Summary Job Description:

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 If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 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 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 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 two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 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 more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement:

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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