VP- Education & Preparedness

Northern Light Mayo HospitalDepartment: General Education & DevelopmntPosition is located: Mayo HospitalWork Type: Full TimeHours Per Week: 40.00Work Schedule: No Hours AssignedSummary:Vice President of Education, Innovation, & Preparedness is responsible for leading the development and execution of strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing clinical performance through quality educational programs and activities to promote and support professional competency for nursing, inter-professional and non-licensed clinical staff. This role leverages healthcare industry insights and disease management expertise to advance clinical outcomes and ensure program fidelity across service lines. Working with the Executive Leadership, Directors and Department Managers, the VP ensures service line performance aligns with high-quality benchmarks, fostering transformative staff development and educational growth. The VP is responsible for establishing and advancing clinical philosophies and quality of care. This position will also maintain regulatory readiness and emergency preparedness in line with Northern Light Health system, CMS Conditions of Participation and the Joint Commission standards.Responsibilities:

Leads initiatives to enhance clinical outcomes, reduce variability in care delivery, and advance evidence-based practices.

Identifies and designs educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which includes licensed and non-licensed personnel.

Oversees the evaluation and enhancement of inpatient and outpatient clinical programming and service quality.

Engages in strategic planning within the clinical education areas of responsibility (that may include technology advancements) by embracing and driving meaningful change, identifying, and addressing barriers to change, assists in the development, resource utilization and implementation of change strategies by educating/supporting staff, and monitors sustainability of change.

Promotes high-performing teams and a culture of innovation within the hospital, encouraging the adoption of new technologies and practices that improve care delivery.

Oversees the evaluation and enhancement of inpatient and outpatient clinical programming and service quality.

Ensures that clinical strategies and operations comply with federal, state, and local regulations, accreditation standards, and ethical guidelines.

Works closely with clinical departments, physician, nursing, and administrative teams to ensure strategic initiatives are integrated across the hospital, fostering a collaborative environment that promotes high-quality care.

Competence in leveraging technology to support health initiatives, including electronic health records (EHRs), telehealth platforms, mobile health applications, and data analytics tools.

Strong leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate multidisciplinary teams towards a common goal. This includes fostering a culture of teamwork, innovation, continuous improvement, and patient-centered care.

Experience in building partnerships with a range of stakeholders, including healthcare providers, community organizations, patients, and technology vendors, to support integrated care models and collaborative initiatives.

Ability to manage budgets, secure funding for new initiatives, and demonstrate the return on investment of population health programs Commitment to ethical principles in healthcare, ensuring that health initiatives respect patient autonomy, equity, and access to care.

Mentors and develops future leaders within the hospital, ensuring a focus on clinical excellence and strategic thinking is embedded throughout the organization.

Skills in change management and process improvement to navigate and lead through the transformation required to implement new health technologies and population health strategies effectively. Ability to address resistance, manage stakeholders' expectations, and embed new practices into organizational culture.

Other Information:Competencies and Skills

Achieves Results: Sets high standards for their own outcomes and seizes opportunities to engage others towards objectives. Consistently moves forward with direct actions in order to attain or exceed objectives. Manages their own time effectively to accomplish assigned tasks. Successfully prioritizes multiple projects and duties as needed.

Acts Strategically: Creates effective plans that anticipate future consequences and opportunities and is able to connect the day to day operations to longer-term objectives, shifts in the industry, and system goals.

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Applies Business Acumen:Demonstrates knowledge of current and future trends that impact organizational success. Applies proven practices and business theories to get results that meet financial as well as other business goals. Recognizes opportunities for new services and products and acts accordingly, taking measured risks into consideration. Possesses a thorough knowledge of their field and independently carries out their work in accordance with professional standards of the profession.

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Basic Life Support

Blood Pressure Measurement

Electronic medical record software.

Demonstrates Adaptability: Learns quickly when facing a new problem or unfamiliar task; is flexible in their approach with changing priorities and ambiguity. Manages change effectively and does not give up during adversity. Capable of changing one's behavioral style and/or views in order to attain a goal. Absorbs new information readily and puts it into practice effectively.

Demonstrates Emotional Intelligence: Exhibits a high level of self-awareness, self-management, other awareness and relationship management. Conducts themselves in an empathic, appropriate way, with a sense of humor and stimulates a collaborative work environment. Is respectful of the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others and aware of the influence of their own behavior on them. Is aware of relevant social, political, system, and professional trends and developments and uses this information for the organization's benefit.

Develops Self and Others:Takes responsibility for engaging in professional self-development activities and programs. Strives to gain insight into their own values, strengths and weaknesses, interests and ambitions and takes action in order to enhance competencies and skills when possible. As a leader, encourages and guides employees towards growth opportunities to enhance performance and help them reach goals. Reviews and analyzes employees' strengths and weaknesses to distinguish their talents and development needs, and to ensure they are enhanced appropriately.

Effectively Communicates: Listens, speaks and writes appropriately, using clear language. Communication methods are fitting to the message(s), audience, and situation and follow-ups are regular and timely. Shows that important (non-) verbal information is absorbed and understood and asks further questions to clarify when necessary. Expresses ideas and views clearly to others and has ability to adjust use of language to the audiences' level.

Exercises Sound Judgment & Decision Making: Understands and processes complex information, which allows for appropriate and accountable conclusions. Does not react too quickly or slowly. Balances facts, goals, and potential approaches taking the appropriate criteria into account. Makes active decisions and commits oneself by communicating confidently and respectfully.

