Allegheny Health Network Careers

Date: 02/01/2017
Title: Director Nursing Professional Practice, Education
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Location: Allegheny Valley Hospital
Department: Nursing Administration
Status: Full-time

Allegheny Health Network has received numerous national, regional, and local accolades for superior outcomes, quality care, and positive impacts on the communities we serve. As one of the largest healthcare systems serving Western PA, many of our hospitals are ranked #1 in the market for delivering the highest quality of care in several clinical categories according to the Quantros’ CareChex® 2017 Hospital Quality Ratings. 

We believe it’s a reflection of our commitment to providing Health For All, and our dedication to delivering high quality care to our patients each and every day. That’s the real Living Proof of the difference we hope to make in the lives of our patients, and in our community overall.

Because in the end, while it’s wonderful to be recognized for our quality of care, what we truly celebrate are the outcomes – the Living Proof that each day, across our seven hospitals and hundreds of care facilities, the physicians, nurses and staff of Allegheny Health Network are providing patients with exceptional care.

Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights has long been known for providing the highest quality medical care available. As a critical healthcare resource in the region, we pride ourselves in having served the citizens of the community for over 100 years. Simply put, we offer virtually everything you need for good healthcare, all close to home. Our 200-bed hospital serves as an inpatient facility and offers a broad spectrum of programs, including medical and surgical services, inpatient psychiatric care and geriatric psychiatric care, cardiology, orthopaedics and cancer care. We also offer outpatient care centers throughout the community located in New Kensington, Natrona Heights and Vandergrift, all providing a wide range of diagnostic services in easy to access, convenient locations.

Job Summary: 

Provides leadership and direction for professional practice and education with respect to the AHN Focus 5: quality and safety, growth and access, patient experience, financial stability and people. Also responsible for driving strategic and operational initiatives within the organization including the following: implementation of professional practice model, leading the magnet journey in conjunction with magnet coordinator , provide oversight to the hospital based educators, active collaboration with local universities and oversight of the nurse residency program at the local level.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Leads all professional practice and educational components for nursing within the assigned hospital including development, implementation and evaluation of activities. Monitors, controls and is accountable for maintaining departmental costs within budgeted allocations.
• Analyzes recommended practice changes and education activities to determine the overall value to the hospital to ensure implementation of cost effective alternatives that promote quality improvement. Actively participates in the review and identification of opportunities for improvement in nurse quality indicators as measured by NDNQI.
• Provides guidance to hospital leaders as the organization embarks/continues on the magnet journey.
• Actively participates in the development and communication of nursing's shared vision.
• Serves as an educational consultant for leadership and education staff in areas of program development, clinical practice, regulatory compliance, professional development and other assigned committee work.  Accountable to assure ongoing development and operation of Shared Governance model in all nursing departments.
• Analyzes clinical service areas for operational effectiveness using dashboards and other data sources.

 Requirements:

• Current PA RN license in good standing required
• Master's degree in Nursing required. Doctorate preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years advanced practice, teaching and/or education development required.
• 3 years’ experience managing and leading educational programs in a health care setting preferred