Chief Nursing Officer CNO
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Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
United Surgical Partners International the country s largest ASC platform is currently seeking a Chief Nursing Officer(Clinical Director) at Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood located in Kingwood TX. Kingwood Texas is a suburb of Houston.
At Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood the highly skilled and experienced surgeons are specialists dedicated to patient well being.
Our facility is accredited by the Joint Commission. This facility has 6 OR s and 2 Treatment Rooms. Our state-of the art equipment allows surgeons to perform procedures in the specialty areas of: ENT General Surgery GI Gynecology Ophthalmology Orthopedics Pain Management Plastic Surgery Podiatry Spine and Urology.
Ideal candidates will have O/R experience. We seek candidates with a track record of strong leadership and teambuilding skills. A current Clinical Director in an ASC would be considered a solid candidate if education requirements met: BSN plus MSN MBA or MHA.
Job Summary
The CNO is responsible for management of all nursing service departments and other clinical departments of the hospital. The CNO is responsible for the quality of patient care and ensures that sufficient and properly prepared personnel carry out these functions. This position is responsible for all departmental functions in support of the hospital mission vision and facility goals. The CNO identifies the cost-effective systems needed to support the business of the department considering business trends resource availability and changes in customers. This position establishes effective working relationships with all constituencies including patients physicians employees volunteers and vendors. The CNO identifies and remedies through continuous customer satisfaction data and employee involvement. The CNO works with other Senior Management in meeting facility goals. Develops directs the implementation and ensures compliance of Standards of Practice that promote optimum health care delivery.
Job Responsibilities
- Develops hospital plan for the provision of nursing care that is designed to support improvement in nursing practice and is based on both the needs of the patient and is based on both the needs of the patient to be served and the hospital mission.
- Reviews work schedules assignments patient classification and supervisors reports to assess daily the appropriate number and level of personnel needed to provide quality care.
- Recommends and carries out changes in personnel and assignments accordingly.
- Acts as administrative resource to clinical directors/coordinators in areas including (but not limited to):
- Development and updating of policies procedures and job description;
- Budget preparation for clinical departments;
- Personnel functions evaluation and grievances;
- Improvement of clinical services performance.
- Develops and/or assists with the development of hospital wide patient care programs policies amid procedures that describe how they needs of patients or patient populations are assessed evaluated and met.
- Develops staffing plan for all nursing units and Nursing service lines of authority and support staff.
- Attends and participates in Medical Staff and Medical Executive Committees and hospital Board meetings in planning promoting and conducting organizational performance - improvement activities.
- Actively participates with the governing body management team medical staff and clinical areas in developing implementing and evaluating in hospitals strategic plan budgets resource allocation and operation/plan and policies.
- Meets regularly with Administrative team to discuss objectives staffing needs management problems.
- Implements the finding and informed up to date in all aspects of nursing care and management through literature workshops seminars courses and conferences with other Chief Nursing Officers.
- Implements an effective on-going evaluation process for patient care to ensure continuous improvement as part of the hospital-wide Performance Improvement process.
- Evaluates and ensures the nursing process is carried out in a continuous manner on all patients.
- Ensures the continuous and timely availability of nursing services to patients.
- Implements the findings of current research from nursing and other literature into the policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care.
- Ensures nursing service staff carry out applicable processes in the patient care and organization-wide functions described in this manual.
- Assigns responsibility to individuals or groups of nursing staff members to act on improving the nursing service s performance.
- Actively participates in the hospital s leadership functions.
- Collaborates with other hospital leaders in designing and providing patient care and services.
- Participates with hospital leaders in providing for enough appropriate qualified nursing staff members to care for patients.
- Develops presents and manages the nursing services portion of the hospital s budget.
Qualifications:
Education
- Required: Bachelors degree in Nursing and Masters degree in Nursing Healthcare Administration or Business Administration.
Experience
- Required: 5 years progressive management experience in hospital environment as a direct of multiple complex nursing departments.
- Preferred: Previous experience as a CNO. Previous experience in a surgical hospital.
Certifications
- Required: Currently licensed certified or registered to practice profession as required by law regulation in state of practice or policy. AHA BLS.
The employment practices of USPI and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Registered Nurse
BSN
MSN/MBA/MHA
Key Skills
- Nurse Management
- Patient Care
- Hospital Experience
- Employee Evaluation
- Acute Care
- Healthcare Management
- Management Experience
- Primary Care Experience
- Conflict Management
- Nursing
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
