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Organization:

HR Talent Acquisition

Job Summary:

Vanderbilt Health – Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for a Chief Nursing Officer, Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH).

Accountable to: President, Vanderbilt University Hospital and VUMC System Chief Nursing Officer (SCNO)

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is responsible for the vision and direction of the practice standards of Nursing in the care of patients at VUH. The CNO inspires and facilitates an interdisciplinary team approach to the delivery of care. This includes a nursing environment in which collaboration is valued and excellence in clinical care, education, and research is promoted and achieved. The CNO ensures the continued advancement of the profession of Nursing at VUH.

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Responsibilities:

Leadership and Strategic Vision

CNO serves as a key member of the VUH Senior Executive Team. In conjunction with other executive leaders, participates in strategic planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical programs and services, assuring appropriate resources for the delivery of care.

Builds relationships with outside experts, professional associates and colleagues to ensure leading edge clinical and service practices for the region. Maintains exposure to and knowledge of regulatory, legislative, and governing bodies impacting healthcare. Stays up-to-date on current and proposed legislation and regulations that affect patient care.

Continue leading clinical care transformation to an integrated single system of care, positioned for success in a value-based health care market focused on populations as well as individuals.

Recruitment, Retention, and Staffing Effectiveness

In partnership with key stakeholders, including Human Resources, provides leadership and direction for the development of strategies to promote the recruitment and retention of nursing and other patient care staff, staff pipeline/workforce development programs and recognition of excellence in Nursing.

In collaboration with nursing leadership and other executives, effectively designs leadership programs to create a succession pipeline for nurses into management and ultimately senior leadership.

Supports a safe culture that assures accountability and respects values and individual contributions. Enables an environment that encourages service excellence and cooperative collaboration both internally and externally. Creates a culture that recognizes the value of people and teamwork through embracing excellence, diversity and inclusion, accountability and results.

Patient Care Practice Standards, Safety, and Quality Outcomes

Ensures nursing practice is evidence-based to optimize clinical care and outcomes through a System approach for care delivery optimization and service line practice and projects that align with the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

Promotes and fosters a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, and the coordination of care across disciplines.

Standardizes nursing practice across VUH to improve and sustain outcomes for nurse-sensitive quality indicators.

Partners with Patient Experience and Patient Engagement leaders to ensure a robust, integrated, and standardized plan exists with nursing and the health care team for continual improvement in the patient experience.

Understands and articulates patient care standards reflected in federal and state regulations, and organizational policies and procedures.

Professional Nursing Practice

Serves as the leader of Shared Governance throughout VUH and promotes the inclusion of nursing staff in shared decision-making in their professional practice environment.

Upholds and promotes professional practice standards congruent with ANCC Magnet designation.

Collaborates with the System CNO in the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of information and communication systems that enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship.

Utilizes and participates in generating research findings for the establishment of standards, practices, and patient care models in the organization. Participates in studies that provide outcome measurements. Disseminate research findings to patient care team members. Teaches and mentors others to routinely utilize evidenced-based data and research.

Leadership

Provides leadership within the patient care services area throughout VUH, to ensure patient care consistent with the mission and vision of VUMC.

Collaborates with all regional and system nursing and administrative leaders to develop and implement a shared vision that includes a focus on coordinating quality patient care and nursing practices that relates to and supports the overall system strategy, advances research, and optimize system resources.

Leads, sponsors and participates in a wide variety of hospital based and system-level initiatives, committees and task forces.

Provides expert advice and counsel to senior leadership and the executive leadership team regarding nursing issues impacting patient care.

Key Operational Reports:

• Associate Nursing Officer, Surgery Segment

• Associate Nursing Officer, Medicine, Oncology, and ED Segment

• Associate Nursing Officer, Heart and Vascular Segment

• Associate Nursing Officer, Neuroscience Segment

• Associate Nursing Officer, Women’s OB Segment

• Vice President, Transition Management (TMO)

• Associate Nursing Officer, CRC – Virtual Nursing Platforms

• Senior Director, Life Flight Nursing

• Senior Director, Respiratory Therapy, PT and OT

• Senior Director Advanced Practice

• Director, Nursing Practice

• Director, Workforce/Float Pool

• Magnet Program Director

• Director, Nursing Operations

Qualifications:

• Tennessee Registered Nurse License.

• Master's Degree in Nursing, Doctorate preferred.

• A minimum of 10 years administrative experience with increasing scope of responsibility, in an academic health care setting.

Characteristics:

The Chief Nursing Officer will demonstrate the leadership skills and values by being:

• An interpreter of strategy.

• A communicator of policies, procedures, and performance standards.

• A facilitator of development and change, recognizing and rewarding staff contributions and successes.

• A mentor to staff and colleagues.

• A role model, demonstrating our belief in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center's credo

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Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered:

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options

• Dental and /or vision plan

• 403 (b) retirement plan

• Paid Time off (flex PTO)

• Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)

• Short-Long term disability

• Subsidized backup childcare

• And many more... Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!

Achieve the Remarkable:

Learn more about VUMC Nursing:

• Nursing Careers : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/index.html

• Benefits : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/benefits.html

• Our Nursing Philosophy : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/philosophy.html

• Our Nursing Leadership : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/leadership.html

• Shared Governance : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/shared-governance.html

• Education& Professional Development : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/professional-development.html

• Life In Nashville : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/nashville.html

• VUMC Nursing : http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=vanderbilt-nursing

Core Accountabilities:

• Organizational Impact: Establishes function strategies with direct impact on the function results.* Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Directs the resolution of numerous strategic issues that affect own function and the broader organization.* Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth business knowledge across multiple areas of the business. * Team Interaction: Leads a function serving the organization at large.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Acts upon constructive feedback from all levels of the organization and initiates strategies to develop talent in others. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Leverages relationships and insight to forecast potential future needs and influence delivery of work to exceed expectations. - Communicates Effectively: Anticipates difference audience concerns, styles and finds mutually beneficial solutions across conflicting and sensitive issues. Delivering Excellent Services : - Serves Others with Compassion: Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of broad-based issues and considers the interests of others to improve satisfaction of services. - Solves Complex Problems: Critically evaluates complex information and identifies trends/risks to make recommendations to improve processes across areas. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing feedback and development discussions to motivate and support team members to maximize performance .Ensuring High Quality : - Performs Excellent Work: Anticipates problems or obstacles which may interfere with quality standards and develops plants to ensure area's quality standards are met. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Routinely draws upon valuable learning from others, past experiences, and new information to determine key opportunities. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Develops appropriate corrective actions for unsafe environments in order to ensure operational and safety compliance. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Identifies potential obstacles to goal achievement and develops solutions to address those obstacles. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Creates the appropriate systems and processes to effectively manage resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Applies in-depth knowledge of data to recommend and implement new approaches to improve decision making capabilities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Identifies opportunities and leads development of new initiatives that create value across areas. - Applies Technology: Creates the energy and drive for self/others to identify and leverage technology in new, innovative ways to drive greater efficiencies. - Adapts to Change: Anticipates the change process and clearly communicates impact on others/own team(s), assisting them in embracing the change.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

5 years

Education:

Master's

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.