentives tied to HSA contributions and preventive programs. Convenience-style perks are also highlighted, such as concierge services and resources for child, elder, and pet care.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 403(b) plan with an employer match and potential additional employer-funded contributions based on hours worked. Vesting rules are described clearly enough to set expectations for longer-tenured employees.
Wellstar Health System Insights
What We Do
At Wellstar Health System, our mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. Nationally ranked and locally recognized for our high-quality care, inclusive culture, and exceptional doctors and caregivers, Wellstar is one of the largest and one of the most integrated healthcare systems in Georgia. Our specialists and primary care providers work in a multi-disciplinary environment with nearly 25,000 diverse team members throughout our 11 hospitals, 300 medical offices, outpatient centers, health parks, a pediatric center, nursing centers, hospice, and home care. We’re proud to be home to one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the state, as well as being the only system in Georgia operating multiple trauma centers. At a time when our industry is changing rapidly, Wellstar remains committed to exceeding patients’, and team members’ expectations, while transforming healthcare delivery. We stand behind our values to serve with compassion, pursue excellence, and honor every voice.
