Chief Nursing Officer PVH

Description

The Opportunity

Chief Nursing Officer, Poudre Valley Hospital

This is an outstanding opportunity with one of the top academic medical centers in the country. This position will be a part of a high-performing, quality-focused senior leadership team in a results-driven, evolving health care system. The Chief Nursing Officer must lead the vision of "From Health Care to Health" by forging strong relationships with the University of Colorado academic enterprise to create an overall entity unparalleled in the United States today.

The Chief Nursing Officer of Poudre Valley Hospital, in collaboration with physician and hospital leadership, will oversee all aspects of nursing care within a healthcare organization, including setting strategic nursing policies, managing budgets, ensuring quality patient care, leading nursing staff, and collaborating with other departments to achieve optimal patient outcomes and will act as the primary leader for all nursing operations within the hospitals.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to : The President and Chief Executive Officer of the UCHealth Northern Region with a matrixed reporting relationship to the Chief Nurse Executive of UCHealth.

Goals and Objectives

The Chief Nursing Officer will be a member of the senior management team for Poudre Valley Hospital.

Achieving the vision. The Chief Nursing Officer's success in this position will be measured by attaining these goals :

• Accountable for the provision of nursing care throughout the entire organization. Provides leadership to direct the activities of planning, organizing, monitoring, and improving the quality of the respective programs and services.
• Assists in carrying out the approved Strategic Plan and participates in the process to modify the plan as necessary and maintain its progress. Demonstrates through actions the philosophy, mission, values of UCHealth and aligns the goals for Nursing and determines the organizational structure for achieving these.
• Demonstrates sound understanding of and has broad experience with operations, health care finances, board responsibilities, physician relations, and knowledge of how all entities are interdependent, along with current knowledge of the trends and challenges in health care.
• Demonstrates self-reliance, outstanding communication, and relationship building skills. Ability to attract, cultivate and lead a high-performing management teams. Functions as a respected and respectful collaborative team player. Partners with UCHealth system CNOs to develop and execute the nursing strategic plan
• Provides leadership, supervision, guidance and development for staff, articulating and demonstrating an expectation for continuous quality improvement, as well as continually supporting and exhibiting company values and service standards. Identifies and provides growth opportunities for staff.
• Maintains a working knowledge of current clinical practice and the regulatory requirements affecting that practice and exhibits the value of continuous learning. Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of healthcare economics and policy as well as the role of the governing body in the organization. Establishes and enhances a culture of evidence-based decision making in clinical and management initiatives. Articulates and models an emphasis on patient quality and safety. Understands utilization management and case management and their importance to the organization. Demonstrates this understanding by effectively managing risk.

Candidate Qualifications

The culture at UCHealth is results driven, and each member has high expectations for themselves as well as those with whom they partner and lead. This individual will be joining a high performing, fast-paced team and, as such, we have outlined characteristics that describe the ideal candidate for the Chief Nursing Officer, Poudre Valley Hospital role.

Candidates will be comfortable working in a fast-paced academic organization. They will exude honesty, respect, trust, integrity and high ethical standards and serve in a supportive, open and direct manner.

The successful candidate will meet the following requirements :

Education / Certification

Qualifications, Skills and Traits

Pay : $261,643 - $392,454 annually. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

At UCHealth, We Improve Lives

Responsibilities :

Collaborates with hospital leadership and medical staff to identify and develop new patient care programs, policies and procedures.

Develops and implements a program to measure, assess and improve the quality of nursing care provided by the organization.

Works with nursing and medical staff to develop policies, procedures and practice standards for the nursing department.

Ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations related to nursing services and healthcare.

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

UCHealth invests in its Workforce.

UCHealth offers a Three Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of three years' employment.

UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package :

Loan Repayment :

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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Salary : $261,643 - $392,454