Chief Nursing Officer

Prime Healthcare•Chicago, IL

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California, operating 54 hospitals and over 360 outpatient locations across 15 states. With over 60,000 employees and physicians, Prime Healthcare is a leading health system dedicated to saving and transforming hospitals, jobs, and lives by delivering exceptional care. Twenty-one of its hospitals are part of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking a Chief Nursing Officer to join its executive leadership network for a hospital within its family of acute care hospitals.

Requirements

Active and current professional registered nurse license in the state in which they practice is required.
An academic degree in nursing is required.
A postgraduate degree in nursing or related field (may include health care administration or business administration) or a written plan with specified time-lines to obtain a postgraduate degree is required.
Current BLS (AHA) certificate and maintain current.
Minimum of five (5) years of progressive management experience in a facility environment, as a Nursing Director of multiple, complex nursing departments.
Minimum of two (2) years previous leadership or administrative experience required.
Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Proven leadership ability and facility operational expertise.
Ability to serve as role model and advocate for the professional discipline of nursing.
Proven ability to effectively and efficiently organize patient care promoting optimal outcomes, patient safety, and patient, physician and employee satisfaction.
Proven success recruiting, retaining and developing staff.
Strength in mentoring and developing staff, encouraging professional growth and achievement.
Proven track record in taking the lead in complying with regulatory standards, rules and laws.

Responsibilities

Providing strategic leadership as the senior executive position responsible for all nursing and other designated patient care functions and services within the hospital organization.
Functioning at an executive level to provide effective and coordinated leadership to deliver nursing care, treatment, and services.
Assuming responsibility for assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice on a facility level.
Assuming 24/7 responsibility and accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.
Representing nursing concerns on the governing board and at medical staff leadership meetings.
Serving as a member of professional staff committees in matters pertaining to patient care and having the authority to speak on behalf of nursing and clinical areas to the same extent that other hospital leaders speak for their respective disciplines or departments.
Demonstrating thorough knowledge of Federal, State, Local Laws, and Accreditation Standards.
Implementing standards of nursing practice and standards of care, annually reviewing and revising as necessary to reflect changes in nursing practice.
Demonstrating knowledge of proper identification and reporting of medical/health care errors.
Protecting the patient in the event of a medical/healthcare error and as appropriate, assisting in medical/healthcare error resolution.
Demonstrating knowledge of responsible cost controls mechanisms to ensure maximum effectiveness of funds expended from approved departmental budgets.