Executive Director of Nursing
Job ID: KH\-997531
City: Marietta, GA
Facility: Kennestone Hospital
Employment Type: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full\-Time
Shift: Days
Department: Nursing Administration
Description:
**Executive Director of Nursing \- Post Surgical Services**
**The Executive Director of Nursing \(EDON\) is a registered professional nurse who provides leadership and management for the inpatient, post\-surgical services area 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 administrative team and serves as her designee for assigned responsibilities He/she effectively partners with hospital leadership,, medical staff and other departments to create a center of excellence for their specialty service and to meet the hospital’s mission, vision and goals\. This leader administers five \(5\) to twenty \(20\) cost centers with 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\.**
Required Minimum Education:
Must hold either a Master’s Degree in Nursing or Baccalaureate degree in nursing \(BSN\) from accredited nursing schools with a Master’s Degree in related field\.
Required Minimum Licensure/Certification:
Registered Nurse, actively licensed in the state of Georgia\. National certification in nursing administration or clinical specialty preferred\. Must have a current BLS card from the American Heart Association on the first day of employment in position\.
Required Minimum Experience:
Five years of progressive experience in nursing management 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\.
**About WellStar:**
_WellStar Health System is a not\-for\-profit organization, recognized as a national leader in comprehensive care\. Serving a population of more than 1\.4 million residents throughout northwest metropolitan Atlanta, specialists and primary care providers work in a multi\-disciplinary environment with more than 14,000 diverse team members \(including 800 providers\) within our five hospitals and 140\+ physician offices\. By working through a patient\-centered model of care, WellStar places enormous value on quality and safety\. With numerous industry awards ranging from Integrated Delivery Networks to Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, WellStar has become a shining example of what’s possible when talented, passionate people dedicate themselves to making a difference in the industry and in the communities we serve\._
Thank you for your interest in WellStar\.
We are an equal opportunity employer\.
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