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The AVP of Nursing Operations & Post Acute Care provides executive leadership and strategic direction for nursing operations across the continuum- from acute inpatient setting through skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and home health partnership. The role drives operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and quality outcomes for inpatient operations, care coordination, transitional care, and post-acute services, ensuring a seamless, patient -centered experience across care settings.

Education

• Required- Bachelor's Nursing or related field

Work Experience

• Required- 8 years progressive leadership in hospital or health-system operations

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Deep understanding of nursing operations, post-acute care systems, and care coordination processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across disciplines
• Ability to lead through change, drive strategic initiatives, and achieve measurable results.

Job Duties

• Lead enterprise initiatives for inpatient operations, care coordination and transitional care; orchestrate cross-functional alignment with hospital operations, medical staff leadership and case management.
• Standardize care transition workflows including handoffs to SNF, IRF, LTACH, and home health; reduce avoidable readmissions and delays.
• Develop and manage preferred post-acute provider networks; negotiate performance expectations, quality/safety standards, and throughput goals; monitor performance dashboards.
• Use clinical/operational data to identify trends and opportunities; translate insights into action plans with targets, timelines and accountability.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns. The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.Physical and Environmental DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Light Work- Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, body fluid and tissue.The incumbent works in a patient care area; works in an area where patients enter; works directly with patients; and/or works with specimens that could contain communicable diseases. The incumbent has an occupational risk for exposure to all communicable diseases.Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply Today!

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Ochsner is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected class, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.