Vice President Patient Care Services Chief Nursing Officer

VP Patient Care Services CNO for McLaren Thumb and Caro

Position Summary:

Serves as the top-nursing executive to provide leadership and administrative direction for nursing services.  Ensures compliance with external regulatory and professional standards and internal standards of care.  Formulates and shares a comprehensive vision for delivering healthcare in a practice culture that is patient focused and cost effective.  Supports and facilitates the Hospital’s commitment to quality improvement through interdisciplinary teamwork and empowerment.  Creates and strengthens strong professional relationships with the physicians, the executive management team and the internal and external nursing community.

1.   Operations

• Integrates into practice organizational objectives included in the strategic plan, which recognize the overall mission of the organization and the healthcare needs of the community.
• Implements, interprets and ensures compliance with the philosophies and policies established by the executive management staff and the Hospital Board.

2.   Professional Clinical Nursing Practice

• Designs organizational structure and practice to reflect utilization of available resources and responsiveness to personal and professional development of nursing staff.
• Defines and interprets nursing practice and care needs of the patient.
• Establishes and maintains a suitable, caring environment of patient care.
• Develops and implements policies, standards and programs that support professional practice models with a patient centered care focus.
• Provide mechanisms for staff participation in the development, implementation and evaluation of nursing policies and programs at all levels of the corporate structure.
• Ensure competent staff with appropriate skill mix to assure expected health care outcomes.
• Sets the climate for a collaborative practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other caregivers and support departments.

3.   Resource Management

• Participates with other members of the executive team in developing, implementing and evaluating Hospital policies and programs related to the determination and allocation of financial, human, material, and information resources.
• Establishes and maintains a financial plan that integrates Hospital mission/goals.
• Participates with the executive team in financial forecasting and planning.
• Review annual budgets submitted by department directors and make adjustments as necessary to ensure financial stability.
• Insure that authorized budgetary procedures are properly used in assigned departments.
• Reviews variances from budget on a regular basis.  
• Implements corrective actions when needed.
• Ensure the development of policies and programs that are economically feasible and conducive to the personal and professional development of the nursing staff within the context of the organization as a whole.
• Develops a plan to ensure recruitment and retention of qualified staff and leadership team.
• Ensures the prudent utilization of all cost item resource used by nursing while assuring patient safety and adequate allocation for the provision of nursing care.
• Support most beneficial integration of nursing information system into the Hospital's overall information system.

4.   Risk Management

• Assure a safe environment for patients and personnel and monitor reports of