Director, Center for Nursing Research and Innovation

Qualifications – Minimum Criteria
PhD in nursing degree with recent teaching experience
Extensive clinical and administrative experience in an acute care setting
Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of California

Qualifications – Preferred Criteria
1. Five or more years of experience in acute care.
2. Evidence of progressive nursing administration experience, including a chief nursing officer position.
3. Educator with a strong foundation in policy, administration, and practice expertise in acute care.
4. Expertise in the theory and applied science of patient safety, evidence based practice, and performance improvement.
5. Prepared through experience, teaching, research, or community service to contribute to the School of Nursing’s commitment to diversity and excellence.
6. Publications and research experience in areas related to acute care, patient safety, and evidence based practice.

Areas of Responsibility
1. Facilitate research by fostering a spirit of inquiry, coordinating clinical research resources, promoting studies that are aligned with strategic improvement priorities, fostering the spread of evidence-based innovation within and between partners, and linking School of Nursing investigators, as well as other investigators, with Patient Care Service clinical sites.
2. Foster capacity to interpret, implement, evaluate, spread and conduct research that improves patient care quality, cost and outcomes.
3. Strengthen the scientific validity and effectiveness of patient care practices. Provide consultation and education that contributes to improving nursing practice, patient care and organizational performance.
4. Provide customized and strategic consultation, mentorship, networking and support for PCS partner leaders and staff.
5. Serve as a clearinghouse for emerging new knowledge for nursing practice, innovation transfer, and clinical practice guidelines and best practices.
6. Engage in regional, national and international scholarly and public policy activities that are aligned with the Center’s mission and add value to the SON and its Patient Care Services.
7. Participating as a faculty member in activities of the Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing and the University of California, San Francisco, including committee appointments.
8. Engaging in professional activities at a local, state, regional, and national level.
9. Disseminating knowledge in acute care, evidence based practice, and patient safety and related areas through publications as well as participating and presenting at interdisciplinary and scientific meetings.

Lines of Responsibility: Responsible to the Chair, Department of Physiological Nursing.

Recruitment Closing Date: Open until filled.

Please send curriculum vitae to:

Glenna A. Dowling, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor and Chair
Chair, Search Committee
Department of Physiological Nursing
2 Koret Way, Box 0610
San Francisco, CA 94143-0610
glenna.dowling@nursing.ucsf.edu

The University of California, San Francisco, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. The University undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for underutilized minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for covered veterans. UCSF seeks candidates whose experience, teaching, research or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.