JOB DESCRIPTION:

The CNO is a member of the Senior Leadership Team responsible for the management of all nursing services and other clinical departments. The CNO is responsible for the quality of patient care and ensuring sufficient and properly trained staff carry out these functions.

This position supports the hospital's mission, vision, values and facility goals for the Surgical Institute of Reading.

The CNO identifies the systems needed to support the business taking into account business trends, resource availability and changes in the industry. This position establishes effective working relationships with all constituencies including patients, visitors, physicians, partners, employees and vendors. The CNO identifies organizational issues and remedies through continuous customer satisfaction data and employee involvement and develops, directs the implementation, and ensures compliance of Standards of Practice that promote optimum health care delivery.

Position Competencies and Responsibilities

• Develops hospital plan for the provision of nursing care designed to support improvement in nursing practice and is based on both the needs of the patient and the hospital mission.
• Reviews assignments, patient classification, and recommends and carries out changes in personnel and assignments accordingly.
• Acts as administrative resource to clinical directors/coordinators/managers in areas including (but not limited to:
  • Development and updating of policies, procedures and job descriptions
  • Budget preparation for clinical departments
  • Personnel functions, evaluations, and grievances
  • Improvement of Clinical Services Performance.
• Develops hospital-wide patient care programs, policies amid procedures to ensure the needs of patients or patient populations are assessed, evaluated and met.
• Attends and participates in Medical Staff, Medical Executive Committees and Governing Board meetings to promote and conduct organizational performance improvement activities
• Actively participates with the Governing Board, management team, medical staff, and clinical areas in developing, implementing and evaluating the hospital's strategic plan, budgets, resource allocation and operation /plan and policies.
• Meets regularly with Administrative team to discuss objectives, staffing needs and operational issues.
• Implements the finding and remains informed in all aspects of nursing care and management through literature, workshops, seminars, courses and conferences with other CNOs.
• Implements effective ongoing evaluation process for patient care to ensure continuous improvement as part of the hospital-wide Performance Improvement process.
• Evaluates and ensures nursing process is carried out in a continuous manner on all patients.
• Ensures nursing standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice are consistent with current nursing research findings and nationally recognized professional standards.
• Implements the findings of current research from nursing and other literature into the policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care.
• Ensures nursing staff carry out applicable processes in all patient care areas and organization-wide.
• Assigns responsibility to individuals or groups of nursing staff members to act on improving the nursing service's performance.
• Collaborates with other hospital leaders in designing and providing patient care and services.
• Participates with hospital leaders in providing for a sufficient number of appropriate qualified nursing staff members to care for patients;
• Develops, presents, and manages the nursing services' portion of the hospital's budget.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Education                                                                                                                

• Academic degree in nursing, Bachelor's required
• Master's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration or Business Administration, required

Certifications/Licensure

• Active and current Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license

Specific Job Experience

Minimum of 5 years progressive management experience in a hospital environment as a director of multiple, complex nursing departments. Previous experience as a CNO preferred, but not required. Previous experience in a surgical hospital preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated competence in management and leadership skills to develop and implement organizational strategies and opportunities for improving the delivery of care to patients
• Maintain current knowledge and adheres to appropriate regulatory standards (i.e. JACHO, Medicare, Medicaid. Board of Nurse Examiners.)
• Knowledgeable of social, economic and legal issues affecting the health care systems and seeks all opportunities for keeping staff up to date in health care practices.

USPI complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law. 

About United Surgical Partners International, Inc

United Surgical Partners International (USPI), a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC), operates the largest ambulatory platform in the country. With more than 465+ facilities across the United States, the company serves patients in ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals. For more information, please visit www.uspi.com. USPI’s mission is simple, but the gravity of it is profound. We care for every patient and their family as if they were our own. Each patient, each family, each and every time.

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