Chief Nursing Officer

In 2020 united in a fierce commitment to deliver the highest quality care and exceptional patient experience Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan Health came together as natural partners to build a new health system centered around the patient: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Our combined system builds upon the scale and expertise of our nearly 300 sites of care including 11 hospitals and nearly 5000 physicians and providers. Together we are empowered to make an even greater impact on the health and well-being of our communities.

St. Anne Hospital in Burien, WA is part of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and offers full-service care, including:

• Family Birth Center – Private birthing suites, midwifery, high-risk pregnancy care

• Emergency Services – 24/7 care, Certified Primary Stroke Center, Level IV Trauma

• Cancer Care – Comprehensive treatments and support

• Orthopedic & Joint Care – Full musculoskeletal services

• Diagnostic Imaging – Advanced radiology services

The hospital also provides spiritual care, healing gardens, and has received awards for stroke care and joint replacement excellence.

This job is responsible for the operational oversight and administration of all nursing quality and standards wherever nursing is practiced and/or nursing services are provided in the assigned facility. As an integral member of the local executive team as well as the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) Nursing Leadership Team, an incumbent is accountable for defining, planning, implementing, evaluating and advancing, through innovation and research, the scope of practice, professional standards and care delivery models as they relate to patient care, patient experience and quality outcomes for the assigned VMFH facility.

This job has a matrixed relationship to the Region SVP Chief Nursing Officer as it relates to overall VMFH nursing clinical practice, nursing standards and the strategic direction and advancement of the nursing profession.  An incumbent provides strategic direction and planning to balance efficient and  Optimal care and for advancing the practice of nursing by ensuring consistent alignment with all organizational goals. Serving as a site-based chief nursing executive, work also includes responsibility for:

1) facilitating the execution and delivery of clinical transformation; 2) enhancing patient care services; 3) improving clinical quality and safety; 4) developing nursing leadership; 5) maximizing effective resource utilization, 6) working with academic organizations to ensure recruitment, retention and succession planning for nursing at all levels of the organization, and 7) directly supervising subordinate management staff. Work requires the ability to work effectively in matrixed relationships, influence/persuade others, negotiate effectively with diverse groups of high-level individuals and create support for innovative initiatives, programs/projects and services.  An incumbent maintains direct responsibility for Nursing Practice at the assigned facility, including responsibility for all nursing care services practiced at his/her assigned facility regardless of reporting structure. 

Job duties require considerable knowledge of the specialized principles, standards and design methodologies relating to healthcare business/product lines, as well as healthcare administration, patient delivery systems and continuum of care integration. Also requires clinical knowledge of assigned functions and considerable management expertise relating to strategic business planning, process improvement, change management, budget administration and personnel management.

Education:

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree(s), one of which must be in nursing, graduation from an accredited school of nursing,

Experience

• 7 to 10 years of nursing leadership work experience in a large, complex healthcare setting(s) that would demonstrate attainment of the requisite job knowledge/abilities.
• Prior work experience in Magnet organizations is strongly preferred