Assistant Chief Nurse Executive

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Work type: Full-Time (Salaried)
Location: Petersburg, Virginia
Categories: Health and Human Services

Title: Assistant Chief Nurse Executive

State Role Title: 49116

Hiring Range: $127,606-$176,096

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central State Hospital

Agency Website: https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/csh/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Central State Hospital (CSH) is a 277 bed Joint Commission accredited psychiatric inpatient facility located in Petersburg, Virginia. CSH has proudly been serving citizens of the Commonwealth since 1870, when we opened our doors as the first psychiatric hospital in the country dedicated to the treatment of African Americans. A new and modern CSH is currently under construction on the same property, with a scheduled completion date of 2027.

CSH maintains the only maximum-security treatment facility in the state (111 beds). We also have 166 beds available for individuals in the community who need inpatient care, as well as individuals in the criminal justice system. We believe that treatment should be holistic and focused on the person's individual needs, recognizing that recovery is not linear or the same for every person. Treatment modalities may include medication, evidence-based group and individual therapy, peer support, psychosocial rehabilitation, vocational training, preparation for court, and treatment for substance use.

The successful incumbent will have:

-Thorough knowledge of principles and practices of professional nursing, psychiatric nursing, quality improvement, management and leadership.
-Ability to apply the requisite knowledge in daily operations. Ability to work effectively with all levels of nursing and hospital personnel.
-Strong oral and written communication skills and strong analytic skills required.
-Ability to prepare written reports.
- Demonstrated leadership ability.
-Demonstrated ability to build effective teams, establish collaborative peer relationships, problem solve effectively, maintain relationships characterized by integrity and trust.
-Demonstrated ability to manage change, have operating oversight, and confront/develop direct reports and the ability to take managerial action as required.
-Demonstrated ability to develop and evaluate programs.
-Demonstrated ability to analyze and synthesize quantitative and qualitative data and to summarize findings in ways that support decision-making.
-Ability to manage vision and purpose through effective strategic thinking, planning, organizing, directing and evaluating nursing services.

Minimum Qualifications

- Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a RN in the Commonwealth of Virginia or a compact state required.
- Considerable management and psychiatric nursing experience required.
- Experience with computer technology required.

Additional Considerations

-Has demonstrated executive leadership experience and readiness to assume senior nursing executive responsibilities, including organizational decision-making, oversight of Nursing Services, and representation of nursing at the executive leadership level.
-Has experience leading nursing operations during periods of significant organizational change, transition, or transformation
-Progressive nursing leadership experience, preferably at the director, associate/assistant chief nursing officer, or comparable senior leadership level
-Experience with workforce planning, staffing models, recruitment, retention, succession planning, and nursing workforce stabilization.
-Demonstrated ability to establish accountability, performance expectations, and consistent nursing management practices.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Application Requirements: Applications and résumés for this position are accepted electronically through the Commonwealth of Virginia's Electronic Recruitment System only. Interview decisions will be based solely on the information provided in your electronic application and/or résumé. Please ensure you detail all relevant work experience clearly and specifically; we will not make assumptions about your qualifications.
Applications/résumés will begin to be reviewed within five (5) days of the posting date.

Advertised: 08 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 22 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

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