Chief Nursing Officer- Baptist Medical Center

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) is a diversified healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas with more than 100,000 employees. Through an expansive care network that includes United Surgical Partners International, we operate 60 hospitals and approximately 460 other healthcare facilities, including surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and imaging centers and other care sites and clinics. We also operate Conifer Health Solutions, which provides revenue cycle management and value-based care services to hospitals, health systems, physician practices, employers and other clients. Across the Tenet enterprise, we are united by our mission to deliver quality, compassionate care in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.

MARKET SUMMARY:

Baptist Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

Baptist Medical Center is part of Baptist Health System, a trusted provider of hospital, health and wellness services in San Antonio and South/Central Texas. The system includes six acute-care hospitals (Baptist Medical Center, Mission Trail Baptist Hospital, North Central Baptist Hospital, Northeast Baptist Hospital and St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, and Resolute Health Hospital in New Braunfels), which offer more than 1,812 licensed beds. The system also includes the Baptist Orthopedic Hospital, Baptist Children’s Hospital, 4 inpatient rehabilitation centers, ambulatory, multiple urgent care and imaging center locations, eight Baptist Emergency Hospital locations, the Baptist Physician Network and Baptist School of Health Professions.

Baptist Medical Center has been delivering exceptional quality patient care since 1903. The hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News and World Report and Leapfrog in a number of specialties including Congestive Heart Failure, Colon Cancer Surgery, COPD, Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement. Baptist Medical Center operates over 600 licensed beds and employs more than 1,400 employees. The hospital is an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Certified Primary Stroke Center. Key services include a robotic surgery program, cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgical care, neurology, orthopedics, digestive diseases, rehabilitation, cancer care, women’s services, emergency care and a senior behavioral health unit, among others. For more information visit:

https://www.baptisthealthsystem.com/locations/detail/baptist-medical-center

POSITION SUMMARY

The Chief Nursing Officer provides strategic leadership as the senior executive position responsible for all nursing and other designated patient care functions and services within the hospital organization.  The role assumes responsibility for assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice on a facility level.  The role assumes 24/7 responsibility and has accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care. The Chief Nursing Officer represents nursing concerns on the governing board and at medical staff leadership meetings.

FUNCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 

Retaining great people at the facility

• Collaborate with human resources and other team members to select, on-board, orient, and provide coaching for direct reports.
• Evaluate and monitor facility level people pillar statistics, participate on related calls as necessary.
• Consider and/or implement nurse residency programs to ensure pipeline for facility.
• Collaborate with team members to formulate programs to enhance work life balance.
• Partner with related team members to promote a safe work environment that is based on a zero tolerance for sexual harassment, workplace violence and verbal and physical abuse.
• Collaborate with related team members to promote an effective facility level competency program.
• Collaborate to promote a robust employee development and education program that responds to the unique needs of employees across the career continuum (novice to expert).