QUALIFIED APPLICANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED:

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Utah or obtain one within 90 days of hire under the interstate compact if switching residency to State of Utah. Must maintain current Interstate Compact (multi-state) license if residency is not being changed to Utah. Any employee exceeding the 30 days will not be scheduled until a current Utah license is in effect.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Five years of progressive management experience,with at least two years in a behavioral or mental health setting.
  Corporate Overview: University of Utah Health is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience.
  In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million.
  University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics represents our clinical operations for the larger health system.
  As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES

• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
• Demonstrated leadership, person centered relationships, and effective communication skills.
• Ability to evaluate and determine the appropriate staff mixes to support safe, appropriate and efficient patient care.
• Knowledge of organizational business operations and demonstrated strategic planning skills.
• Knowledge of budgeting practices, reporting analysis, and forecasting.
• Expert in change management, innovation and systems thinking and planning.
• Expertise in building high functioning teams and processes that promote and foster teamwork.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications Required

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Utah or obtain one within 90 days of hire under the interstate compact if switching residency to State of Utah. Must maintain current Interstate Compact (multi-state) license if residency is not being changed to Utah.
• Any employee exceeding the 30 days will not be scheduled until a current Utah license is in effect.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Five years of progressive management experience, with at least two years in a behavioral or mental health setting.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Climbing, Color Determination, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Walking
Multi-lingual Candidates Welcomed

THE SENIOR NURSING ADMINISTRATOR AT HUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE (HMHI) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NURSING CARE, OUTCOMES, AND PRACTICE AND PROMOTES A CULTURE OF NURSING EXCELLENCE.

As a senior leader, this role collaborates closely with University of Utah Health Hospitals & Clinics (UUHC) Department of Nursing and HMHI, fostering system-wide relationships to ensure coordinated, high-quality patient care.
This position reports jointly to the UUHC Chief Nursing Officer, or their designated representative, and the Executive Director of HMHI.

JOB SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for and overseeing day-to-day nursing operations, and all nursing practice at HMHI.
• Reports to the HMHI Executive Director for general operations and Chief Nursing Officer for nursing related practice, outcomes, clinical oversight and staffing.
• Demonstrates transformational leadership
• Maintains and fosters strong relationships and collaboration with UUHC Department of Nursing, HMHI, and other key stakeholders to promote and advance strategic, clinical, and operational initiatives across all health system settings.
• Align and ensure nursing standards are achieved and the competency of skills for nursing roles are maintained to safely deliver quality care.
• Ensure operational excellence and delivery of services in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, policies, procedures and professional standards.
• Promotes the principles of high reliability care to enable and sustain a culture of safety, organizational learning, and performance improvement.
• Collaborates with HMHI, and UUHC Department of Nursing to develop a vision for operations which ensures alignment with organizational and department of nursing clinical operations, vision and strategy.
• Participates in leadership activities for the organization, contributing to the achievement of goals and objectives; evaluates operational performance.
• Maintains operational compliance with legal, regulatory and recommended standards of governing bodies.
• Assigns and evaluates annual goal setting and achievement. Manages discipline and performance of direct reports, including but not limited to evaluating performance providing mentoring, coaching and development to leaders.
• Reviews and approves resource plans for areas of responsibility within operation.
• Develops and promotes effective working relations to facilitate achievement of goals and objectives.
• Establishes and maintains effective communications and collaboration with administrators, medical directors and physicians, and team members.
• Resolves escalated issues arising from operations requiring coordination with other departments and key stakeholders.