Associate Chief Nursing Officer - Nursing Administration Job at CHRISTUS Health, Alice, TX

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  • CHRISTUS Health
  • Alice, TX

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Summary:

The Assistant Chief Nursing Officer is responsible for promoting the CHRISTUS Health mission, core values and vision, and for operational effectiveness and quality of nursing care and services. Builds collaborative nurse-physician relationships to provide safe, effective, and efficient patient care while ensuring nurses feel empowered to serve as patient representatives/advocates. In addition, the In alignment with regional nursing leadership, provides nursing personnel with leadership, decision-making, and direction in patient care services and defined areas. In alignment with the region, responsible for assessing the environment, forecasting trends, transmitting values, communicating ideas, developing and implementing policies, managing, and initiating systems and programs that promote excellence in service and safety for patient care delivery and that create an excellent place to work.

Responsibilities:

  • Works collaboratively with hospital executives, physicians and directors to establish and maintain a safe, suitable, caring environment for effective and efficient nursing practice and patient care services.
  • Coordinates and develops before implementing policies, standards, and programs that support the clinical practice of nursing and that support the effectiveness of nursing care and delivery systems for all patients and patient populations served by the hospital and as defined in the hospital's plan(s) for providing nursing care, treatment, and services. Standards of care, practice, policies, and procedures are evidence-based and knowledge driven.
  • Ensures all nursing policies, procedures, and standards are defined, documented, and accessible to the nursing staff in written or electronic form.
  • Develops and implements a plan for providing nursing care to patients requiring nursing care, treatment, and services ensuring that the nursing care delivery system considers factors such as patient mix, community needs, knowledge and skills of nursing staff, availability of resources, and established health care outcomes.
  • Builds effective partnerships with physicians and collaborates with the medical staff in the delivery of healthcare services and the development of mutually agreed upon clinical care programs.
  • Works to establish effective collaborative interdisciplinary and intradepartmental teams throughout the facility to establish a climate of exceptional clinical care, patient safety, immediate response to adverse events, fiscally responsible care, appropriate admission and discharge transitions, culturally sensitive interactions, and promotion of health.
  • Encourages innovative leadership at the department level promoting nurses’ decision-making control over nurse practice.
  • Proactively supports the mission and vision of CHRISTUS Health. Demonstrates and expects others to demonstrate personal and professional behaviors consistent with CHRISTUS Health’s mission, vision and values.
  • Actively supports the development of the CHRISTUS culture and supports efforts for integration of the culture across the region.
  • Develops innovative programs to source, recruit, develop, and retain clinical staff to address the continually decreasing supply of qualified workers. Collaborates with other departments and the region as appropriate to implement effective marketing, recruitment, and retention programs.
  • Develops and manages operating and capital budgets to meet and exceed financial goals.
  • Fosters an environment which actively demonstrates that continuous quality improvement is an operating tenet of the organization; identifies and implements best practices and supports the transfer of such best practices to other organizations within CHRISTUS.
  • Acts as catalyst for change in the organization; responds to change with flexibility and adaptability to overcome organizational resistance and inertia; demonstrates the ability to focus and energize associates to work together for change; gains maximum support from others for new initiatives.
  • Supports CHRISTUS Health by assuming any other responsibilities that are mutually agreed upon to ensure the effective functioning of the CHRISTUS Health ministry.

Requirements:

Education/Skills

  • Bachelor of Science, Nursing is required. Master’s degree in related field strongly preferred.
  • Must have strong understanding of and demonstrate skill in leadership, strategic management, professional development, change management, communications, team building, continuous quality improvement, problem solving, decision making, innovation, financial management of operations, and stewardship of resources.
  • Skill in establishing a balanced perspective on mission effectiveness and business results is critical.

Experience

  • Minimum of five (5) years management experience in a healthcare setting required.
  • Must have experience appropriate for facility/region’s scope and complexity, position’s authority and responsibility, and the scope and complexity of the nursing care needs of the major patient population(s) served.

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

  • Current Texas RN license is required. Prefer national certification and/or professional organization membership.

Work Schedule:

8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday

Oncall Rotation 

Work Type:

Full Time

Job Tags

Full time, Immediate start, Monday to Friday,

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