Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)

Quorum Health Corporate•Springfield, OR

About The Position

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center is your community medical provider, serving the Willamette Valley and its residents with inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, medical, surgical and emergency care. We are your family, friends and neighbors, and we work with and for our community to provide quality healthcare that fits your life and lifestyle. Job Summary: Responsible for the administrative aspects of leading the department/team to include budgeting, time approvals, staff evaluations and expense approvals Represent nursing services at all meetings including medical staff and hospital board of director meetings Establish standards for nursing practices and maintain authority, accountability and responsibility for nursing services Participate with leaders in designing and providing patient care services to prevent complications, promote improvement and patient comfort and wellness Develop organizational patient care programs, policies and procedures that describe how nursing care is assessed, delivered and evaluated Provide leadership to nursing staff that will enroll their support, create ownership of goals, and have them actively participate in decisions that impact the hospital Maintaining necessary regulatory and compliance approvals and quality accreditations Partnering with physicians who use, or will use, the hospital Assisting in planning new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue Creating an environment that will encourage recruiting and retention of clinical employee Managing costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited institution and master's degree in related field are required
10+ years of previous experience clinical experience to include nursing leadership experience
Must have a license to practice professional nursing in the state of Oregon
Interpersonal skills to successfully interact with patient, guest, physicians, and other employees

Responsibilities

Responsible for the administrative aspects of leading the department/team to include budgeting, time approvals, staff evaluations and expense approvals
Represent nursing services at all meetings including medical staff and hospital board of director meetings
Establish standards for nursing practices and maintain authority, accountability and responsibility for nursing services
Participate with leaders in designing and providing patient care services to prevent complications, promote improvement and patient comfort and wellness
Develop organizational patient care programs, policies and procedures that describe how nursing care is assessed, delivered and evaluated
Provide leadership to nursing staff that will enroll their support, create ownership of goals, and have them actively participate in decisions that impact the hospital
Maintaining necessary regulatory and compliance approvals and quality accreditations
Partnering with physicians who use, or will use, the hospital
Assisting in planning new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue
Creating an environment that will encourage recruiting and retention of clinical employee
Managing costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs