Chief Nursing Officer

United Surgical Partners International Inc (USPI)•Oklahoma City, OK

About The Position

The Chief Nursing Officer functions at the administrative level, providing leadership to deliver quality patient care across the Northwest Surgical Hospital and Community Hospital campuses. The position plans, organizes, and directs services, ensuring cost-effective, high-quality patient care that complies with federal and state laws, accreditation requirements, and organizational goals. It ensures the continuous and timely availability of nursing and applicable ancillary clinical services. The System Chief Nursing Officer ensures nursing and applicable ancillary clinical standards of patient care and practice align with current research and nationally recognized professional standards, and supports translating research findings into policies and procedures. The role ensures staff follow applicable patient-care and organization-wide processes and assigns staff responsibility for improving nursing-service performance. The System CNO participates actively in hospital leadership and collaborates with other leaders in designing and providing patient care and services. The position helps ensure qualified nursing and ancillary clinical staffing and is fiscally responsible for budgeting resources for patient care. It ensures financial, operational, and strategic objectives are achieved, works as a team member across the facility, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Oklahoma.
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BA/BSN) required.
At least five years of management experience.
At least five years of progressive management experience in clinical management and operations, quality improvement, budgeting, and medical reimbursement.
Proven record of achievements and leadership.
Problem-solving and effective communication skills.
Recent experience implementing state and accreditation standards, HIPAA, and related standards.
Knowledge of current leadership, management, and quality-improvement concepts.
Knowledge of theoretical approaches to nursing-care delivery and strategies for examining and applying relevant concepts.
Knowledge of provision and integration of patient-care support services and applicable licensing, regulatory, and accrediting requirements.
Ability to demonstrate and maintain competency in the duties of the position.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and direct services for the Northwest Surgical Hospital and Community Hospital campuses.
Ensure cost-effective, high-quality patient care in accordance with federal and state requirements, accreditation standards, and organizational goals.
Ensure continuous and timely availability of nursing and applicable ancillary clinical services.
Ensure clinical standards of care and practice are consistent with current research and nationally recognized professional standards.
Support implementation of current research findings in policies and procedures governing clinical care.
Ensure clinical staff carry out applicable patient-care and organization-wide processes, and assign responsibility for improving nursing-service performance.
Participate in hospital leadership and collaborate with leaders to design and provide patient care and services.
Help ensure qualified nursing and applicable ancillary clinical staffing.
Budget resources for patient care and maintain fiscal responsibility.
Ensure financial, operational, and strategic objectives are achieved.
Develop and implement programs.
Participate in developing and implementing organizational strategies to improve patient-care delivery.
Perform other duties as assigned.