The Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer (VP/CNO) has the authority and responsibility for the implementation of standards of nursing practice and the implementation of nursing care according to those standards. The VP/CNO or designee reviews and approves nursing policies and procedures and designs systems for the delivery of patient care including provision of adequate staffing.
The VP/CNO collaboratively works with members of the governing body, medical staff, nursing staff and other hospital leaders in planning, promoting, and conducting patient focused and nurse sensitive performance-improvement activities in support of the hospital initiatives. The VP/CNO participates in evaluating, selecting, and integrating health care technology and information systems in support of patient care needs.
The VP/CNO has full accountability and responsibility regarding the development, implementation, and evaluation of operational and capital budgets for nursing. The VP/CNO supports the efficient utilization of clinical resources while meeting expectations for quality and safe patient care delivery. Ultimately, the VP/CNO is an exemplar for promoting a positive practice environment – honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness.
Minimum Requirements:
- Licensed as an RN in Kentucky
- Master’s Degree in Nursing, or a Master's degree in Management with 5-10 additional years of nursing experience.
- Ten years of experience in nursing; five years in healthcare management.
- Professional certification as Nurse Executive
- Demonstrated success in systems work and in collaboration of nursing services
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
