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Chief Nursing Executive
San Francisco, CA, United StatesPosted 2 months ago
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Job Description
This position reports directly to the SVP/COO of UCSF Health. As a key member of executive leadership, the Chief Nurse Executive contributes to the development and implementation of major strategic goals and direction, and provides vision for all aspects of patient and quality of care issues. Ensures integration of services as appropriate across UCSF Health, and alignment with long-range objectives and strategies. Safeguards compliance with internal policies and external regulatory agencies. Ensures professional nursing standards are uniform and maintained across UCSF Health.
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing and master’s degree in business, nursing, health care administration or a related field. PhD or DNP preferred.
- Registered Nurse.
- Ten years of increasingly responsible experience in hospital management and strategic planning, preferably in an academic medical center.
- Comprehensive and thorough understanding of all elements of health care delivery, including strategy, business planning, operations and financial conditions.
- Change management skills to transition the organization from a current state to a future state with the least amount of resistance.
- Expertise in evaluating the organization issues, initiating actions to make change, planning change with stakeholder buy-in and executing the plan while being flexible to the changing landscape.
- Collaborative leadership skills to function in a highly complex and matrixed organizational environment, demonstrates expert skill in building collaborative relationships, developing strategies and engaging in constructive problem-solving.
- Relationship building skills to develop outstanding relationships at all levels of the organization in an environment that is managed through influence and relationships.
- Expertise in all aspects of assigned functions, as well as development and management of operational and capital budgets.
- Sets high standards of behavior, performance, quality, credibility, and integrity; exhibits judgment and business acumen necessary to raise performance to levels that would not otherwise be achieved.
- Demonstrated understanding of the roles of teaching, research and patient care in the academic medical center and active participation in improvements relevant to each mission.
- Ability to comply with all nurse practice and medical center policies and procedures for infection control, safety, administrative and clinical practice. Ability to comply with activities mandated by The Joint Commission/Title 22, CLIA, etc.
- Served in a Magnet organization or understands the principles of shared governance and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Direct experience with Lean management and/or an understanding of the Principles of Lean process improvement
Preferred:
- Prior experience in a unionized environment is strongly preferred.
- PhD or DNP preferred.