Executive Director, Nursing at Wellstar Health Systems in Marietta, Georgia

Job Description:

Facility: Windy Hill Hospital



Job Summary:



The Executive Director of Nursing (EDON) is based at Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital and is a registered professional nurse who provides leadership and management for five (5) to twenty (20) cost centers for a specific service line 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 their designee for assigned responsibilities. This leader effectively partners with hospital leadership, medical staff and other departments to create a center of excellence for their service line and to meet the hospital's vision, mission and goals. This role has 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:

• Either a Bachelors or Master's Degree in Nursing is required.


• Master's degree is required.

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):



All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN - Multi-state Compact


• Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

• National certification in nursing administration or clinical specialty Preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Registered Nurse is required.


• 5 years of progressive operational leadership in a manager or director level role is required.


• Director level experience is strongly preferred.


• ANCC Magnet and/or Pathway to Excellence experience strongly preferred.

Required Minimum Skills:

• Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building


• Strong 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.

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