Chief Nursing Officer

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership as the senior executive position responsible for all nursing and other designated patient care functions and services within the hospital organization.
• Functioning at an executive level to provide effective and coordinated leadership to deliver nursing care, treatment, and services.
• Absorbing responsibility and accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.
• Representing nursing concerns on the governing board and at medical staff leadership meetings.
• Serving as a member of professional staff committees in matters pertaining to patient care and has authority to speak on behalf of nursing and clinical areas to same extent that other hospital leaders speak for their respective disciplines or departments.
• Demonstrating thorough knowledge of Federal, State, Local Laws, and Accreditation Standards.
• Implementing standards of nursing practice and standards of care, annually reviewing and revising as necessary to reflect changes in nursing practice.
• Demonstrating knowledge of proper identification and reporting of medical/health care errors. Protecting the patient in the event of a medical/healthcare error and as appropriate, assisting in medical/health care error resolution.
• Demonstrating knowledge of responsible cost controls mechanisms to insure maximum effectiveness of funds expended from approved departmental budgets.

Qualifications

• Active and current professional registered nurse licensed in the state in which they practice is required.
• An academic degree in nursing is required, and a postgraduate degree in nursing or related field (may include health care administration or business administration) or a written plan with specified time-lines to obtain a postgraduate degree is required.
• Current BLS (AHA) certificate and maintain current.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive management experience in a facility environment, as a Nursing Director of multiple, complex nursing departments.
• Minimum of two (2) years previous leadership or administrative experience required.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Prominent leadership ability and facility operational expertise.
• Ability to serve as role model and advocate for the professional discipline of nursing.
• Prominent success recruiting, retaining and developing staff.
• Strength in mentoring and developing staff, encouraging professional growth and achievement.
• Prominent track record in taking the lead in complying with regulatory standards, rules and laws.

Pay

Prime Healthcare Management Inc. offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $230,000.00 to $250,000.00 on an annualized basis. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.