Associate Chief Nursing Officer Inpatient

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Assistant Chief Nursing Officer-Inpatient is responsible for Mission and Values implementation, operational leadership and direction of Inpatient departments. Is responsible for performance planning and improvement, clinical quality, fiscal and service results; and patient, customer and employee satisfaction.


Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Strategic Planning and Operations
• Oversees day-to-day operations of assigned areas, programs, projects and initiatives.
• Provides leadership and direction across nursing in areas of practice, stewardship, performance improvement and professionalism.
• Provides leadership and direction in establishing and operationalizing a nursing strategic plan across the organization.
• Sets organizational and Department of Nursing expectations for upholding mission, vision, values and 5-star goals in all initiatives/decisions.
• Works collaboratively across departments and disciplines to align planning and execution of organizational goals that promotes optimal patient and family outcomes.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies and standards governing health care delivery by continuous monitoring of clinical practices/operations and initiating improvement activities where required to proactively identify and address areas of potential non-compliance.
• Actively prioritizes communication, expectations and improvement work to support a culture that promotes patient and staff safety
• Excellence and Quality Outcomes
• Establishes and assures an active plan for both self and team accountability for evaluation of quality care delivery systems, staffing effectiveness, and patient care outcomes.
• Is a highly visible organizational leader, building strong relationships and collaborative processes.
• Facilitates shared accountability across the organization for exceptional performance and safe, quality processes and outcomes, in partnership with the medical staff, especially in the care and service of each patient.
• Ensures and models the discipline and rigor required daily for care areas to know their current performance to goal, improvement work and its impact on care delivery.
• Demonstrates ability to strategically identify, plan and communicate critical success factors necessary for nursing services across the department.
• Evaluates trended data and leads improvements in systems and processes for the Department of Nursing to ensure quality patient outcomes.
• Fiscal Management
• Assures the sound fiscal understanding of nursing leaders to establish and manage to budget and productivity targets.
• Skillfully manages operational resources across the Department of Nursing and adjusts operations to achieve financial objectives;
• Works collaboratively with the finance leaders to meet fiscal goals of the organization.
• Places a high degree of prioritization on the ongoing work to improve current processes and workflows aligning resources to high priority work across the department.
• Human Resource Management/People
• Demonstrates personal effectiveness in leading the Department of Nursing and areas of responsibility toward established goals.
• Models appropriate values and social, ethical, and organizational norms in leading others.
• Provides leadership in human resources development, performance management processes and outcomes, and the establishment of appropriate organizational structures in collaboration with the Human Resources Department and other department leaders.
• Delineates personnel accountabilities and empowers personnel to achieve personal, professional, and organizational goals.
• Manages organizational responsibilities in such a way that supports the leadership and management teams and the engagement of key stakeholders in achieving organizational goals.
• Maintains relationships with external key stakeholders and supports the department’s ability to deliver on all valid stakeholder expectations.
• Celebrates the innovation, creativity, risk-taking, and achievement of the organization, departments, and individuals.
• Maintains professional affiliations and enhances professional growth and development regarding latest trends in nursing and healthcare.
• Communication
• Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to develop an organization-wide team culture and intra-team cooperation.
• As a senior leader in nursing, represents nurses throughout the organization and consistently models positive, proactive and purposeful communication to support all departments and areas.
• Sets expectations of direct report leaders related to professional communication and messaging to teams and individuals across the Department of Nursing.
• Facilitates collaboration among key stakeholders in the quality and performance improvement initiatives of the Department of Nursing.
• Standards-based and Professional Practice
• Ensures nursing systems and processes are consistent with Hospital, Department of Nursing, professional, and regulatory standards and “best practices”.
• Promotes the highest standards of nursing professional excellence and care of patients;
• Assures that nursing practice is governed by professional nurses.
• Provides leadership in professional, community, and legislative organizations/ initiatives to shape the future of healthcare, nursing, and public policy.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Master Degree Nursing
• 5 or more years of experience at a Director of Nursing level or above in a medical center or multi-tiered health system setting
• Operational experience in a large, acute care organization

Required Language Skills

• English - Read, write, speak, and understand

Knowledge Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Strong interpersonal skills

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.