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Chief Nursing Executive - MGB
Mass General BrighamSomerville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Feb 2026
💰 $950,000/yr($750,000/yr – $950,000/yr)
About the role
Site: Mass General Brigham Incorporated
In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums, and bonuses as applicable, and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.
The Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) is a senior MGB executive responsible for establishing the long-term vision and direction for nursing professional practice across all enterprise care settings. This executive role provides system-wide leadership to ensure consistent clinical standards, quality outcomes, and operational alignment of nursing services. The CNE spearheads innovation in nursing practice, education, and research, and partners closely with operational and clinical leaders to advance integrated care delivery, elevate the patient and caregiver experience, and optimize nursing practice and workforce models. Serving as the voice of nursing at the highest levels of decision-making, the CNE drives initiatives that support clinical excellence, highest quality and safest care, talent development, regulatory readiness, and the achievement of strategic priorities across the entire health system.
The CNE reports to the Chief Operating Officer of MGB and collaborates closely with the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer, and Chief Patient Experience Officer to ensure that system quality, safety, and patient experience goals are met. The CNE partners with the Chief Medical Officer's team and clinical and operations leaders to ensure that the system's quality goals and priorities, as set by the MGB CEO and the MGB board, are met. The CNE provides critical input to the CMO in the goal-setting process, bringing both nursing and broad clinical perspectives, and then leads nursing across the system to achieve these priorities and goals.
As a member of MGB's Senior Management Committee, the CNE sits with the most senior MGB leaders to review major policy decisions, quality and safety performance, research activity, system financial performance, and other key indicators, and to advise the CEO. The CNE chairs the MGB Chief Nurse Council, managing input from entity nurse leaders, weighing priorities, and setting clear direction for nursing practice and clinical priorities across the system.
Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) will maintain their reporting relationship to their entity COOs or PCOOs and will report to the CNE for professional standards, workforce development, nursing education, orientation, research, and models of care, including virtual nursing, standards of practice such as staffing ratios, team models, nursing innovation, and quality and safety performance. The CNE will partner closely with hospital and other senior operations to optimize alignment and performance across all care settings.
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums, and bonuses as applicable, and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.
Job Summary
As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham (MGB) is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community by leading innovation across our system. Founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), MGB supports a complete continuum of care including two academic medical centers, community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care and other health-related entities.The Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) is a senior MGB executive responsible for establishing the long-term vision and direction for nursing professional practice across all enterprise care settings. This executive role provides system-wide leadership to ensure consistent clinical standards, quality outcomes, and operational alignment of nursing services. The CNE spearheads innovation in nursing practice, education, and research, and partners closely with operational and clinical leaders to advance integrated care delivery, elevate the patient and caregiver experience, and optimize nursing practice and workforce models. Serving as the voice of nursing at the highest levels of decision-making, the CNE drives initiatives that support clinical excellence, highest quality and safest care, talent development, regulatory readiness, and the achievement of strategic priorities across the entire health system.
The CNE reports to the Chief Operating Officer of MGB and collaborates closely with the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer, and Chief Patient Experience Officer to ensure that system quality, safety, and patient experience goals are met. The CNE partners with the Chief Medical Officer's team and clinical and operations leaders to ensure that the system's quality goals and priorities, as set by the MGB CEO and the MGB board, are met. The CNE provides critical input to the CMO in the goal-setting process, bringing both nursing and broad clinical perspectives, and then leads nursing across the system to achieve these priorities and goals.
As a member of MGB's Senior Management Committee, the CNE sits with the most senior MGB leaders to review major policy decisions, quality and safety performance, research activity, system financial performance, and other key indicators, and to advise the CEO. The CNE chairs the MGB Chief Nurse Council, managing input from entity nurse leaders, weighing priorities, and setting clear direction for nursing practice and clinical priorities across the system.
Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) will maintain their reporting relationship to their entity COOs or PCOOs and will report to the CNE for professional standards, workforce development, nursing education, orientation, research, and models of care, including virtual nursing, standards of practice such as staffing ratios, team models, nursing innovation, and quality and safety performance. The CNE will partner closely with hospital and other senior operations to optimize alignment and performance across all care settings.
Qualifications
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Leadership & Strategy, Nursing Quality, Safety & Clinical Excellence, Innovation, Financial Management, System Engagement, Human Resources Management, Education, and Nursing Research.
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