Chief Nursing Officer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Significant progressive leadership experience in nursing and/or healthcare administration, with 10 or more years of experience.
• Demonstrated nursing executive leadership experience in a large, complex acute care hospital environment, with ability to navigate multiple priorities and a matrixed organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and a master’s degree in Nursing or a related field.
• Current, active RN licensure; an Oregon Registered Nurse license is required upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• National certification from ANA or a professional organization in a relevant field of clinical expertise is preferred upon hire.
• Strong Magnet knowledge and experience.
• Labor relations experience, including collective bargaining agreements, grievances, appeals, staffing, employee engagement, and partnership with union representatives.
• Experience leading significant organizational change and transformation.
• Demonstrated financial, operational, and workforce management acumen.
• Experience developing nursing leaders and building sustainable talent pipelines.
• Strong experience with quality leadership, patient safety, and HRO principles.
• A track record of building constructive relationships in complex labor environments.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate a compelling vision for nursing and patient care, connecting nursing priorities with organizational goals for quality, finance, growth, access, workforce, and patient experience.
• Champion professional nursing practice, shared governance, evidence-based practice, nursing autonomy, clinical excellence, and Magnet principles and standards.
• Advance quality, patient safety, and High Reliability Organization principles, keeping patients’ voices and needs central to clinical decision-making.
• Lead transformation and organizational change, building alignment and sustaining momentum.
• Establish clear expectations and a culture of accountability, empowering leaders and caregivers to deliver measurable results.
• Apply operational and financial expertise to staffing, productivity, throughput, labor costs, quality, and clinical operations.
• Build and develop a strong nursing leadership pipeline; coach leaders and attract and retain talent from frontline nursing through management.
• Partner with physicians, executives, and other clinical and operational leaders to advance organizational strategy and clinical excellence.
• Develop productive, collaborative labor relationships.
• Build alignment and advance shared priorities across local, regional, and system partners in a highly matrixed organization.
• Maintain a visible presence throughout the organization and regularly engage and inspire frontline caregivers.
• Bring Providence’s Mission and values to life through authentic leadership and commitment to patients, caregivers, the nursing profession, and the communities Providence serves.