Chief Nursing Officer - CNO - Adult Services

OU Health•Oklahoma City, OK

45d

About The Position

General Description: The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) has accountability for daily operations, ensuring that nursing care performance at the facility level meets the quality, safety and financial targets established by the system. The CNO leads facility-wide professional nursing care, in alignment with the American Nurses Association’s Standards of Practice and Professional Performance, the Code of Ethics for Nurses and the Social Policy Statement in the pursuit, attainment and maintenance of Magnet Recognition Program. In a matrix reporting relationship with the facility Chief Executive, the CNO in partnership with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) collaborates to implement and evaluates the impact of strategies and initiatives to improve quality, safety, staff and patient engagement outcomes. The CNO operationalizes the immediate strategies, leading the professional nursing staff in implementation and change management in the context of their own environment. Participates as a member of the System Chief Nurse Executive’s Council, in standardization and evaluation of clinical operations to establish desired nursing outcomes relevant to nursing practice system-wide. As a member of the facility’s leadership team, the CNO is expected to demonstrate transparency, integrity, and consistency in all interactions and to work collaboratively with peers, supporting them as well as holding them accountable as members of the leadership team. Serves as an ex-officio member of the facility’s Medical Executive Committee.

Requirements

Minimum: Master's of Science degree in nursing
Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state in which he or she practices, in accordance with law and regulation
10 to 12 years of progressive leadership experience in multiple types of health care organizations and/or health care systems.
5 years in a senior leadership role in one or more of the areas that are under the direction of this position, preferably in a large, academic health care system.
Skill at communicating with impact to effectively engage others and achieve desired results
Skill in recognizing the broad or long-term implications of business decisions and plans.
Skilled in effectively handling multiple conflicting assignments, demands, and priorities with great attention to detail
Skill in creating written material that has a logical flow of thoughts and ideas.
Skill in generating novel or unusual ideas and solutions in response to business issues and problems.
Willingness to develop solutions or consider proposals that challenge status quo assumptions or pro forma operations and remove barriers and enable success of prioritized solutions
Willingness to be proactive and work at connecting with and building cooperative relationships with others.
Willingness to focus on employee development through exposure, experiences, and feedback.
Skill in identifying assignments designed to stretch and develop others' capabilities.

Nice To Haves

Preferred: PhD or Doctoral degree in nursing or related field
Preferred: Board-certification in health care or nursing executive practice
Preferred: Work experience in a multi-hospital system or integrated delivery system.
Broad based knowledge of the full scope of operations in an accredited academic medical center or primary teaching hospital of comparable size and scope to OU Health.
Additional experience in a leadership role in ambulatory care and a physician practice.
Experience working with and/or reporting to Governing Boards.
Academic teaching and/or research experience.