Director of Nursing (MP)

This title is in the unclassified service and is designated Managerial/Confidential. Appointees to Managerial/Confidential titles serve at the pleasure of the chief administrative officer and are not represented for collective negotiations.

This family represents positions that are both clinical and administrative within Nursing.

DIRECTOR OF NURSING supervises a large staff of registered and practical nurses and other related staff members in patient care activities at a teaching-research hospital. Is responsible for administration of the entire nursing services program at a teaching-research hospital where many of the patients are seriously ill, have unusual sickness, are being prepared for serious and frequently lengthy operations and are then being cared for in the post-operative hospital area; conducts and supervises clinical instruction in the nursing profession for medical and allied health profession students, interns and residents as they are assigned to the patient care units; participates in many hospital committee assignments and in research activities carried on in the hospital.

Preferred Qualifications:

A doctorate in nursing and progressively responsible supervisory nursing experience in a teaching-research hospital.

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