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Position Summary:

Henry Ford Genesys Hospital is seeking a visionary and experienced Director of Nursing to support strategic nursing transformation initiatives and to lead in our Magnet designation journey. This unique, leadership role is designed to drive nursing excellence, elevate shared governance, and embed evidence-based practices and performance improvement within our organization.

This leader will serve as a strategic change agent focused on transformational projects that support nursing quality, regulatory readiness, and Magnet accreditation success.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Nursing Practice Transformation:

+ Oversee and standardize nursing policies and procedures.

+ Partner with regulatory teams to ensure nursing regulatory compliance and readiness.

+ Lead integration and optimization of Epic for nursing workflows.

+ Lead Henry Ford Genesys' Magnet Journey:

+ Lead Henry Ford Health’s system-wide Magnet journey.

+ Conduct comprehensive gap analyses and develop a strategic roadmap for Magnet readiness.

+ Write and submit the Magnet application, ensuring compliance with ANCC requirements.

+ Data, Quality, and Experience:

+ Manage the NDNQI database and related metric tracking.

+ Align and prioritize nursing quality metrics and audits.

+ Lead patient experience improvement initiatives in collaboration with clinical teams.

+ Shared Governance & Leadership Development:

+ Establish and strengthen nursing shared governance structures.

+ Mentor and educate nursing teams on governance principles and professional autonomy.

+ Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, and excellence.

+ Project Management & Strategic Support:

+ Coordinate multiple cross-functional nursing projects.

+ Apply project management principles and Lean methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

+ Provide regular updates to nursing leadership on transformation initiatives.

+ Develops departmental goals and objectives consistent with medical, administrative, legal and ethical requirements of the health care delivery system.

Required Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN); Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or related field required.

+ Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Michigan (or ability to obtain).

+ Minimum 5–7 years of progressive nursing leadership, with strong emphasis on project or program management.

+ Exceptional communication, organizational, and facilitation skills.

+ Adept at change management and able to influence without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Leadership experience in a Magnet designated hospital highly preferred

+ Experience with Epic.

+ Experience with nursing policy management, and regulatory compliance.

+ Strong data literacy, including NDNQI database management and metric-driven decision-making.

+ Lean certification or formal process improvement training highly preferred.

Additional Information

+ Organization: Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital

+ Department: Nursing Administration 001

+ Shift: Day Job

+ Union Code: UAW RN-Med Group Union Fac

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is

committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to

race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,

weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,

or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.