Chief Nursing Executive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing and master’s degree in business, nursing, health care administration or a related field.
• PhD or DNP preferred.
• Registered Nurse.
• Ten years of increasingly responsible experience in hospital management and strategic planning, preferably in an academic medical center.
• Comprehensive and thorough understanding of all elements of health care delivery, including strategy, business planning, operations and financial conditions.
• Change management skills to transition the organization from a current state to a future state with the least amount of resistance.
• Expertise in evaluating the organization issues, initiating actions to make change, planning change with stakeholder buy-in and executing the plan while being flexible to the changing landscape.
• Collaborative leadership skills to function in a highly complex and matrixed organizational environment, demonstrates expert skill in building collaborative relationships, developing strategies and engaging in constructive problem-solving.
• Relationship building skills to develop outstanding relationships at all levels of the organization in an environment that is managed through influence and relationships.
• Expertise in all aspects of assigned functions, as well as development and management of operational and capital budgets.
• Sets high standards of behavior, performance, quality, credibility, and integrity; exhibits judgment and business acumen necessary to raise performance to levels that would not otherwise be achieved.
• Demonstrated understanding of the roles of teaching, research and patient care in the academic medical center and active participation in improvements relevant to each mission.
• Ability to comply with all nurse practice and medical center policies and procedures for infection control, safety, administrative and clinical practice.
• Ability to comply with activities mandated by The Joint Commission/Title 22, CLIA, etc.
• Served in a Magnet organization or understands the principles of shared governance and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Prior experience in a unionized environment is strongly preferred.
• PhD or DNP preferred.

Requirements

• Ensures integration of services as appropriate across UCSF Health, and alignment with long-range objectives and strategies.
• Safeguards compliance with internal policies and external regulatory agencies.
• Ensures professional nursing standards are uniform and maintained across UCSF Health.