Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer

Job Description

Ensures the organizational values, goals, and objectives are transformed into daily operations resulting in an excellent quality, efficient, effective, caring and respectful environment.

Works collaboratively with the medical staff, nursing leadership, and clinical/financial/operational leaders to deliver cost effective, high quality clinical services and outcomes in partnership with affiliate organizations and providers that optimize the delivery of patient care.

Drives outcomes in patient centered care in order to make JAH/JLH the hospital of choice for Patients and Employees.

Safeguards a collaborative partnership in communication and relationship building competencies through strategic planning activities, commitment to shared decision-making, medical staff relationships, diversity, equity and inclusion, relationship management and community involvement.

Utilizes business acumen, inclusive of healthcare financing, human resource management including professional development, strategic management, marketing and information management, and technology development to effectively oversee JAH/JLH’s nursing operations.

Prepares and manages according to fiscal year budget plans, ensuring that the budget planning process correctly identifies operational needs and that the nursing leadership team operates within the approved fiscal year budget.

Emulates person and professional accountability ethics, evidence based clinical and management practice including advocacy for the clinical enterprise and professional nursing practice, including the Jefferson College of Nursing.

Qualifications

• Doctoral preparation is strongly preferred.
• A Bachelor’s and Master’s degree required, one of which must be in Nursing.
• An advanced level of knowledge acquired through completion of formal and continuing education in Nursing, health policy, regulatory compliance, process redesign and management are essential.
• Extensive clinical nursing and management experience with a minimum of seven (7) years in senior nursing leadership roles is required with prior CNO experience preferred.
• Nursing leadership experience in an academic medical center or complex healthcare organization is required, preferably in a healthcare system.
• Knowledge and experience in Magnet principles is required, as well as prior experience in a Magnet facility.
• Knowledge of nursing staffing methods, retention, recruitment, and finance.
• Proven strategic-thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills.

Skills

Strategic thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.