Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Behavioral Health

Grammar LLC•Jurupa Valley, CA

3d•$138,000 - $220,000•Remote

About The Position

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for Behavioral Health sets the vision for nursing practice in delivering safe, timely, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care. This role involves collaborating with interdisciplinary treatment teams, other departments, and administration to ensure all residents’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental, and cultural needs are met. The CNO is responsible for directing, supervising, and evaluating the work activities of all nursing personnel, providing clinical leadership, and establishing strategic and long-term goals for the nursing staff. This position requires anticipating and managing changes in census and acuity, allocating nursing resources based on patient needs, and role-modeling customer service and patient safety. The CNO determines and assesses performance objectives, organizes and reviews policies and procedures to meet standards, and is responsible for the quality of care, operational, and financial efficiency of the nursing department. Additionally, the CNO leads and develops nursing staff, oversees departmental budgets, and manages personnel, including hiring, development, training, and performance management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or commensurate experience required.
6 years RN experience required.
2 years behavioral health experience as and RN in an inpatient psychiatric setting required
3 years of progressive nursing management or administrative nursing experience required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in nursing or mental health nursing strongly preferred.
10+ Years RN experience preferred.
Nursing leadership experience in a freestanding psychiatric hospital strongly preferred.
Prior CNO/DON experience strongly preferred.
inpatient BH exp multiple years of it, nursing leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Sets the vision for nursing practice in the delivery of safe, timely, efficient, equitable and patient centered care.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary treatment teams, other departments and administration to ensure that all residents’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.
Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of all nursing personnel.
Provide clinical leadership, strategic and long-term goals for the nursing staff.
Anticipates and effectively manage changes in census and acuity and allocates nursing resources based on measurement of patient acuity/care needed.
Role model expectations related to customer service and demonstrated sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety.
Determine, assign, and assess performance objectives for nursing department.
Organize, coordinate, develop and review policies, procedures and nursing protocols within the facility to meet all regulatory, compliance and quality care standards.
Responsible for the quality of care, operational and financial efficiency of the nursing department.
Lead and develop the nursing staff within the facility, providing performance goals, feedback and development opportunities.
Set and carry out policies, goals and procedures for their function or department.
Evaluate the quality of care, staff's work and the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the function or department.
Develop and oversee functions or departmental budget and reporting.
Provide staff management to include hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
Provide direct care as needed.
Direct and conduct recruitment, hiring and training of personnel.