Market Vice President Nursing-Des Moines

The Vice President, Nursing, will engage in activities to enable excellence in the areas of clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience, and engagement at UPH-DM. Under the direction of the Market Chief Nursing Officer, the Vice President, Nursing will ensure that nursing operational performance and clinical quality are consistent with the strategic goals of the UnityPoint Health nursing enterprise. Additional responsibilities of the Vice President, Nursing include service line oversight as assigned; creation, development, and implementation of projects/programs; and support of professional practice and collaboration among health care providers, employees and community leaders.

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you're in. Here are just a few:

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

• As part of the Market Leadership Team, pursues top decile performance in quality, patient safety, and patient experience for the local market. With a focus on execution, creates accountability for results within the market and builds the discipline and capacity to achieve results.
• Collaborates with the CNO to drive patient care transformation and influence understanding of rationale for changes as well as the connection to UPH strategic goals. Utilizes a data informed approach with a keen focus on the benefit to the patient first and team second. Recognizes and employs strategies that foster adoption of change, removes barriers, and accelerates outcomes.
• Collaborates with the CNO to drive operational execution including but not limited to quality, patient safety, patient experience, budgetary responsibility, regulatory compliance, staffing, patient throughput, administrative on-call duties, and other identified priorities.
• Promotes the use of management system standardized tools and methods to drive excellence and build sustainability for continuous improvement.
• Understands and assures compliance with UnityPoint Health system policies, as well as UPH-DM market policies.
• Works collaboratively with the Market Chief Nursing Officer and other nursing leaders to execute on the nursing strategic plan; monitor progress toward goals and implement corrective action plans as appropriate.
• Works with the Market Chief Nursing Officer and Human Resources professionals to create strategies to recruit and retain the best nursing and nursing support staff, including the evaluation of nurse engagement strategies at the unit and service line level.
• Represents the Market Chief Nursing Officer at meetings, presentations and community events as assigned. May be assigned as the operational administrator at developmental meetings in place of the Chief Nursing Officer.

Education: BSN required. MSN, MBA, or health related master's degree required

Experience: Five years leadership experience at the Director level or above. Knowledge of healthcare governance, administration, and delivery of healthcare services.

License(s)/Certification(s): Valid State of Iowa RN License required. Certification in nursing administration required or commitment to complete certification within one year.