San Ramon, CA
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Position Description
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.
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 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.
Communication and Relationship Building
- Effectively communicate with all internal and external constituents, including staff, colleagues, and physicians.
- Manage organizational relationships in a manner which builds mutual trust and respect. Establish trusting and collaborative relationships.
- Address and manage conflict in a constructive and productive manner.
- Give timely feedback and reinforce positive behaviors.
Leadership Influence
- Create and communicate a compelling shared vision.
- Develop effective strategies for addressing organizational priorities.
- Develop, communicate and monitor performance expectations.
- Formulate objectives, goals, and specific strategies related to the organization’s mission and vision.
- Understand effective organizational outcome measures in order to balance cost, quality and service.
- Promote a results-oriented environment.
- Coach and mentor aspiring nurse leaders.
- Articulate the application of ethical principles to operations.
- Manage organizational and individual performance with appropriate rewards.
Diversity
- Create an environment that recognizes and values diversity.
- Design strategies that address the unique needs of a diverse workforce, patient population, and community.
Shared decision-making/Shared Leadership
- Engage staff and others in decision-making.
- Promote decisions that are patient centered.
- Provide leadership in building loyalty and commitment throughout the organization.
- Attend and participate in regional CNO calls and meetings.
Clinical Practice Leadership
- Understand and articulate patient care standards reflected in federal and state regulation, Title 22, TJC, the state Nurse Practice Act, and organizational policies and procedures.
- Ensure that nursing practice is consistent with current standards and current evidenced based practice.
- Advocate use of documented best practices.
- Teach and mentor others to routinely utilize evidenced based data and research.
Resource Management
- Manage fiscal, human and material resources in a cost-effective manner.
- Design and maintain effective systems for resource management in nursing.
Quality, Patient Safety and Risk Management
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the organization’s performance improvement program. Support the development and implementation of an organization-wide patient safety program.
- Monitor and evaluate quality through public reported measures in collaboration with the facility DCQI and ICP, as well as national resources.
- Support a safe culture that assures accountability and respects values and individual contributions.
Service
- Monitor and evaluate service indicators in collaboration with related team members at the facility level.
- Actively facilitate Physician satisfaction survey, monitors result and collaborates with facility team members to develop and implement action plans.
Professional Role Model
- Advocate for nursing.
- Assume personal and professional accountability.
- Integrate high ethical standards and core values into everyday work activities.
CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE, ATTRIBUTES AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
- At least five years of progressive management experience in a facility environment as an Associate Chief Nursing Officer or Nursing Director of multiple, complex nursing departments.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven leadership ability and facility operational expertise.
- Strong labor relations background.
- An individual able to effectively and efficiently organize patient care promoting optimal outcomes, patient safety, and patient, physician and employee satisfaction.
- An individual with proven success recruiting, retaining and developing staff.
- Takes the lead in complying with regulatory standards, rules and laws.
Education/Certifications
- An academic degree in nursing is required, and a master’s degree in Nursing or related field is required.
- Active and current registered nurse license in the state of residence/practice is required.
Compensation
- Pay: $155,000 - $233,600 annually. Compensation depends on location, qualifications, and experience.
- Position may be eligible for an Annual Incentive Plan bonus of 10%-25% depending on role level.
Travel
Little to no travel required.
Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.
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