Chief Nursing Officer Jobs

299 jobs found — updated daily

Chief Nursing Officer

City of Hope•Newnan, GA

About The Position

City of Hope is seeking a Chief Nursing Officer to lead nursing and clinical services at City of Hope Atlanta. This executive leadership role is suited to a leader energized by transformation, growth, and building for the future, with significant cancer-focused inpatient and outpatient hospital experience. The CNO will shape the clinical services strategy and vision, support organizational goals, and represent nursing in planning and decision-making across the care continuum. The role leads nursing operations, clinical nursing practice, clinical policy, and patient engagement. The CNO will advance high reliability, quality, patient experience, operational excellence, evidence-based care, patient safety, and sustainable clinical best practices. The position also contributes to resource allocation, workforce planning, staffing standards, and the development of nursing leaders, while building trusted relationships with enterprise leaders, governing bodies, medical staff, clinicians, and other stakeholders. The successful candidate must hold a baccalaureate and a master's degree, with at least one degree in nursing; maintain a current registered nurse license; and have 15 years of nursing experience, including 10 years in a nursing leadership role. A Georgia nursing license is required or must be obtained within six months. A doctorate and leadership experience in a Magnet organization are preferred.

Requirements

  • Baccalaureate and master's degrees; one of the degrees must be in Nursing.
  • Current registered nurse license.
  • Licensed in Georgia or able to obtain a Georgia license within six months.
  • Fifteen years of nursing experience, including 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 the 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 and partner with Talent on workforce planning, succession, recruitment, retention, and market analysis.
  • Hold leaders accountable for policy, regulatory, quality, and operational requirements and 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.

Benefits

  • Eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

Build a Resume for Chief Nursing Officer

The resume builder that gets results.

  • Get clear feedback so you look as qualified as you are
  • Align your resume with the job to get further in the process, faster
  • Take the guesswork out of resume writing

Explore Related Job Searches

© 2026 Teal Labs, Inc
Privacy PolicyTerms of Service