CNO Chief Nursing Officer Paducah KY

Vibra Travels•Lone Oak, TX

20d

About The Position

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is responsible for the day-to-day operations of clinical services at the LTACH and reports directly to the LTACH CEO. The CNO provides, manages, and supervises clinical staff, ensuring staffing levels, competency, and numbers are appropriate to meet patients’ immediate and complex needs. The CNO promotes the overall quality of nursing care in accordance with ANA Standards of Practice. Working with professional staff, the CNO plans, coordinates, manages, and evaluates LTACH clinical programs and services, promoting a team approach to patient care. The role oversees nursing operations, quality and safety, financial resources, staffing and performance management, physician and community relationships, communication, talent development, accountability, and change initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited university program.
Current Registered Nurse licensure in the state where the assigned hospital is located, maintained throughout employment.
At least three years of direct patient-care experience in an LTAC or acute-care setting.
At least two years of nursing management experience demonstrating competency in supervising patient-care services; qualifying experience may include nursing manager, nursing director, CNO, or equivalent roles.
Ability to define realistic, specific goals and objectives and prioritize objectives.
Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.
Ability to manage people in a way that builds morale and commitment to goals and objectives.
Ability to work with all levels of management and respect differences.
Ability to communicate and relate well with others, communicate openly and respectfully, share information appropriately, keep others informed, encourage differing views, and respond promptly to messages and requests.
Trustworthiness.
Ability to identify and resolve operational and administrative problems.
Ability to work with the Medicare system and adapt to changes.
Ability to work independently.
Proficiency with PC skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
Knowledge sufficient to understand and apply healthcare-industry concepts and terminology.
Strong customer orientation.
Critical-thinking skills.
Sound, accurate judgment and timely decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), or enrollment in and progress toward an MSN.
LTACH experience.
Critical-care experience.

Responsibilities

Convey the hospital’s values through personal actions and foster teamwork, employee engagement, accountability, quality results, and organizational excellence.
Define and implement operational standards, policies, and procedures for assessing, meeting, and evaluating patient nursing-care needs.
Collect and analyze operational and clinical-process data, assess needs, prioritize improvements, and solve operational problems.
Establish an organized nursing service and administrative structure, maintain a chain of command, ensure nursing services are provided or supervised by registered nurses, and ensure at least one registered nurse is on duty at all times.
Demonstrate commitment to excellent customer service and meeting or exceeding patient expectations.
Incorporate recognized professional standards and expert literature into nursing-care policies and procedures.
Identify and implement changes that improve safety and quality of care, resolve problems, and maintain patient rights.
Integrate nursing services into the organization’s quality assessment and performance improvement program.
Oversee nursing operating, special project, and capital budgets; use appropriate productivity measures; support revenue-cycle needs; meet critical financial metrics; and steward financial resources.
Determine staffing requirements and ensure adequate numbers of competent, properly credentialed, educated, trained, motivated, and engaged staff, including contract labor.
Direct performance-management systems, including timely feedback, recognition of excellence, and action on problem behavior or poor performance.
Collaborate with the Medical Staff to identify and resolve issues affecting nursing and overall patient care.
Foster effective communication among patients, nursing staff, and medical staff, and promote harmonious relationships with patients and the public.
Influence and communicate effectively across hospital and corporate levels, build trust through timely communication, maintain medical staff relationships, seek stakeholder input, and address concerns.
Work with community leaders to assess healthcare needs, build a positive hospital image, and market hospital services; participate in civic and other community service.
Assess development needs and provide feedback, coaching, and development opportunities; address performance and behavior problems promptly.
Set clear goals and expectations, hold self and others accountable, demand high performance, keep commitments, and promote ownership.
Advocate for change, explain its reasons and benefits, involve stakeholders, connect change to work processes, follow through on initiatives, and communicate with affected people.