CHIEF NURSING OFFICER
Company: Rivers Edge Hospital
Location: Saint Peter
Posted on: October 20, 2024
Job Description:
Position Title: CHIEF NURSING OFFICER
Location: Saint Peter, MN
Employement Type: Exempt
Base Pay: $144310.00 - $176508.00 / Year
Description: The Chief Nursing Officer provides clinical and
administrative leadership to the clinical care areas of the
hospital (Nursing, Pharmacy, Rehabilitation Services, Pharmacy).
The Chief Nursing Officer ensures patient expectations are
exceeded, assures the organization can implement its
mission-vision-values, oversees and integrates the care delivery
system and merges the art and science of nursing to address patient
care needs.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Customers Needs and Expectations
- Leads the development, implementation and continuous
improvement of care delivery models and services that meet or
exceed customer expectations.
- Ensures patient rights by maintaining and enforcing patient
confidentiality and patient rights issues among staff members.
- Works to improve results of inpatient and outpatient
satisfaction surveys through the development and implementation of
focused action plans.
- Assists with responding to patient and family concerns and
communicates these concerns to appropriate staff. Maintains
documentation of resolution of concern in collaboration with the
Chief Experience Officer.
- Human Resource Management
- Leads a multidisciplinary work force that provides clinically
competent, efficient and compassionate care and service.
- Integrates organizational processes around recruitment and
retention of staff as well as alignment of staff for optimal care
delivery.
- Assesses the required skill sets, development plans, leadership
and coaching proficiency for direct report managers.
- Leads and coordinates efforts to ensure that staff development
and education occur in order to assure quality patient care
delivery.
- Is responsible for the orientation of direct reports and
oversight of orientation plans for all departments of
responsibility.
- Demonstrates sensitivity to staff needs as they relate to the
job by providing support and referring to appropriate resources
when necessary.
- Assesses employee competency related to expectations of duties,
implements performance improvement plans and conducts coaching and
corrective counseling as needed.
- Leads and coordinates personnel-related duties (ie.
interviewing, coaching, corrective counseling, payroll, staffing
and scheduling, and employee engagements).
- Maintains responsibility for departmental Position Control
documentation and demonstrates understanding of data to plan
predict staffing needs, including the use of supplemental
staff.
- Anticipates turnover in staff to ensure replacements without
disruption of patient care.
- Demonstrates the understanding of staffing models and
productivity to ensure fiduciary responsibility and facilitate safe
staffing.
- Serves as liaison between employees, physicians and
leadership.
- Managing the Care Delivery Structure
- Leads the development and use of care management systems that
promote evidence-based, clinically effective and efficient care to
the communities we serve
- Develops care management systems that guide patients through
the most appropriate levels of care and assists with managing
effective third-party relationships.
- Leads the design and implementation of a continuum-based care
delivery model that provides easy patient access to all necessary
levels of care.
- Leads and coordinates the development of policies and
procedures according to best practices, current regulatory
recommendations and standards.
- Effectively communicates changes, desires, concerns across the
organization.
- Impact of Technology on Care
- Establishes standards of care involving the use of new
technology in the hospital and the related payer guidelines.
- Assesses new equipment capabilities and assures competency of
staff.
- Financial Outcomes
- Leads the fiscal oversight of allocated resources in order to
optimize return on investments in all clinical and service
initiatives.
- Leads the development of departmental budgets based on revenue,
expense and trend reports.
- Participate in the identification and development of new
programs to enhance revenue.
- Identify sources of cost savings while providing the highest
quality of care.
- Monitor monthly budget and develop action plans necessary to
improve the financial outlook of the departments of
responsbility.
- Shares financial information with direct reports and directs
the work to maintain operations within budget.
- Reviews and addresses variance in budget across departments of
responsibility.
- Data Management
- Develops systems to continuously monitor and measure the
quality, safety and appropriateness of care and services.
- Maintains proficient clinical, operational and financial
databases upon which comparative outcomes can be derived, reported
and used for improvement.
- Strategic Visioning and Planning
- Actively participates in the development of the organizational
vision and strategic planning processes that lead to the
implementation of clinically cost-effective and efficient systems
of care within the continuum of the hospital services.
- Demonstrates strategic agility and flexibility in responding to
the multiple changes in health care.
- Plans, implements and evaluates the care delivery systems.
- Develops processes and models to ensure the needs of the
patients are the primary focus.
- Business Development Initiatives
- Promotes the development of initiatives for marketing care and
services provided by the hospital to patients, providers, staff and
other customers.
- Promotes the clinical credibility of the hospital within the
community.
- Continuous Improvement Skills
- Utilizes tools, expertise and applications for quality
improvement as a business strategy, and enhances leadership
capacity for building a culture of quality.
- Incorporates measurement and reporting systems to ensure
improvement of care.
