Harrisonburg, VA
First (Days)
Serve as the senior nursing executive and strategic leader for nursing operations, providing vision, direction, and oversight for patient care departments across the organization. The Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is responsible for advancing a culture of accountability, innovation, operational excellence, and patient-centered care while ensuring exceptional clinical outcomes and an outstanding experience for patients, families, and team members.
The CNO champions recruitment, retention, engagement, and professional development initiatives for nursing staff while fostering an environment where frontline caregivers feel valued, supported, and empowered to practice at the highest level of their profession. This leader serves as a visible advocate for frontline teams, promoting shared governance, nursing excellence, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
Responsible for leveraging technology, data analytics, and evidence-based practices to enhance care delivery, improve operational performance, and support strategic decision-making. The CNO leads efforts related to regulatory compliance, nursing standards of care, policies and procedures, workforce planning, and the coordination of services that consistently meet or exceed quality, safety, and customer experience expectations.
Working collaboratively with executive leadership, physicians, medical staff, and interdisciplinary teams, the CNO drives strategic initiatives, quality improvement efforts, and organizational priorities focused on clinical effectiveness, patient safety, and operational efficiency. The successful candidate will be a forward-thinking and innovative healthcare leader who embraces change, fosters accountability at all levels, develops high-performing teams, and creates an environment where nurses are empowered to deliver exceptional care.
The ideal candidate is a transformational leader who combines strong operational expertise with strategic vision, embraces innovative thinking, effectively utilizes technology to improve care delivery, and serves as a passionate advocate for frontline caregivers. This leader will inspire trust, collaboration, and engagement while advancing Sentara's mission of improving health every day.
Sentara RMH Medical Center, located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is a 238-bed community hospital serving a seven-county region with approximately 218,000 residents throughout the Shenandoah Valley. Since opening as Rockingham Memorial Hospital in 1912 and joining the Sentara Health system in 2011, Sentara RMH has remained committed to delivering exceptional care to the communities it serves.
As a Magnet-recognized organization, Sentara RMH demonstrates a commitment to nursing excellence, quality patient outcomes, and professional practice. The medical center partners closely with local schools, nonprofits, and community organizations to improve the health and well-being of the region.
Services include behavioral health, cancer care, heart and vascular services, emergency medicine, maternity services, women's health, neurology, orthopedics, pulmonology, wound healing, and weight loss surgery.
At Sentara RMH Medical Center, one thing remains constant: a commitment to providing exceptional care and improving health every day.
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $246,708.80 - $282,006.40 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.
Sentara RMH Medical Center, a Magnet designated hospital located in Harrisonburg VA, serves a seven-county area with a population of 218,000 residents, employing 2600 locals. The 238-bed community hospital has been serving Harrisonburg, Rockingham County and surrounding areas since 1912, then partnered with the Sentara Health System in May of 2011. Sentara RMH features the RMH Hahn Cancer Center, a state-of-the-art center equipped with the latest cancer fighting technologies available in the nation administrating more than 18,000 cancer treatments. With 1800 delivered babies, 60,000 emergency patients and 21,000 surgical procedures, Sentara has a position for you. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community.
Our Caring Workplace Environment
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 34,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, including 10 hospitals with the prestigious Magnet®️ recognition, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named a Health Quality Innovator of the Year (2024), was recognized by Forbes as "America’s Best-In-State Employer” (2024), "Best Employer for Veterans" (2022, 2023), and "Best Employer for Women" (2020), and named to IBM Watson Health's "Top 15 Health Systems" (2021, 2018).
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