Chief Nursing Officer

City of Hope•Newnan, GA

About The Position

City of Hope is seeking a Chief Nursing Officer to lead nursing and patient-care services at City of Hope Atlanta. The role is suited to an executive nursing leader with significant inpatient and outpatient hospital experience, particularly in cancer care, who can guide transformation and growth, develop high-performing clinical teams, and advance quality, patient experience, and operational excellence. As a member of the hospital Executive Leadership Team, the Chief Nursing Officer will represent nursing in organizational planning and decision-making and align patient-care services with City of Hope Atlanta’s strategic direction. The role sets strategy and vision for clinical services, future growth, high reliability, nursing resources, staffing models, and daily resource allocation. It leads nursing operations, clinical practice, policy, and patient engagement across the care continuum, while supporting workforce planning, financial and operational leadership, and regulatory and quality accountability. The Chief Nursing Officer works with medical and enterprise clinical leaders to improve clinical operations and outcomes, sustain evidence-based best practices, and advance patient safety, accreditation, and care-delivery standards. The role also represents nursing and patient care to governing bodies and external audiences, fosters a Magnet culture, builds trust across stakeholders, and supports shared governance, academic partnerships, interprofessional collaboration, and long-term workforce planning.

Requirements

Baccalaureate and master’s degrees required, with at least one degree in Nursing.
Current registered nurse license required.
Licensed in Georgia or able to obtain a Georgia license within six months.
Fifteen years of nursing experience.
Ten years in a nursing leadership role.
Significant inpatient and outpatient hospital experience with a focus in cancer.
Executive nursing leadership experience.
Track record of transformation and growth.
Passion for developing high-performing clinical teams.
Strong commitment to quality, patient experience, and operational excellence.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate in nursing or a related field, such as a PhD, DNP, or comparable degree.
Leadership experience within a Magnet organization.

Responsibilities

Serve on the hospital Executive Leadership Team and advance organizational goals and objectives.
Represent nursing in organizational planning and decision-making across the care continuum.
Align patient-care services goals with City of Hope Atlanta’s strategic direction.
Set strategy and vision for clinical services, future growth, high reliability, nursing resources, staffing models, and daily resource allocation.
Lead nursing operations, clinical nursing practice, clinical policy, and patient engagement across the care continuum.
Participate in resource allocation and mentor nursing leaders in financial and operational leadership.
Establish workforce-productivity and staffing standards; partner with Talent on workforce planning, succession, recruitment, retention, and market analysis.
Hold leaders accountable for policy, regulatory, quality, and operational requirements; partner with Supply Chain on product standardization.
Guide the development, implementation, monitoring, and sustainability of clinical best practices.
Partner with the Chief Medical Officer and enterprise clinical leadership to improve clinical operations and outcomes.
Advance evidence-based standards, patient-care expectations, care-delivery models, accreditation, regulation, and patient safety.
Seek opportunities to increase City of Hope’s presence and influence in healthcare.
Represent the patient-care and nursing perspective to governing bodies and external audiences.
Create and sustain a Magnet culture that attracts and retains clinicians.
Build credibility and trust with enterprise leaders, boards, medical staff, clinical staff, and other stakeholders.
Use shared-governance principles, develop academic partnerships, and strengthen interprofessional collaboration and long-term workforce planning.