SVP, Chief Nurse Executive - