Chief Nursing Officer

Job overview

The Chief Nursing Officer is an onsite role based in Dubuque, IA. Compensation is not specified for this position, which supports the nursing department at University of Iowa Health Network Rehabilitation Hospital, a venture with Encompass Health. This role exists to provide leadership and oversight for nursing care, treatment, and services. It contributes to the company's goals by fostering a patient-focused, team-oriented culture, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and optimizing health outcomes through effective staffing and program development.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with all medical, clinical, and therapeutic disciplines to foster a patient-focused, team-oriented culture that delivers superior service and outstanding outcomes.
• Develop patient care programs, policies, and procedures that outline how patients' needs for nursing care, treatment, and services are assessed, evaluated, and met.
• Act as a representative for nursing on various committees, including the Governing Body, Quality Council, Med Exec, Infection Control, Education, and Ethics Committees, as needed.
• Support cultural diversity and maintain an inclusive, respectful work environment.
• Cultivate an environment and culture that empowers the hospital to fulfill its mission by exceeding its goals, communicating the hospital's mission to all staff, holding staff accountable, motivating the team, and taking charge of measurement and assessment.
• Implement Joint Commission, CMS, State, rehabilitation nursing, and hospital standards.
• Utilize a staffing matrix that factors in patient acuity and adjusts staffing to meet budgeted NHPPD.
• Integrate complex data to make informed decisions, develop programs and plans that optimize health, promote wellness, manage illness, and prevent patient complications.
• Celebrate the achievements of your staff and patients along the way.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

dubuque ia

encompass health

nursing

leadership

chief nursing officer

cno

rehabilitation

patient care

onsite

no on-call

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Affordable medical, dental and vision plans, generous paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company-matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plans, flexible spending and health savings accounts.

Why this role

Requires 5 years of inpatient hospital experience and 2 years of recent nursing management experience.

About the employer

University of Iowa Health Network Rehabilitation Hospital, a venture with Encompass Health is hiring for this role. Industry: Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals. Sector: 62.