Job Details

This role is responsible for nursing practice, nursing operations, care delivery/outcomes for a region of hospitals within Jefferson Health. The highest-level nurse leader within specified region’s acute care facilities will report directly to the Regional President.

The Regional CNO will have defined shared accountabilities for the Jefferson Health System Nursing shared (horizontal) strategic initiatives/functions as defined by the CNEO and with support of Regional President. This role has a co-reporting structure to the Regional President and the System CNEO.

Job Description

Major Responsibilities  

• Collaborates with Jefferson Health Regional Leadership, in alignment with enterprise leadership, to identify, clarify, and communicate a shared vision and related core business strategies that leverage the size, complexity, diversity, clinical strengths, and resources of regional Nursing/Patient Care Services.
• Supports the shared service model of key functions of nursing to advance efficiency, effectiveness and financial stewardship.
• Ensures the organizational vision, values, goals, and objectives are transformed into daily operations resulting in an excellent quality, efficient, effective, caring and respectful environment. Ensures a collaborative partnership in communication and relationship building competencies through strategic planning activities, commitment to shared decision-making, medical staff relationships, diversity, equity and inclusion, relationship management and community involvement.
• Maintains continuing quality assessment and improvement analysis and evaluation of patient care delivery and communicates with regional / local executive teams and nursing leadership on the activities/issues of Nursing/Patient Care Services.
• Utilizes business acumen, inclusive of healthcare finance, human resource management including professional development, strategic management, marketing and information management and technology development to effectively oversee Jefferson’s regional nursing operations to deliver cost-effective, high-quality clinical/nursing services and outcomes.
• Manages according to fiscal year budget plans, ensuring that the budget planning process correctly identifies operational needs and that each nursing campus leadership team operates within the approved fiscal year budget.
• Directs the regional workforce optimization strategy and plan including productivity monitoring and actions to support optimal patient care and outcomes. Assures alignment to the nursing workforce system plan.
• Recommends, supports, and participates in educational programming that supports the strategic mission. Provides strategic direction and facilitates the professional advancement of nursing leadership and staff by assuring plan/ opportunities for further education and experience.
• Participates in Administrative Councils and Committees, Board of Trustees, and Medical Staff Meetings based on regional structure.
• Overseas regional policy decisions, in alignment with health system executive nursing, that affect Nursing/Patient Care Services.
• Manages key external relationships with regulatory agencies, board of nursing, academic partners, nursing professional organizations.

Key Qualifications & Experience  

• Doctoral preparation is required (will consider candidates enrolled). A bachelor’s and master’s degree required, one of which must be in Nursing.
• Extensive clinical nursing and management experience with a minimum of seven (7) years in senior nursing leadership roles is required with prior CNO experience strongly desired.
• An advanced level of knowledge acquired through experience, completion of formal and continuing education in Nursing, health policy, regulatory compliance, process redesign and management are essential.
• Nursing leadership experience in an academic medical center or complex healthcare organization is required, preferably in a healthcare system.
• Knowledge and experience in ANCC Magnet/Pathway
• Ability to function in highly matrixed organization required
•  Prior experience in a Magnet facility /system preferred.
• Experience and knowledge with collective bargaining processes and contracts and preventative labor relations preferred
• Knowledge of nursing staffing methods, retention, recruitment, and finance. Proven strategic-thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills.

Critical Competencies

• Articulating Vision. Communicates a convincing and compelling picture of the vision for the business that motivates others to action.
• Providing Leadership. Makes decisions and takes responsibility; directs and leads others, coordinating activities; provides encouragement and inspiration to help others succeed. Will demonstrate strong ability in systems thinking and provide strategy talent assessment, succession planning and change management.
• Building relationships. Interact well with others, quickly establish rapport, gaining recognition for achievements and accomplishments.  Will demonstrate key proficiency in shared decision making, community involvement, influencing, diversity and academic relationships
• Managing stakeholders. Build relationships and take account of the needs of multiple stakeholders to influence and drive decisions for beneficial business outcomes.
• Focusing on Customers. Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations.
• Engendering Confidence and Trust. Instills confidence and trust by demonstrating dependability and reliability.
• Driving success. Takes action, initiates activity and seizes opportunities for new business; pursues goals with persistence and achieves outstanding results. Will demonstrate strong acumen in clinical practice, care delivery models/work design, governance, patient safety, utilization and care management quality/risk and healthcare economics.
• Leading change. Initiates, influences and drives organizational changes and business transformation.
• Advancing the vision of Jefferson Nurse.  Leading continual advancement of integration and systemness.

Direct Reports: Include the senior nurse leader for each hospital in the region along with other key executive roles that support patient care services as defined by the Regional President.

Key Competencies References

• AONL Nurse Executive Competencies
  • https://www.aonl.org/system-chief-nurse-executive-compentencies
  • System Nurse Executive Communication & Relationship Building
  • Knowledge of Health Care Environment
  • Systems Leadership, Professionalism, Business Skills

Salary Range

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is eligible for an annual incentive.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Kennedy University Hospitals, Inc

Primary Location Address

1099 White Horse Road, Voorhees, New Jersey, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.