Associate CNO Chief Nursing Officer - MercyOne

Trinity Health•Des Moines, IA

About The Position

POSITION PURPOSE: The Nurse Leader (NL) is a licensed registered nurse (RN) accountable for leading, managing and advancing people, processes and / or programs that support direct or indirect patient care. The NL promotes and advocates for patients, nurses / colleagues and the practice of nursing as defined by clinical area (s) of expertise and assignment. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows, understands, incorporates and demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions and Promise in behaviors, practices and decisions. Professional Nursing Practice: Acts independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge and experience in practice area. Supports safety by adhering to standards and acting as a champion role model. Accountable for personal learning and development by participating in knowledge, skill and competency enhancing activities. Professional Nursing Process: Knows, understands, incorporates and demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice: Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA); Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial and supported by current and relevant evidence-based practices, science, trends and data (clinical and administrative) and patient care (AONL). Professional Leadership Practice: Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values and Vision; Cultivates excellence by supporting growth and development of team; Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring and succession planning; Engages and fosters transpersonal teaching and learning in the context of the caring relationship; Embraces and encourages humanistic-altruistic values and behaviors; Advances nurses and others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered and relationship-based healthcare; Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet); Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications; Embraces ideas and cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities; Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue and inclusion. Professional Leadership Process: Provides leadership and retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions and outcomes; Collaborates with key stakeholders and contributes to quality and improvement practices; Empowers staff to creatively problem-solve through the caring process (Caritas); Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient and colleague safety utilizing established and evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies; Drives effective patient, process, performance and stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics and trended data; Exhibits agility and willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities. Environment of Care: Facilitates a healing environment, reverentially encouraging and supporting basic needs as sacred acts, sustaining human dignity; Practices in an environmentally safe, professional manner; Values and advocates for the patient’s cultural beliefs and faith; Monitors and initiates corrections or evidence-based practices; Promotes optimum physical and psychological behaviors; Influences effective, judicious and financially responsible use of resources (people, equipment, supplies, materials). Colleague Experience and Well-being: Fosters a continuous learning and development environment; stimulates and adopts innovative practices; Cultivates caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being; Understands and embraces change through the active encouragement of innovation and provisioning teams with tools and resources necessary for successful transformation; Leads others through change process. Compassion and Communication: Incorporates colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience as an essential component of leading nursing practices; Actively participates in building community by fostering trusting relationships; Visible and accessible to the team; Facilitates development of interpersonal relationships and use of effective and respectful written, verbal and nonverbal communications; Demonstrates authentic listening by forgiving and accepting positive and negative feelings; Encourages and models communication that respects diversity and divergent opinions; Employs communication strategies that shows the value of patient and family participation in care. Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior and safe work practices.

Requirements

Advanced degree is required: e.g. MSN (Master of Science in Nursing), MHA (Master of Health Administration), or MBA (Master of Business Administration), with at least one degree, either undergraduate or graduate, in nursing.
Current Iowa RN license or the ability to obtain, (current IL license if working in IL) is required.
Progressive leadership experience is required.
A minimum of eight (8) years of clinical nursing experience is required.
Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.
Executive or specialty practice certification is required within two (2) years of hire.

Nice To Haves

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or other terminal degree (e.g. EDD, PhD, DrPH) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Acts independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge and experience in practice area.
Supports safety by adhering to standards and acting as a champion role model.
Accountable for personal learning and development by participating in knowledge, skill and competency enhancing activities.
Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial and supported by current and relevant evidence-based practices, science, trends and data (clinical and administrative) and patient care
Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values and Vision
Cultivates excellence by supporting growth and development of team
Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring and succession planning
Engages and fosters transpersonal teaching and learning in the context of the caring relationship
Embraces and encourages humanistic-altruistic values and behaviors
Advances nurses and others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered and relationship-based healthcare
Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet)
Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications
Embraces ideas and cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities
Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue and inclusion
Provides leadership and retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions and outcomes
Collaborates with key stakeholders and contributes to quality and improvement practices
Empowers staff to creatively problem-solve through the caring process (Caritas)
Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient and colleague safety utilizing established and evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies
Drives effective patient, process, performance and stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics and trended data
Exhibits agility and willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities
Facilitates a healing environment, reverentially encouraging and supporting basic needs as sacred acts, sustaining human dignity
Practices in an environmentally safe, professional manner
Values and advocates for the patient’s cultural beliefs and faith
Monitors and initiates corrections or evidence-based practices
Promotes optimum physical and psychological behaviors
Influences effective, judicious and financially responsible use of resources (people, equipment, supplies, materials)
Fosters a continuous learning and development environment; stimulates and adopts innovative practices
Cultivates caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being
Understands and embraces change through the active encouragement of innovation and provisioning teams with tools and resources necessary for successful transformation
Leads others through change process
Incorporates colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience as an essential component of leading nursing practices
Actively participates in building community by fostering trusting relationships
Visible and accessible to the team
Facilitates development of interpersonal relationships and use of effective and respectful written, verbal and nonverbal communications
Demonstrates authentic listening by forgiving and accepting positive and negative feelings
Encourages and models communication that respects diversity and divergent opinions
Employs communication strategies that shows the value of patient and family participation in care
Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior and safe work practices.