Master's Degree in Nursing or Community Health Education required
Ten years of progressive experience in nursing and patient care management
Proven ability as a competent administrator
Experience in negotiation, strategic planning, and project management
Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Illinois required
Certification in advanced health care administration preferred
Responsibilities
Plan and budget for patient care operations
Oversee Acute Care, Intensive Care, and Surgical Services
Serve as an expert and mentor to nursing staff
Develop, implement, and evaluate clinical systems
Lead initiatives for improving patient care
Facilitate collaboration among interdisciplinary care teams
Address opportunities for enhancing service delivery
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
457B retirement plan with employer match
Company paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
Full Job Description
Expected pay for this position is $160,000-$215,000. Actual pay will be determined by experience, skills and internal equity.
MDH Benefits package includes:
Medical, Dental, Vision
457B and employer match
Company paid STD and LTD
Job Summary
The VP/Chief Nursing Officer is responsible for planning, budgeting, patient care operations, and the overall direction of Acute Care, Intensive Care, Transitional Care, Surgical Services, Emergency Services, Emergency Physicians, Hospitalist, Day Health Services and Obstetrics. The VP serves as an expert, mentor, consultant, team leader and facilitator in all the department overseen. The VP develops, implements, and evaluates assigned clinical systems.
Job Specifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's Degree in nursing required. Master's Degree in nursing or community health education preferred. Prefer 7+ years of progressive experience in nursing and patient care management with proven ability as a competent administrator. Negotiation, strategic planning, and project management experience required. Current knowledge of leadership, management, and performance improvement concepts, and the ability to participate in developing and implementing strategies to address opportunities for improving patient care delivered to the hospital's customers. Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Illinois required. Certification in advanced health care administration preferred.
JOB KNOWLEDGE: Sound interpersonal, organizational, decision-making, problem-solving, and customer service skills necessary to respond and satisfy customers exhibiting high stress behaviors.
ABILITIES, INTERESTS AND TEMPERAMENTS:
Understanding and ability to use work processing and spreadsheet software.
Visual acuity required to adequately access, read, understand, prepare, and present written and on-line material.
Sound interpersonal, organizational, decision-making, problem solving, and customer service skills necessary to respond and satisfy customers exhibiting high stress behaviors is required.
Ability to communicate effectively and concisely with all members of the interdisciplinary care team, accurately transmitting and receiving on-line, verbal and telephone communications.
Ability to remain calm and courteous while working in stressful situations.
Must have the ability to work with a variety of people of diverse populations (e.g. cultural diversity, employee workforce, ages from adult through geriatrics, hearing impaired, physical and mental disabilities and variety of educational and cognitive levels).
