ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

An Administrative Director of Nursing is a registered professional nurse who has charge of all nursing personnel, professional, and nonprofessional including Directors of Nursing at two (2) or more separate hospitals and/or other health care facilities, and is responsible for the administrative activities of the nursing departments, and for the implementation of the budget and personnel policies for the nursing staff; does related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

The Administrative Director of Nursing supervises and is responsible for the activities of two (2) or more Directors of Nursing and their staffs and is vested with the overall responsibility for the entire nursing program and associated administrative activities of nursing departments where there are two (2) or more separate institutions under one governing body or administrative agent.

Examples of work

• Assists in the formulation of nursing policies, procedures, and objectives and work methods in accordance with standards and principals prescribed by the American Hospital Association.
• Reviews and evaluates current policies and objectives as related to nursing practices and makes recommendations, improvements, or development.
• Assigns responsibility and delegates authority to Directors of Nursing, Assistant Directors of Nursing, Supervisors of Nurses, and other assigned personnel; participates in the planning and construction of new and reconstruction of the old physical facilities of the institutional complex and the proper utilization of personnel to improve patient care.
• Determines standards of patient care and selects and recommends for appointment nursing, educational, attending, and service personnel.
• Participates in developing a program of orientation and inservice training for new and present personnel.
• Responsible for the establishment of standards for the affiliate nursing schools.
• Prepares reports, evaluates, and analyzes the performance of nursing and other personnel in each nursing unit.
• Establishes specifications for each unit in nursing and teaching services.
• Delegates authority and responsibility for each unit.
• Confers and plans with other members of the interdisciplinary team to coordinate, evaluate, and recommend means to achieve health and patient care goals.
• Responsible for preparing the budget for nursing personnel.
• Directs the establishment and maintenance of a system of requisitioning, distribution, recording, dispensing, procedures, and use of equipment, supplies, medication, and narcotics.
• Resolves complex nursing problems.
• Investigates and studies trends and developments in nursing practice and techniques.
• Directs the establishment and maintenance of medical records and personnel reports.
• Participates actively in civic, educational, and professional organizations.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

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Experience

Possession of a Master's degree in Nursing, or Nursing Administration, or Nursing Education from an accredited college or university plus four (4) years of administrative experience in work involving the development of and implementation of an extensive program of nursing service and/or nursing education.

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Graduation from a four (4) year course at an accredited college or university with a major course of study in nursing or nursing administration, or nursing education plus five (5) years of administrative experience in work involving the development of and implementation of an extensive program of nursing service and/or nursing education.

License

Current and valid registration as a professional nurse in the State of New Jersey.

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of the fundamentals of hospital organization and administration.
• Knowledge of the rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and objectives of professional nursing and nursing education.
• Knowledge of the use of facilities and their application to specific cases.
• Knowledge of laws governing registry and training of nurses, and curriculum content of all nursing specialties.
• Knowledge of the administration, supervision, and evaluating of suitable work schedules.
• Knowledge of the proper procedures in modern personnel practices and of the procedures in training employees.
• Knowledge of the proper procedures in dispensing of equipment, supplies, medication, and narcotics.
• Ability to analyze, develop, administer, implement, and utilize the objectives of nursing education.
• Ability to organize a proper and effective work program embodying the principles of ethics and acrreditation.
• Ability to work harmoniously with associates.
• Ability to prepare and supervise the summaries and fiscal statistical and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.