Hours / Days:

-  Full-time Benefited 

- Requires occasional evenings, nights, weekends, and on-call responsibilities

   *Competitive wage and benefit package including shift differentials*

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required:

Job Title: Director of Inpatient Nursing

Department: Acute Care

Reports To: Chief Nursing Officer

Positions Supervised: Acute Nursing staff

Position Summary:

The Director of Inpatient Nursing provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for inpatient nursing services, in collaboration with the CNO. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality patient care, regulatory compliance, workforce engagement, fiscal accountability, and alignment with organizational goals. The Director collaborates with interdisciplinary leaders to improve patient outcomes, optimize throughput, and promote a culture of safety, accountability, and professional excellence.

Clinical Operations

• Directs and oversees daily inpatient nursing operations. 
• Ensures delivery of safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care. 
• In coordination with the CNO, monitors clinical quality indicators, patient satisfaction, and operational performance metrics. Assists in the formulation of future plans. 
• Implements initiatives focused on patient safety, infection prevention, and quality improvement. 
• Collaborates with CNO, physicians and interdisciplinary teams to improve care coordination and patient outcomes. 

Leadership and Staff Development

• In coordination with the CNO, provides leadership, coaching, and mentorship to nursing staff. 
• Foster a positive work environment on the Acute floor that supports engagement, retention, and professional growth. 
• Fosters collaboration with other departments to ensure excellence in care for all patients. 
• Promotes shared governance and nursing excellence practices. 
• Recruiting, onboarding, scheduling, and evaluating performance for nursing staff. 
• Ensure adequate staffing for each shift to ensure optimal patient care. 
• May perform clinical duties as needed to support the appropriate and adequate care of patients and staffing for department.

Quality and Compliance

• Ensures compliance with all applicable state, federal, and hospital regulations. 
• Ensures quality patient outcomes. 
• Analyze quality data and implement corrective action plans when necessary. 

Financial and Resource Management 

• Participates in development and management of departmental operating and capital budgets. 
• Monitors productivity, staffing models, and overtime. 
• Ensures efficient allocation of resources while maintaining quality standards. 
• Participates in Strategic Planning in collaboration with the CNO.

Collaboration 

• Works with CNO, physicians, administration, and other departments to optimize patient care and satisfaction.

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree Required 
• Valid driver’s license 
• Several years of clinical bedside experience combined with managerial or leadership experience required. 

Certificates, Licensure, Registrations:

• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Nebraska 
• Basic Life Support (BLS) 
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 
• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong leadership and change management skills. 
• Knowledge of inpatient operations, regulatory standards, and healthcare quality metrics. 
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities. 
• Strong conflict resolution and team development skills. 
• Ability to work cooperatively and communicate effectively to maintain good working relationships with staff, healthcare providers, and patients 
• Must be capable of communicating clearly (reading, writing and speaking) in the English Language. 
• Must be proficient in the operation of a personal computer with Microsoft Office and the Internet. 
• Proficiency with electronic health records and healthcare information systems. 
• Must be capable of reading and comprehending complex healthcare laws and regulations. 

General Requirements:

Personal Responsibilities

• Works in harmony with assigned co-workers and other department staff. 
• Is punctual in attendance. Adjusts personal schedule to work as scheduled. Provides proper notification for absence as per hospital policy. 
• Accepts and responds to constructive criticism, assigned duties and suggestions in a cooperative manner. 
• Demonstrates the ability to accept and implement change 
• Completes assignments accurately and on time. 
• Participates in continuing education programs and holds staff meetings as appropriate to ensure adequate communication of facility changes. 
• Attends facility-wide meetings as appropriate and as evidenced by attendance in meeting minutes. 
• Provides education to staff and allows for hands-on training and competency assessment for all supervised clinical staff. 
• Willingly accepts assignments to special projects. 
• Attentive to detail, record-keeping and required paperwork inherent to the position. 
• Demonstrates kindness, courteousness, and sensitivity to patients, families, physicians, co-workers and visitors at all times. 
• Appears well groomed and observes established dress guidelines, visibly wearing the name identification badge. 
• Displays self-respect and pride in KCHS.

Supervisory Skills

• Demonstrates the ability to direct others in accomplishing work. 
• Demonstrates the ability to manage several responsibilities simultaneously.
• Performs management functions including interviewing, hiring, performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, addressing complaints and resolving issues among departments.
• Plans and organizes work, coordinates with others, and establishes appropriate priorities. 
• Monitors projects and exercises follow-through, adheres to set time frames, and is dependable for meetings and appointments. 
• Effectively analyzes issues, determines appropriate actions for solutions, and exhibits timely and decisive action. 
• Is a self-starter, seeks and assumes greater responsibility, monitors projects independently, and follows through appropriately. 
• Offers innovative ideas that contribute to meeting assignment objectives and departmental goals. 
• Works to develop a culture of supportive staff, which fosters individual motivation, high levels of individual and team performance, and quality of service. 
• Attends workshops and seminars to increase management skills and keep abreast of the changing requirements for effective healthcare delivery. 
• Provides opportunities for others to develop skills. 

Customer Service

• Assists all patients, family members/significant others, physicians, visitors and employees in a friendly manner. 
• Introduces self and uses caring, thoughtful words either in person or on the telephone. 
• Demonstrates ethical and appropriate behavior for a healthcare environment to include, but not limited to, dignity, patient’s rights and privacy, and the maintenance of confidentiality of patient information. 
• Demonstrates caring. If unable to assist an individual in needs, offers to find someone who can. 
• Demonstrate proper telephone etiquette. If transferring a telephone call, announces the caller and briefly explains the situation before ending the transfer. 
• Always makes eye contact when speaking with patients, family members/significant others, visitors, employees, etc. Knocks before entering a room or office. Addresses all individuals courteously. 
• Keeps voice down, does not shout or use improper language. Responds to all inquiries promptly and courteously. 
• Shares information so that the people who need to be aware of the facts are informed.

Infection Control

• Demonstrates adherence to infection control policies as evidenced by in-service attendance records and employee practices 
• Demonstrates correct hand washing technique. 
• Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and uses same in practice. 
• Notifies the Infection Control Nurse of real or potential exposures. 
• Works in collaboration with Infection Control Nurse to ensure all supervised clinical staff is educated regarding appropriate PPE and infection control techniques. 

Risk Management & Safety Program

• Demonstrates adherence to risk management and safety policies and codes as evidenced by in-service attendance records and employee practices. 
• Maintains a clean and safe environment for patient and co-workers. 
• Follows all general safety rules. 
• Participates in the Safety Committee, and notifies the COO of incidents involving injury or having the potential for injury. 
• Submits incident reports according to hospital policy. 

Quality Improvement Activities

• Participates in Quality Improvement activities of their department and the facility. 
• Identifies areas of improvement and communicates quality improvement ideas to their manager in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients in their care. 
• Is a stakeholder in improvement projects, PDSA process improvement, and Root Cause Analysis discussions.

Educational Responsibilities

• Completes required CareLearning modules 
• Attends mandatory Safety or Incident Management in-services, tabletops, or trainings as available 
• Completes other required certifications or classes as necessary to perform the essential functions of the job