- Maintains patient centric care.
- Develops and manages relationships that support the continuous
enhancement of safe, quality care delivery, and patient and
employee satisfaction.
- Leads by example, adhering to REH Standards of Behaviors.
- Lead managers in Continuous Quality Improvement projects,
(documentation and reporting).
- Maintains focus on departmental goals and core functions.
- Performance Requirements
- Works collaboratively with other members of the Executive
Team.
- Works collaboratively with all members of the leadership
team.
- Knowledge of management and nursing organizational theory to
direct the operation of the patient care.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of employee
development to educate and mentor staff.
- Knowledge of medical safety practices and standard requirements
to evaluate existing standards and implement new procedures.
- Knowledge of the principles of finance and budgeting to develop
and manage departmental budgets.
- Maintain skills necessary to apply and modify principles,
methods and techniques of professional nursing.
- Demonstrates the ability to anticipate and react calmly to
emergency situations.
- Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, judgment, and
discretion.
- Demonstrates the ability to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with employees, patients, medical staff and
the public.
- Demonstrates the ability to plan, prioritize, organize and
direct the work of others.
- Delegates tasks and projects to staff appropriately, taking
into account experience and criticality of the tasks.
- Understands the patient population and the specific needs of
the communities we serve.
- Demonstrates expertise in maintaining and/or enhancing the
organizational culture during periods of constant change in health
care.
- Demonstrates transparency and the ability to communicate
clearly and establish rapport with others.
- Demonstrates the ability to develop relationships with
other
- Orthopedic Center of Excellence skills as listed below to
include Hip, Knee, Shoulder and Spine procedures.
- Leads the development, implementation and continuous
improvement of care delivery models and services that meet or
exceed customer expectations.
- Leads a multidisciplinary work force that provides clinically
competent, efficient and compassionate care and service.
- Leads efforts to ensure that staff development and education
occur consistently in order to assure quality care delivery.
- Leads the development and use of care management systems to
promote evidence-based, clinically effective and efficient care to
the communities served.
- Develops care management systems that guide patients through
the most appropriate levels of care and assists with managing
effective third-party relationships.
- Leads the design and implementation of a continuum-based care
delivery model that provides easy patient access to all necessary
levels of care.
- Establishes standards of care involving the use of new
technology in the hospital and the related payer guidelines.
- Assesses new equipment's capabilities and assures proper
training for staff.
- Develops systems to continuously monitor and measure the
quality, safety and appropriateness of care and services.
- Maintains proficient clinical, operational and financial
databases upon which comparative outcomes can be delivered,
reported and used for improvement.
- Education per current DNV requirements as defined by CR.5 DNV
regulatory guidelines. Education to include eight hours on hire and
annually.
Requirements:
- Degree from an accredited school of nursing required. Masters
Degree preferred.
- MN Registered Nurse license required.
- American Heart BLS certification required.
- Minimum of four years of supervisory level experience in an
acute care setting required (Manager, Director, Executive).
Critical Access experience preferred.
- Physical Demands/Requirements
- Continual hearing in person and on phone, and vision for close
up work.
- Frequent sitting, ability to be mobile, grasping, keyboarding,
color vision needed, and repetitive hand movements.
- Occasional stationary standing, walking, stooping, twisting,
turning/pivoting, pushing/pulling, and lifting/carrying.
- This position does not require repetitive lifting/carrying or
pushing/pulling in excess of 30 pounds.
Summary: River's Edge Hospital (REH) is a critical access hospital
providing high-quality health care services to those who live,
work, or visit in the Saint Peter area. While much of our work is
focused on orthopedics, we provide multiple services for both
in-and out-patients. Our services include: 24/7 Emergency Care,
Urgent Care, Ambulance Services, Rehabilitation Services, Imaging
Services, Laboratory Services, Orthopedic Surgery, General Surgery,
ENT Surgery, Cardiac Rehabilitation and much more.
Employee Benefits Package:Employees at River's Edge Hospital enjoy
a traditional benefits package that includes medical, dental,
vision, and life insurance. Other benefits include:
- Paid Holidays
- National Certification Bonus
- Public Employee Retirement Association, defined pension benefit
plan, 457 Retirement plans
- Employer paid parental leave
- Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
- Employee referral bonus
- Longevity Bonus
- Voluntary accident, critical illness and hospital
indemnity
- Employer paid short term disability
- Clothing Allowance
- Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan Forgiveness
- Free membership to LiveWell Fitness Center
Compensation details: 144310-176508 Yearly Salary
PIe2f25302cafc-37248-35324929
Keywords: Rivers Edge Hospital, Burnsville , CHIEF NURSING OFFICER, Healthcare , Saint Peter, Minnesota
Didn't find what you're looking for? Search again!
Loading more jobs...