Chief Nursing Officer

Agency

Dept of Health and Human Services

Division

W B Jones Alcohol , Drug Abuse Trt Ctr

Job Classification Title

Nurse Director I (NS)

Position Number

60036529

Grade

MH21

About Us

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Description of Work

Make a Difference. Lead With Purpose. Join Walter B. Jones Center in Greenville, North Carolina.

The Walter B. Jones Center is hiring a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to provide administrative and clinical leadership for Nursing Services across its two inpatient facilities:
• Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital – inpatient psychiatric treatment for adults
• Woodside Treatment Center – detoxification, stabilization, and co‑occurring substance use and mental health treatment, including specialized Perinatal Services

This work supports individuals in crisis who need psychiatric care, stabilization, and recovery support in a safe, structured treatment environment. The CNO has the complete responsibility for independently planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the quality of system-wide nursing care delivered through the organization.

Come Work for the NC Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities (DSOHF)

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

At the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities (DSOHF), you can join a mission-driven team that provides compassionate, whole-person care for people with complex mental health, substance use, developmental, and neuro-medical needs. We serve individuals whose needs go beyond what community services can currently support. If you want meaningful leadership work where you can make a real impact, this is your opportunity.

Why Join DSOHF?

• Lead a caring, mission‑driven nursing team

• Help people in crisis find stability

• Shape clinical quality and nursing excellence across inpatient psychiatric and substance use services

• Build a supportive, collaborative work environment rooted in Just Culture principles

• Make a real impact on behavioral health care across North Carolina

Real care. Real purpose. Real impact. 

Recruitment Range: $89,072.00 - $146,968.00

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge of professional nursing theory, techniques, practices and procedures.

• Knowledge of standards and State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations regarding their specific program and agency/facility.  

• Ability to independently assess, analyze, plan, direct, implement, and evaluate delivery of Nursing Services.

• Ability to develop and maintain effective written and oral communication and work relationships with Physicians, healthcare personnel, patients, families, agencies and others.  This includes the ability to prepare, write, and present reports to management and administration.

• Ability to develop databases for collecting or reporting data on specific programs; thus enabling management to make informed decisions.

Conditional Requirements: Ability to complete the physical requirements for CPR and CPI certifications.

Per G.S. 126-5(cl) (37), this position is Exempt from all provisions of NC General Statute Chapter 126 (State Human Resources Act) with the exception of Articles 6 and 7.

This Position Is Designated As Mandatory And Must Report Or Stay Over During Adverse Weather Events.

About the Facility:

The Walter B. Jones Center operates two adult inpatient treatment programs on site in Greenville, NC: (1) Woodside Treatment Center and (2) Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital. The primary purpose and mission of the Walter B. Jones Center is "To provide inpatient treatment, psychiatric stabilization and medical detoxification for individuals with mental health, substance use and other co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses for ongoing community based treatment and recovery". The Center is accredited by the Joint Commission and SAMHSA/CSAT. Two specialty programs are offered to all 100 NC Counties: (1) Inpatient Opioid Treatment for adults and (2) Inpatient Perinatal Services for women in thei