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Job Details Jefferson Abington/Lansdale is seeking a highly experienced, quality focused, contemporary nursing leader for the role of Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer (VP/CNO). The successful candidate will have the ability to build and lead a strong nursing leadership team committed to the highest standards of nursing practice and quality of patient care.

The Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer (VP/CNO) reports directly to the Regional Chief Nursing Officer for the North Region of Jefferson Health. The Regional CNO provides the vision and strategic leadership for nursing across the Northern Region of the Jefferson Health System. The VP/CNO realizes that vision by providing strategic leadership and direction for nursing at JAH/JLH, a division of Jefferson.

As a member of the JAH/JLA senior leadership team, the VP/CNO participates in the integrated financial and strategic planning process, development of the hospital’s operating plan focused on quality and safety, patient and family experience, people, growth, finance and operations, and execution of tactics to achieve desired outcomes. The VP/CNO is the senior clinical executive in partnership with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Quality Officer (CQO) with responsibility for quality and safety, financial stewardship, technology management, ethics, teaching, and research.

She/he ensures the delivery of highly reliable nursing care and patient and family centered care, which is reflective in nursing policy and decision-making. In collaboration with the COO & CMO, the VP/CNO is responsible for building and sustaining a culture of accountability and assuring that nursing practices are based on tenets of patient and family centered care and high reliability throughout nursing and the broader organization.

The VP/CNO ensures the development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing policies, programs and services that are evidence–based and consistent with professional standards and practice at Jefferson Health. She/he serves as a catalyst and role model providing innovative leadership and direction that supports the mission and divisional goals of JAH/JLH.

• Ensures the organizational values, goals, and objectives are transformed into daily operations resulting in an excellent quality, efficient, effective, caring and respectful environment.
• Works collaboratively with the medical staff, nursing leadership, and clinical, financial and operational leaders to deliver cost effective, high quality clinical services and outcomes in partnership with affiliate organizations and providers that optimize the delivery of patient care.
• Drives outcomes in patient centered care in order to make JAH/JLH the hospital of choice for patients and employees.
• Ensures a collaborative partnership in communication and relationship building competencies through strategic planning activities, commitment to shared decision‑making, medical staff relationships, diversity, equity and inclusion, relationship management and community involvement.
• Utilizes business acumen, inclusive of healthcare financing, human resource management including professional development, strategic management, marketing and information management, and technology development to effectively oversee JAH/JLH’s nursing operations.
• Prepares and manages according to fiscal year budget plans, ensuring that the budget planning process correctly identifies operational needs and that the nursing leadership team operates within the approved fiscal year budget.
• Emulates person and professional accountability ethics, evidence based clinical and management practice including advocacy for the clinical enterprise and professional nursing practice.

• Doctoral preparation strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree required, one of which must be in Nursing.
• Advanced level of knowledge acquired through completion of formal and continuing education in Nursing, health policy, regulatory compliance, process redesign and management.
• Extensive clinical nursing and management experience with a minimum of seven (7) years in senior nursing leadership roles; prior CNO experience preferred.
• Nursing leadership experience in an academic medical center or complex healthcare organization required, preferably in a healthcare system.
• Knowledge and experience in Magnet principles 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.

Primary Location Address: 1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

• Comprehensive package of benefits for full‑time and part‑time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance and voluntary benefits.
• Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full‑time service or two years of part‑time service.
• All colleagues, including those who work less than part‑time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.