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Job Title: Chief Nursing Officer

Location: Tacoma WA USA - max salary $156,000

Note: Applicant must be resident of the USA or Green Card Holder.

Must-Haves

• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse licensure.

• Masters degree preferred and/or BSN with plan to complete a masters degree program in healthcare administration, business administration, or clinical specialty
• Minimum of five years experience in healthcare administration/management with a minimum of two years experience at a senior nursing management level.
• Minimum of five years experience in hospital management in an inpatient, acute care environment.

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

Directs and coordinates functions and activities of nursing department and assigned clinical operation departments. Consults with and advises Chief Executive Officer on the general operation of the hospital. Develops nursing and clinical departments goals, objectives, and standards of performance, policies and procedures. Organizes nursing and clinical departments according to administrative and nursing service guidelines; ensures compliance with legal, organizational, and medical staff standards. Has authority and responsibility for establishing, directing, and implementing the Standards of Nursing Practice and the clinical operations and financial matters related to all nursing and clinical care areas and functions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters degree preferred and/or BSN with plan to complete a masters degree program in healthcare administration, business administration, or clinical specialty
• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse licensure.
• Current CRRN or obtained within 2 years preferred

• Minimum of five years experience in healthcare administration/management with a minimum of two years experience at a senior nursing management level.
• Minimum of five years experience in hospital management in an inpatient, acute care environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Job Specific:

• Provides professional working conditions for employees.
• Ensures the nursing department staff performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Assists with development of the budget for the nursing department in collaboration with the CEO and Controller. Manages costs associated with personnel, equipment and supplies.
• Responsible for staffing plans, management of nursing hours per patient day, and quality of work of nursing staff.

• Assures compliance with nursing scope of practice and HIPAA.
• Enforces compliance of the nursing department with education/in-service requirements/orientation and competencies.
• Leads monthly staff meetings and communicates information to/from management and leadership.
• Promotes rehabilitation nursing philosophy and practice; encourages staff development, including acquisition of CRRN for qualified registered nurses.
• Assists to review and evaluate risk and quality indicators, patient satisfaction results, and outcomes in order to continually improve performance and outcomes; communicates this information to the nursing department.

• Performs management activities including interviewing, hiring, evaluating, counseling, and performance evaluations of staff in the nursing department.
• Assures occurrence of appropriate documentation, including documentation of medical necessity, by staff in medical records; monitors completion and revisions to the Interdisciplinary Care Plan.
• Assures education and training is provided to nursing staff on Quality Indicators (QI); assures timely and accurate QI assessments and scoring is performed.
• Assures nursing attendance and participation in team conferences.
• Ensures that patient charges are accurate and entered on a timely basis.

• Other duties as assigned

Screening Questions

• Tell me a bit about yourself, your experience and what youre looking for in your next role.
• How would you describe your leadership style?

• This is a very hand on role, are you comfortable jumping in to help the team?
• Tell me about a time you had a tricky situation to navigate or a problem to solve. What was your thought process? Anything you would have done differently?

Interview Steps

• Screen Interview
• Interview with AVP

• Interview with CEO
• Panel Interview with Senior Leadership Team