Chief Nursing Officer - THOP Sierra Campus

Texas Executives • El Paso, TX

238d

About The Position

The Chief Nursing Officer provides strategic leadership as the senior executive position responsible for all nursing and other designated patient care functions and services within the hospital organization. The role assumes responsibility for assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating nursing practice on a facility level. The role assumes 24/7 responsibility and has accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care. The Chief Nursing Officer represents nursing concerns on the governing board and at medical staff leadership meetings.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field
• Master's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience
• Minimum of 3 years in a leadership role
• Strong knowledge of nursing practice standards and regulations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a hospital setting
• Familiarity with EMR systems
• Certification in nursing administration or leadership

Responsibilities

• Retaining great people at the facility
• Collaborate with human resources and other team members to select, on-board, orient, and provide coaching for direct reports
• Evaluate and monitor facility level people pillar statistics, participate on related calls, as necessary
• Consider and/or implement nurse residency programs to ensure pipeline for facility
• Collaborate with team members to formulate programs to enhance work life balance
• Partner with related team members to promote a safe work environment that is based on a zero tolerance for sexual harassment, workplace violence and verbal and physical abuse
• Collaborate with related team members to promote an effective facility level competency program
• Collaborate to promote a robust employee development and education program that responds to the unique needs of employees across the career continuum (novice to expert)
• Work cohesively with related team members to develop and implement recruitment and retention strategies that ensure a qualified and stable workforce
• Participate in workforce planning to ensure an adequate and competent workforce
• Support the design of effective and competitive compensation and benefits programs
• Effectively communicate with all internal and external constituents, including staff, colleagues, and physicians
• Manage organizational relationships in a manner which builds mutual trust and respect
• Create and communicate a compelling shared vision
• Develop effective strategies for addressing organizational priorities
• Measure and analyze performance from the learning and growth, business process, customer, and financial perspectives
• Develop succession plan for nursing leadership
• Create an environment that recognizes and values diversity
• Engage staff and others in decision-making
• Understand and articulate patient care standards reflected in federal and state regulation, TJC, the state Nurse Practice Act, and organizational policies and procedures
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of organizational revenue, expense performance and capital planning
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the organization's performance improvement program
• Support the development and implementation of an organization-wide patient safety program
• Monitor and evaluate quality through public reported measure
• Support a non-punitive environment and a reward system for reporting unsafe practices
• Support the annual AHRQ Patient Safety Survey and follows up with corrective actions

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid time off
• Continuing education opportunities
• Employee assistance programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree