Moving into Hospital Leadership

[ProfessorMom]

Hello! I was hoping someone could help me with the best way to move into a hospital leadership position. I am currently an assistant professor. I have been teaching since 2012 and a nurse since 2009. I don't work full-time at the bedside anymore as my job as a professor takes up ~60 hours a week! I do not work in the Summer, so I work as a PRN nurse in the Summer. I teach med/surg, health assessment, patho/pharm, leadership, and EBP. I teach online, in the classroom, and clinical/lab/sim. My work experience is exclusively as a med/surg RN. I have my MSN in nursing education and nursing leadership (dual focus). I have my PhD in healthcare leadership. I am not tenure track, so my leadership experiences are limited to committee leadership. However, through my master's and doctoral studies, I found that I applied many leadership principles to leading a classroom of students. Because I don't work full-time at the bedside, I have not been a charge nurse for years. I also find it hard to make connections because I only work part-time in the Summer and I'm a float nurse in a massive healthcare system and float to different hospitals. 

Is there a path to hospital leadership that does not involve going back to being a full-time bedside nurse? Given the poor wages and unsafe staffing, it's not something I am hoping to go back to full-time. I love working over the Summer at the bedside, but I only work 12-16 hours a week. I have applied to several nursing leadership positions at area hospitals and have been rejected without an interview. I have reached out to area hospital leaders and HR recruiters but I never get a reply. Given my background (MSN in nursing leadership and PhD in healthcare leadership) and experience (RN for almost 13 years, professor for 10 years) where do I go from here? 

Thank you!

[ProfessorMom]

Bump.

[EOC, MSN, RN]

Looking at your experience you should apply as a clinician. Where I work they are considered part of the leadership team. We also have a CDS position(clinical development specialist). From there you could move to a supervisor or assistant manager.  Every hospital is set up differently. Use what you have. We need educators!