Chief Nursing Officer, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center

The successful Chief Nursing Officer candidate:

• Ensures the organizational values, goals, and objectives are transformed into daily operations resulting in an excellent quality, efficient, effective, caring, and respectful environment.
• Provides leadership for the practice of nursing and is accountable for nursing practice, quality, education/professional development, engagement and research throughout the hospital.
• Provides leadership to define the scope of nursing practice and establishes structures, role accountability and systems to ensure clinical competence of all nursing personnel aligning with Atlantic Health nursing.
• Recommends and is responsible for annual operating and capital budgets for nursing and ensures prudent management of Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center’s resources.
• Creates a healthy work environment that is safe, respectful, and collaborative
• Builds credibility, trust and partners with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality, service, and nursing professionalism.
• Collaborates with the Chief Medical Officer, Officers of Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center’s medical staff, departmental chairpersons and system medical directors , System Nursing and System VP of Quality and Safety to improve quality, patient safety and service efforts.
• Fosters a multidisciplinary approach to quality improvement with a focus on coordination of services and improving patient outcomes and the patient experience.
• Develops effective working relationships with key stakeholders and system leaders.
• Manages organizational relationships in a way that builds and maintains a climate of trust and inspires commitment from others to achieve organization goals.
• Partners with HR team in the development of strategies to promote the recruitment, retention, workforce management, and recognition of excellence in nursing.
• Promotes professional nursing practice and assures that standards of care are developed, implemented, and evaluated.
• Assures standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice are consistent with current research and professional standards.
• Provides consultation and collaboration with nurses, physicians, and leaders in establishing policies for patient care.
• Drives continuous quality improvement, standards of care, discovery, and innovation through research and use of best, evidence-based practices.
• Board member in Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center Foundation efforts.
• Member of community advisory board at Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Extensive executive-level experience within high-performing organizations.
• A clinical operations-oriented leader with strong financial acumen.
• A track record of success improving performance, patient flow and collaboration with service lines.
• Proven ability to lead in a complex matrixed healthcare organization in an acute care setting.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully advocating and representing nursing at the senior administration level.
• A track record of effectively partnering and communicating with physicians; one who enjoys collaborating with physicians and is viewed as a champion for patient quality and clinical excellence.
• Proven hands-on success in leading challenging projects to successful completion.
• Demonstrated ability to hold teams accountable, work collaboratively and effectively with a wide variety of professionals to achieve strong bottom-line profitability of the organization.
• A track record of success working in an environment that values independent thinking, collaboration, transparency, mutual respect, and a shared passion for excellence and innovation.
• One who is patient-oriented and has passion and empathy.
• A history of developing and mentoring strong, cohesive leadership teams that drive excellence.
• A track record of success in creating a working environment in which morale is high, and team members feel valued and find joy and meaning in their work.
• Knowledge of Lean principals and techniques.
• A proven track record of being able to improve patient experience and team member engagement.
• A proven track of coaching and mentoring aspiring nurse leaders.
• Provides leadership and influence to the nursing profession at regional, state, and national level

• The CNO required to have a Graduate degree. Doctorate preferred. If this degree is not in nursing, the officer must have either a bachelor’s or a doctorate that is in nursing.
• Advanced Certification in Nursing Leadership highly preferred.
• An advanced level of knowledge acquired through completion of formal and continuing education in Nursing, health policy, regulatory compliance, process redesign and management are essential
• Extensive clinical nursing and management experience with a minimum of seven (7) years in senior nursing leadership roles is required with prior CNO experience.
• Nursing leadership experience in an academic medical center or complex healthcare organization is required, preferably in a healthcare system.
• Knowledge and experience in Magnet principles is required, as well as prior experience in a Magnet facility.
• Knowledge of nursing staffing methods, retention, recruitment, and finance. Proven strategic-thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience in complex matrix organization 
• Experience in tertiary medical center with programs that include Cardiac Surgery, Level 1 trauma, etc with teaching medical and allied health programs