Fosters Innovation: Employs and encourages the use of meaningful creativity in solving challenges. Proactively identifies opportunities and uses new approaches to enhance processes, systems and services. When appropriate, suggests or initiates new strategies, products, services, and markets.

Experience supporting hardware including computers, laptops, network devices and telephones.

Influences and Inspires: Builds enthusiasm and commitment among others to move in a desired direction and models it personally. Creates a compelling vision of success that motivates workplace initiative and energizes others to follow. Provides direction and guidance to encourage cooperation between team members in order to attain an objective. Has the ability to appropriately influence others' actions and decisions with and without express authority.

Human Capital, Supply Chain and Financial Software.

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Types at 60+ words per minute. (only to be used as a condition of employment)

Ability to understand the language used to precisely describe the human body including its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it.

Spreadsheet application with the ability to use calculations, formulas, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming.

Word processing, spreadsheets, data entry, database experience and other computer related skills.

Email application with the ability to manage email as well as calendars, managing tasks and contacts, note taking, journaling, and web browsing.

Presentation software with the ability to create presentations with the ability to incorporate animation, audio, video, time delays, as well as designing themes and variants with animations and effects.

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Word process application with the ability to create and edit documents, format, use tables, apply footnoting, create table of contents and mail merge techniques.

Multi-line phone, scanner, photocopier, fax, and internet.

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Promotes Health and Safety: Promotes a healthy and safe environment for patients, employees and visitors. Advocates and models healthy physical and mental health behaviors even in challenging circumstances. Sets high quality standards and strives for continuous improvement and quality assurance by reporting and encouraging others to report near misses and safety issues.

Provides Patient-Centered Care: Demonstrates understanding of patient care quality and service as organizational priority. Proactively supports change to improve patient experience and results. Exhibits the ability and willingness to find out what the patient wants and needs and to act accordingly, taking the organizational and outside resources into account. Cooperates, collaborates, communicates, and integrates care within and between teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable.

Public Speaking

Resolves Conflict: Promptly acts to find alternatives/solutions when team members disagree. Addresses issues in a direct, honest, and appropriate manner. Handles conflicting interests diplomatically and helps to solve them. Transforms difficult situations into teachable moments using respect and accountability .

Seeks Process Improvement & Applies System Thinking: Possesses and gains insight into situations, problems and processes. Understands the interconnection between organizational elements. Deconstructs problems and systematically investigates the various components. Considers the impact of actions on the entire process/system. Detects problems and opportunities, recognizes important information, and links various data to trace potential causes and relevant details.

Serves Others: Strives to understand, meet and exceed the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers which may include the people and communities in our service areas. Develops and maintains relationships, alliances and coalitions within and outside the organization and leverages them in order to obtain information, support, and promote cooperation and collaboration.

Specimen Collection

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Business intelligence and data analysis software.

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Utilizes Resources Effectively: Understands how to get the most out of available resources and uses cost-benefit thinking in decision-making and in setting priorities. Monitors and analyzes resource usage to identify and eliminate areas of waste and maximize resources. As a leader, defines targets and provides appropriate means; oversees progress and makes adjustments when necessary. Appropriately delegates work, sets clear direction and manages workflow and time.

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Behaves with Integrity and Builds Trust: Acts consistently in line with the core values, commitments and rules of conduct. Leads by example and tells the truth. Does what they say they will, when and how they say they will, or communicates an alternate plan.

Cultivates Respect: Treats others fairly, embraces and values differences, and contributes to a culture of diversity, inclusion, empowerment and cooperation.

Demonstrates Emotional Intelligence: Exhibits a high level of self-awareness, self-management, other awareness and relationship management. Conducts themselves in an empathic, appropriate way, with a sense of humor and stimulates a collaborative work environment. Is respectful of the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others and aware of the influence of their own behavior on them. Is aware of relevant social, political, system, and professional trends and developments and uses this information for the organization's benefit.

Develops Self and Others:Takes responsibility for engaging in professional self-development activities and programs. Strives to gain insight into their own values, strengths and weaknesses, interests and ambitions and takes action in order to enhance competencies and skills when possible. As a leader, encourages and guides employees towards growth opportunities to enhance performance and help them reach goals. Reviews and analyzes employees' strengths and weaknesses to distinguish their talents and development needs, and to ensure they are enhanced appropriately.

Exercises Sound Judgment & Decision Making: Understands and processes complex information, which allows for appropriate and accountable conclusions. Does not react too quickly or slowly. Balances facts, goals, and potential approaches taking the appropriate criteria into account. Makes active decisions and commits oneself by communicating confidently and respectfully.

Fosters Accountability: Creates and participates in a work environment where people hold themselves and others accountable for processes, results and behaviors. Takes appropriate ownership not only of successes but also mistakes and works to correct them in a timely manner. Demonstrates understanding that we all work as a team and the quality and timeliness of work impacts everyone involved.

Practices Compassion: Exhibits genuine care for people and is available and ready to help; displays a deep awareness of and strong willingness to relieve the suffering of others.

Resolves Conflict: Promptly acts to find alternatives/solutions when team members disagree. Addresses issues in a direct, honest, and appropriate manner. Handles conflicting interests diplomatically and helps to solve them. Transforms difficult situations into teachable moments using respect and accountability .

Credentials

Required Registered Nurse

Education

Required Bachelor's DegreeMaster's Degree preferred, Experience in lieu of degree

Required Experience

10 year/years of Clinical Experience

10 year/years of Leadership Experience

10 year/years of Relevant Work Experience

10 year/years of Technical Experience

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