Chief Nursing Officer (Shawnee)

GENERAL SUMMARY :

The Regional Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is responsible for advancing the clinical strategy, fostering clinical effectiveness and patient safety while delivering exceptional consumer experiences that engage with AdventHealths regional network of hospitals, physicians practices, ambulatory, and post-acute services across the continuum. The CNO works collaboratively with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to ensure effective care integration including case management, care navigation, and clinical documentation integrity supporting the establishment of seamless navigation of patients within the continuum. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer for AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, the CNO also has responsibility for regional coordination of the Chief Nursing Officers in the Mid-America Region facilities. Additional responsibilities include performance improvement, infection prevention, regulatory compliance, and nursing education. With regional accountability for clinical workforce planning and succession planning, the CNO works collaboratively with the regional Chief People Officer to develop academic partnerships and strengthen the pipeline of clinicians.

Adheres to the ANA Code of Ethics, the ANA Scope and Standard for Nursing Practice, and the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies. Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility for maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all. The Chief Nursing Officer collaborates with the systems Chief Nurse Executive and serves as a regional liaison between corporate and the hospitals in the Mid-America region on all nursing initiatives.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Advance the clinical strategy, fostering clinical effectiveness and patient safety across the region.
• Work collaboratively with facility clinical leaders to deliver an exceptional consumer experience
• Articulate clinical strategy and align regional initiatives with the AdventHealth vision
• Promote consistency of clinical practice across the region, ensuring physicians and nurses partner in care redesign and clinical integration activities supporting improved clinical outcomes
• Develop Academic practice partnerships supporting future workforce development and robust recruitment strategies for physicians, nurses, and clinicians.
• Collaborate with the region CIO to establish processes supporting the identification of technology for clinical integration and optimization of the electronic health record.
• Design and test innovative care delivery models across the regional entities.
• Establish and maintain mechanisms for sharing clinical best practices across the region.
• Evaluates and recommends information technology to support and enhance the delivery of patient care and management decision-making in collaboration with regional CIO
• Leads regional CNO Groups to ensure consistent standards of practice and delivery of care across the region.
• Develops and recruits nurse and physician executive leaders to ensure a robust pipeline for facility CNO positions.
• Ensures policies and procedures that define the scope of practice for patient care activities are routinely evaluated and based on current clinical standards of practice.
• Ensures that resources are identified to meet the clinical functions of patient care and ensures the appropriate level of staffing to support organizational goals.
• Ensures facility compliance with all regulatory and accreditation requirements in all areas where patient care is delivered.
• Responsible for the implementation of effective and ongoing programs to monitor the appropriateness of patient care delivered to patients.
• Assesses existing and potential systems for effectiveness and formulates recommendations for improvement.
• Develops plans of action that establish objectives, define strategies, and outline in detail the operational actions needed to meet current and future organizational objectives.
• Responsible for fiscal management in all areas of scope of responsibility

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