Vice President, Nursing Operat

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary

The Vice President, Nursing Operations partners with the Chief Nursing Executive/ Senior Vice President in developing strategic, operating, and financial plans to accomplish UCI Health's mission. The Incumbent provides Nursing leadership to Clinical Care Operations, Care Management and other nursing functional areas across the Orange and Irvine medical centers. Has responsibility for accessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice, care management and clinical operations for the health system. Works closely with Senior Leadership throughout the health system to ensure that the Medical Center functions in a manner that is financially successful and delivers UCI Health's mission. Serves as the primary point of contact for all care management and clinical operations matters and collaborates closely with health system leaders to align clinical operations with organizational goals and standards.

Total Compensation

What It Takes to be Successful

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to develop and implement programs and improve organizational performance
• Understanding of Joint Commission and other applicable regulatory requirements
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong planning, financial and analytical skills to provide effective leadership
• Ability to successfully represent the UC Irvine Enterprice to the external community
• Evidence of strong critical thinking skills and the ability to think creatively and strategically
• Excellent negotiation skills and proven ability to influence others internal and external to the organization
• Demonstrated ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to comply with all nurse practice and medical center policies and procedures for infection control, safety, administrative and clinical practice. Ability to comply with activities mandated by The Joint Commission/Title 22, CLIA, etc.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Marketing knowledge and skills to successfully promote assigned programs and services
• Ability to successfully cross departmental lines of management to organize, guide and direct the development, delivery and marketing of assigned programs and services
• Minimum 8 years’ experience of progressive management responsibility
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an executive leadership role (Director or higher) in a nursing role
• Registered Nurse in the State of California by time of hire
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Masters in Healthcare Management or related field
• Must demonstrate customer service skills in English
• Leadership experience in an academic medical center environment
• Knowledge of University and Medical Center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Experience in Project Management and Lean Six Sigma as improvement tools
  
  

Conditions Of Employment

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment
  
  

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation
  
  

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at eec@uci.edu or at (949) 824-0500, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization