Chief Nursing Officer Job at HARTZ Search (Fairfield)

Job Description

The Chief Nursing Officer is the acute care nursing leader under the direction of the Regional Chief Nurse Executive and facility administrator and as such, is responsible for monitoring the standard for nursing practice and patient care. This position is responsible for the full scope of nursing services within the organization, leadership in planning, directing, coordinating, providing and improving patient care services consistent with hospital policies, objectives and standards for quality nursing care, and oversight of for achieving financial and strategic objectives.

Job Responsibility

Lead in a changing environment with focus on stabilization of daily operational issues while remaining in alignment with the Strategic Plan and uses Best Practice principles and nursing research to promote professional nursing practice connecting the continuum of care
24-hour responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional nursing care and the allocation of resources for the assigned areas of responsibility and overall nursing care delivery
Achievement of clinical outcomes, productivity/outcomes measure, and adherence to nursing practice standards
Implement quality improvement plans, which are unit specific and achieve continuous improvements using measurable monitoring tools and processes
Cultivating and perpetuating a culture that embraces and exemplifies nursing professional practice and leadership excellence
Fiscally accountable to design and achieve budget through cost reductions and revenue enhancements
initiate proactive interventions that achieve continuity of care across the continuum
Create quality initiatives that support competency of resources, safe environment, regulatory expectations and a reduction of risks with unique plans for all areas of nursing practice
knowledgeable of all regulatory expectations and achieves regulatory compliance for nursing
Develop manpower plans based on objective data
initiate standardization of safe staffing plans
minimize risk management vulnerabilities
Required to understand the complexities of union environments
Collaborate with finance and site leadership to design and achieve budget-revenue targets
Advance the practice of nursing by implementing best practice interventions
use data measures to improve clinical outcomes for groups of targeted patient population
support and use nursing research
implement structures and processes for caregivers to influence improvements in their practice

Requirements

BSN required/MSN preferred
OH, RN license or eligible to transfer
5+ years related experience including 3-5 years management and/or leading others
Experience with the complexities of managing in a non-union environment is preferred
with labor relations experience and union avoidance strategies

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