Chief Nursing Officer - Walker Baptist Medical Center

Walker Baptist Medical Center, Jasper, Alabama  

Walker Baptist Medical Center is a 267-bed acute care facility in Jasper, Alabama, with more than 600 employees. The hospital offers a comprehensive range of clinical services, including obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics, emergency services, pain center and a Senior Care Unit, in addition to specialized medical and surgical care. 

 

Walker BMC joined the health ministry of Baptist Health System in 1995.  Serving an area covering Walker, Winston, Marion and Fayette counties, Walker BMC was the first hospital built in Alabama with all private rooms.  Walker Baptist Medical Center has more than 100 qualified physicians on staff representing over 20 specialties.  The physician who admits you is responsible for directing your care while you are in the hospital and should be consulted if you have questions about your illness. 

 

Baptist Health System, which was founded in Birmingham in 1922 by a group of local Baptist congregations, is a ministry of the churches of the Birmingham Baptist Association, whose representatives elect the System’s Board of Trustees. We honor God and others through our commitment to delivering high quality, compassionate healthcare. 

 

In October of 2015, Baptist Health System and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE/THC) signed a definitive agreement that created a joint venture to operate a healthcare network serving Birmingham and central Alabama.  This new network includes all Baptist Health System hospitals, Tenet’s Brookwood Medical Center and each organization’s related businesses.  Under the joint venture arrangement, Tenet is the majority partner and manages the network’s operations.  The new company unites Baptist Health System’s four hospitals: Citizens Baptist Medical Center, Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Shelby Baptist Medical Center, and Walker Baptist Medical Center, with Brookwood Medical Center.  Together, the new system has more than 1,700 licensed beds; 77 outpatient and physician office facilities, including clinics delivering primary and specialty care; approximately 7,300 employees and approximately 1,500 affiliated physicians. 

 

Our people are at the heart of our mission to serve our communities. Deeply instilled in each of our leaders is the sincere dedication to bring expert health care through world-class innovation and service to our communities. By maintaining close relationships with the people in our communities, our leaders have access to consistent, reliable feedback that helps us strengthen our care processes and improve the health of everyone we serve.   http://baptisthealthalabama.org/Walker 

 

 

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). 
• Work cohesively with related team members to develop and implement recruitment and retention strategies that ensure a qualified and stable workforce. 
• Participate in workforce planning to ensure an adequate and competent workforce.  
• Support the design of effective and competitive compensation and benefits programs. 

 

Communication and Relationship Building 

• Effectively communicate