DEPARTMENT: Nursing Administration

REPORTS TO: Center Executive Director

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Center Nurse Executive leads the Center clinical team to fulfill the organization's mission, vision, and values. This position has overall accountability for providing leadership, direction, and administration of day-to-day operations associated with direct patient care activities, nursing practice, and clinical education and development, including continuous improvement of nursing services and staff to meet patients/residents and their families' needs and expectations. The CNE communicates a shared vision for clinical excellence and ensures the realization of high quality and cost-effective health care services that are consistent with Genesis HealthCare evidence-based practices and policies, regulatory and other legal requirements, and philosophies. This position is responsible for driving, supporting, and modeling a service-oriented culture focused on top of license practice, interprofessional collaboration, employee engagement, quality, patient safety, service excellence, fiscal responsibility, and the overall patient/resident experience. The CNE collaborates with the Center Executive Director and Center Leadership Team to drive business excellence, including strategic planning, budget preparation, and effective oversight of resource utilization.

RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Fosters an environment in which each nursing team member practices to the top of her/his license, certification and/or skill set and role.

1. Builds and fosters trusting, collaborative relationships between and with staff, peers, other disciplines/professionals and ancillary services.

1. Provides an environment conducive to opinion-sharing and engages nursing team members in decision-making reflecting a shared governance model of leadership.

1. Assures effective recruitment, interview processes, hiring, onboarding, and orientation for all nursing team members.

1. Assesses and appraises nursing team members' engagement and strengths, supports each nursing team member's development of career plans, and coaches nursing team members in their professional development.

1. Creates an environment that recognizes and values diversity.

1. Develops, collaborates with, and supervises the Nurse Practice Educator to assure her/his effective, ongoing development of nursing practice and engagement through education, training, and frontline coaching.

1. Assures that personnel policies and procedures are implemented consistently and correctly.

1. Applies corrective discipline and/or coaching when needed to mitigate workforce performance and behavior issues.

1. Collaborates with the Center Executive Director to develop, implement, evaluate, and update People Plans.