SVP & Chief Nursing Officer

Strategy & Alignment

• Leads the development, translation and execution of system strategy (Vision 2030, AOP, True North) into enterprise-wide nursing priorities, operating plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Establishes and enforces enterprise-wide nursing strategy, care delivery models, standards, and performance frameworks to ensure consistent, scalable, high-quality care across all care settings.
• Drives system integration of nursing leadership and operations, consolidating hospital-based practices into a unified, high-performing enterprise model.
• Pairs with and advises executive leaders, clinical chairs, and service line leaders, shared services, and foundation partners to identify growth, care redesign, and service integration opportunities.

Nursing Practice, Quality, and Safety

• Serves as executive co-leader of system quality governance with Chief Clinical Officer and Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety; ensuring integration of evidence-based practice, nursing research, and high-reliability behaviors.
• Sustain nursing excellence (e.g., Magnet and Pathways to Excellence standards) and shared governance councils across all practice settings.
• Drives improvement and execution with all quality and throughput metrics, especially related to Quality Based Reimbursement and all other quality metrics.
• Sponsor Environment of care and regulatory readiness, tracers, and system corrective action plans.

Performance Improvement and Innovation

• Establishes, directs, and sustains a culture of performance improvement opportunities and coordinate actions that advance quality, patient safety and patient and employee satisfaction.
• Advise the CEO, EVP and Chief Operating Officer and executive leadership on enterprise clinical quality and safety initiatives.
• Use data analytics and best practice benchmarking to drive improvements in quality, safety, patient experience, workforce engagement, and financial performance.

Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

• Leads the development and sustainability of an organizational culture that reduces disparities in care delivery, outcomes, workforce experience, and access.
• Ensures integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into nursing practice, workforce development, and leadership decision-making.

Workforce Development and Succession Planning

• Provides executive oversight for system nursing strategy, including orientation programs, retention, engagement, recruitment, continued education, academic partnerships, and professional development of clinical nurses and support services staff.
• Mentor and develop nursing and clinical leaders to promote accountability, collaboration, innovation and high performance.
• Participate in succession planning and support talent development initiatives.
• Create and implement a nursing leadership development and succession plan framework.

Financial Stewardship

• Accountable for the overall financial performance of nursing and assigned patient care functions across the health system, including achievement of operating and capital budget targets.
• Lead system-wide nursing labor strategy, including staffing models, workforce planning, productivity optimization, and cost management across all care settings.
• Direct the development and execution of nursing-related operating and capital budgets in partnership with Finance and Human Resources; serve on the Luminis Health Capital Budget Committee.
• Establish and enforce system-wide productivity standards and performance expectations, leveraging data and analytics to drive efficiency, workforce sustainability, and high-quality patient outcomes and encourages research and clinical innovation in practice. Serve on Luminis Health Labor Management Committee.
• Identify and drive system-wide opportunities for cost improvement, care model redesign, and resource optimization to ensure long-term financial sustainability.

Community

• Supports applicable governance process and assists the EVP and Chief Operating Officer with community partnerships that support Vision 2030, True North, and the Annual Operating Plan.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with key leaders to facilitate the accomplishment of community and organizational goals and objectives.
• Collaborates with the hospital foundation around internal and external philanthropy and development.
• Facilitate and support Luminis Health Patient Family Advisory Committees across the enterprise.
• Represent the health system in local, regional, and national nursing forums.

Communication, Engagement and Visibility

• Drive collaboration among nursing, medical staff, support services and shared services by promoting consensus decision making.
• Develop processes and demonstrate open communication among assigned department colleagues, at the hospital and throughout the system.
• Serve as a visible executive leader across the system.
• Support leaders with effective messaging, change management initiatives, and engagement.

Regulatory and Compliance

• Maintain knowledge of Luminis Health’s Compliance Plan and Code of Conduct, ethics, as well as other policies and procedures to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.
• Ensure adherence to federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations (i.e. Joint Commission, OHCQ, etc.) through leadership, education, and accountability.

Results

• Oversees and drives accountability with system level reporting on quality, safety, workforce, growth, and financial performance.
• Provide updates, insights, and recommendations to the executive team.

Other System Expectations

• Provide leadership, coaching, and oversight to hospital-based leadership, ensuring consistency with system priorities while supporting local operational excellence.
• Foster collaboration across hospitals to strengthen care coordination and transitions.
• Promote the image and accomplishments of Luminis Health.
• Serve on Hospital and system level committees.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in nursing management with a minimum of 12 years of experience.
• Preferred experience in hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, or ambulatory settings.
• Master’s degree in Nursing or related field, with a BSN preferred.
• PhD or DNP strongly preferred.
• MDR license required; residency status may impact licensure requirements.
• Certified in at least one nationally recognized professional area.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more

Location

Annapolis, MD