Chief Nursing Officer (Fresno)

United Surgical Partners International (USPI), the countrys largest Ambulatory Surgery Center platform, is seeking a Chief Nursing Officer for Fresno Surgical Hospital in Fresno, CA.

Fresno Surgical Hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission. Our technology allows surgeons to perform procedures in the specialty areas of : Breast Surgery, Colon & Rectal, General Surgery, Gynecology, Orthopedic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Pain Management, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Spine, Urology. There are 13 Operating Rooms and 5 Treatment Rooms.

The ideal candidate for this role will either have Surgical Hospital or other Hospital Leadership experience.

Job Summary

The CNO is responsible for management of all nursing service departments and other clinical departments of the hospital. The CNO is responsible for the quality of patient care and ensures that sufficient and properly prepared personnel carry out these functions. This position is responsible for all departmental functions in support of the hospital mission, vision, and facility goals. The CNO identifies the cost-effective systems needed to support the business of the department considering business trends, resource availability, and changes in customers. This position establishes effective working relationships with all constituencies including patients, physicians, employees, volunteers, and vendors. The CNO identifies and remedies through continuous customer satisfaction data and employee involvement. The CNO works with other Senior Management in meeting facility goals. Develops, directs the implementation, and ensures compliance of Standards of Practice that promote optimum health care delivery.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops, hospital plan for the provision of nursing care that is designed to support improvement in nursing practice and is based on both the needs of the patient and is based on both the needs of the patient to be served and the hospital mission.
• Reviews work schedules, assignments, patient classification, and supervisor's reports to assess daily the appropriate number and level of personnel needed to provide quality care.
• Recommends and carries out changes in personnel and assignments accordingly.
• Acts as administrative resource to clinical directors / coordinators in areas including (but not limited to) :
• Development and updating of policies, procedures, and job description;
• Budget preparation for clinical departments;
• Personnel functions, evaluation, and grievances;
• Improvement of clinical services performance.
• Develops and / or assists with the development of hospital wide patient care programs, policies amid procedures that describe how they needs of patients or patient populations are assessed, evaluated, and met.
• Develops staffing plan for all nursing units and Nursing service lines of authority and support staff.
• Attends and participates in Medical Staff and Medical Executive Committees, and hospital Board meetings in planning promoting and conducting organizational performance - improvement activities.
• Actively participates with the governing body, management team, medical staff, and clinical areas in developing, implementing, and evaluating in hospital's strategic plan, budgets, resource allocation and operation / plan and policies.
• Meets regularly with Administrative team to discuss objectives, staffing needs, management problems.
• Implements the finding and informed up to date in all aspects of nursing care and management through literature, workshops, seminars, courses, and conferences with other Chief Nursing Officers.
• Implements an effective on-going evaluation process for patient care to ensure continuous improvement as part of the hospital-wide Performance Improvement process.
• Evaluates and ensures the nursing process is carried out in a continuous manner on all patients.
• Ensures the continuous and timely availability of nursing services to patients.
• Implements the findings of current research from nursing and other literature into the policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care.
• Ensures nursing service staff carry out applicable processes in the patient care and organization-wide functions described in this manual.

Assigns responsibility to individuals or groups of nursing staff members to act on improving the nursing