Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Bayfront Hospital

Position Summary

Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital

 

 

Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital is a comprehensive emergency, medical and surgical tertiary care facility that has been serving St. Petersburg and the surrounding communities for more than 100 years. A teaching medical center, the 480-bed hospital’s areas of expertise include heart and vascular, digestive health, orthopedics, surgical services, rehabilitation, neurosciences, maternity care, emergency services and trauma care. As a Level II Trauma Center — the only adult trauma center in Pinellas County — the hospital provides multidisciplinary care for the most critically ill and injured. Home to the Center for Women and Babies, the hospital offers full obstetrical services, and, in partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, is one of Florida’s 13 state-certified Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Centers, specializing in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies and newborns with special health needs. A commitment to quality has earned the hospital recognition with Tampa Bay Times 2023 Best of the Best awards with Best Place to Have a Baby, Best Emergency Room and Best Cardiology.

Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond. Collectively, our 29,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

 

About the Position

 

As Associate Chief Nursing Officer, this position is a member of the administrative team and will serve on various committees of the hospital, while collaborating with the Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital leadership, Hospital President and administration, the hospital management team, hospital medical staff leadership and the medical staff. Plans, leads, organizes, directs & evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes. Key components of this leadership role include monitoring of quality, patient satisfaction, and budgeting standards, while managing to achieve hospital and organization wide goals.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that a continuous improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards for clinical and non-clinical services throughout the hospital and organization.
• Develops and implements mechanisms to ensure a uniform quality of nursing and patient care wherever nursing and patient care is provided.
• Ensures a method to monitor customer satisfaction with respect to services delivered, utilizing corporate and/or unit specific tools.
• Establishes mechanisms to encourage research and to incorporate research findings into standards of care and policies and procedures.
• Measures actual budgetary performance (revenue, expense, staffing) against standards, and ensures variances are within established targets.
• Evaluates performance of persons reporting to the position against organizational, departmental, and personal goals and objectives.
• Ensures that safety, health, and regulatory standards are attained in the divisions assigned.
• Ensures that a program is maintained to encourage the recruitment and retention of high-quality team members.
• Participates in professional, collegiate, and community activities.
• Develops/ implements personal goals/objectives that support the organization’s strategic/operating plans and patient care services.
• Assures that professional nursing standards are effectively carried out throughout hospital.
• Provides accountability and coordination of nursing services within the hospital.
• Establishes budget requirements and maintains areas of responsibility within budgetary limitation.
• Speaks on behalf of hospital allied nursing services in established meetings of hospital leadership, medical staff, and governing bodies.
• Develops staff to make effective decisions and delegates authority to lowest appropriate level.
• Acts as resource person and role model for staff.
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues related to nursing services, and manages situations to reduce risk to patients, staff, and the organization.
• Participates in meetings where discussion is held regarding hospital's mission, strategic planning, budget planning, operational planning and review of policies that directly or indirectly affect patient care, customer satisfaction, quality and/or operations of the hospital.
• Serves as a member of various hospital and organizational committees.
• Collaborates with other hospital leaders and educators to influence