Director Nursing Education Cancer Institute
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Director Nursing Education & Operations/Cancer Institute Norwalk CT
Fulltime 40 hours Monday Friday 8:30 am 5:00 pm
Summary:
The Director of Nursing Education for the Cancer Institute is responsible for evaluating ambulatory nursing practice for the Cancer Institute. The Director ensures the delivery of highquality care to all people with cancer adhering to national best practices in accordance with the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Standards NAPBC NAPRC Oncology Nursing Society standards and radiation oncology standards and other accrediting agencies such as the Joint Commission. The Director will also be responsible for evaluating nursing clinical workflows with the expectation of the standardization of nursing practice across the Institute as well as responsibility for oversight of oncology nursing policies and procedures.
This role is under the Cancer Institute and reports to the VP Cancer Institute with a dotted line to the AVP Nursing Education for Nuvance Health. This role will be expected to work in collaboration with the Regional Site Directors hospital Chief Nursing Officers and inpatient nurse educators where clinical oversight overlap and ensure open and clear communication working towards common goals.
Responsibilities:
1. Drive excellent patient outcomes staff and clinical excellence
2. Provide direction and administration of daytoday nursing related patient care
3. Promote an environment of high reliability and high nursing engagement
4. Establish an annual educational curriculum for new infusion radiation and practice nurses as well as current oncology nursing staff
5. Create update and maintain annual nurse competencies for infusion radiation and oncology nursing staff
6. Manage maintain annual goals for nursing staff as well as the establishment of institute short and long term goals for nursing staff
7. Manage policies and procedures on an annual basis and establish polices and procedures as needed
8. Evaluate and organize nursing practice for one network wide standard
9. Coordinate practice with medical staff other departments and hospital leadership to ensure seamless and high quality care
10. Organize and maintain annual competencies for all institute nursing staff
11. Hire and train new oncology nursing staff members
12. Respond to nursingrelated issues in a timely manner
13. Director will stay up to date on newly approved cancer treatments best practices and education staff for cancer and blood related disorders in partnership with pharmacy and other relevant departments.
14. Perform regular audits in all areas to ensure highquality and best practices are being adhered to
15. Other job duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Must have strong organizational and oncology experience
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing; APRN preferred
- Must have indepth knowledge of cancer care and standards
- A minimum of 10 year healthcare related experience AND at least 5 years of current experience in cancer care
- Oncology certification (ONC AOCNP)
- Aptitude for problemsolving skills
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills including strong emotional intelligence
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Salary Range: $59.01 $109.58 Hourly commensurate with experience
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
