MountainView Regional Medical Center is your community healthcare provider. We are a 168-bed facility, accredited by The Joint Commission, that provides a broad range of healthcare services, including inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic imaging and emergency, medical and surgical care. From brain and spine surgery, minimally invasive and robotic surgery and open-heart surgery to access to preventive and primary care through our integrated delivery system, we strive to offer quality medical care to our friends and neighbors in Las Cruces, Dona Ana County and throughout Southern New Mexico. As an accredited Chest Pain Center, an accredited Joint Replacement Center, an accredited Stroke Center and an accredited Bariatric Surgery Center, we are committed to offering nationally recognized care.

As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will participate in the financial and functional decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital. 

As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the CNO will participate in functional decision-making processes necessary to the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare clinical matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital. The CNO will oversee multiple departments within the hospital and reports directly to the hospital Chief Executive Officer.

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is responsible for:

• Providing leadership to nurse employees that will enroll their support, create ownership of goals, and have them actively participate in decisions that impact the hospital 
• Maintaining necessary regulatory and compliance approvals and quality accreditations
• Partnering with physicians who use, or will use, the hospital
• Assisting in planning new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue
• Creating an environment that will encourage recruiting and retention of clinical employees
• Managing costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs
• Establishing standards for nursing practices and maintain authority, accountability and responsibility for nursing services
• Developing organizational patient care programs, policies and procedures that describe how nursing care is assessed, delivered and evaluated.
• Developing and managing the nursing services budget and ensuring sufficient number of qualified staff to assess patient needs
• Plan and provide nursing care interventions and prevent complications, promote improvement and patient comfort and wellness
• Analyzing areas in planning, promoting and conducting organization-wide performance improvement activities
• Representing the nursing services at all meetings including medical staff and hospital board of director meetings; participates with leaders in designing and providing patient care and services

Education:

• Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited institution
• Master's degree required

Certifications/Licenses:

• Must be a registered nurse (RN) with a current licensure within the state 

Experience/Skills:

• Must possess detailed knowledge of hospital nursing operations
• 5 years of demonstrated successful leadership in an acute-care hospital environment (For-profit experience preferred)
• Must be proficient in written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with hospital staff, physicians, patients, and patient's families
• Ability to maintain confidential information concerning personal, financial, or medical matters