Associate Chief Nursing Officer - San Ramon

MARKET SUMMARY:

San Ramon Medical Center

San Ramon Regional Medical Center has proudly served the San Ramon Valley and its surrounding communities for more than 30 years. In that time, we have expanded our services, upgraded our technology and grown our medical staff – all in an effort to provide an excellent patient experience.

Located on a hillside overlooking the San Ramon Valley, we are a 123-bed acute care hospital known for providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency care. Our facilities include the Family Birthing Center, Outpatient Surgery Center, Breast Center, Infusion Center, Pleasanton Diagnostic Imaging Center, and Advanced Wound Center, which houses our hyperbaric oxygen therapy program.

San Ramon Regional Medical Center provides award-winning heart care programs, joint and spine treatment programs including advanced and minimally invasive surgical treatments, a Level II Special Care Nursery, minimally-invasive and robotic surgery, as well as pediatric services. We became the first hospital in the Bay Area to purchase the ExcelsiusGPS system to offer robotic-assisted spine surgery. We utilize our da Vinci Xi Surgical System for minimally invasive surgeries and our Mako System for advanced joint replacements. We offer a blood conservation program, unique to the region, and have a wonderful partnership with Donor Network West.

https://www.sanramonmedctr.com/

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Assistant Chief Nursing Officer is responsible for assisting the Chief Nursing Officer in planning, implementing, and evaluating the nursing services to ensure the delivery of adequate and competent patient care. In the absence of the Chief Nursing Officer, the Assistant Chief Nursing Officer has responsibility for the Nursing Supervisors, Nursing Directors, and Clinical Education. He/she functions as an expert nurse who facilitates the development of the Nursing areas.

• Facilitates mechanisms designed to guide the provision of nursing care required for all patients.
• Participates in the design and development of systems compatible with the ANA Code of Ethics, Nursing standards, the goals, and resources of the organization, and changing societal/community needs and patient/family expectations.
• Assists CNO with developing, maintaining, and evaluating organizational planning systems to facilitate the delivery of patient care services.
• Assists with the development of standards of nursing practice and standards of care with nursing leaders.
• Advocates organizational processes that allow for creativity in the development of alternative plans for achieving desired, client-centered, cost-effective outcomes.
• Promotes the integration of applicable contemporary management and organizational theories, nursing and related research findings, and practice standards and guidelines into the planning process.
• Assists and supports staff in developing and maintaining competency in the planning and management of transitions.
• Advocates integration of policies into action plans for achieving desired client-centered outcomes.
• Utilizes clinical, human resource, and financial data to appropriately integrate standards of nursing and patient care, facilitating continuity across a continuum.
• Ensures CNO is informed of critical issues within assigned departments; reporting managers and staff are fully informed on organization issues and development; collaborates with other departments relative to changes originating within the nursing department that potentially impact their individual operations.
• Provides training and coaching to managers and staff for the selection of qualified candidates. Adheres to facility policies and procedures as well as utilizes facility departmental resources for management of operations.
• Provides a leadership role in professional, community, and governmental bodies that shape healthcare policy, thereby contributing to the development of the health care delivery system, and better health care for society.
• Provides leadership direction in the identification of clinical nursing goals and directions.
• Collaboratively participates with nursing leaders in the development and implementation of systems and processes to achieve clinical and administrative goals.
• Evaluates and revises the systems and processes of organized nursing service to enhance achievement of identified, desired client/family-centered outcom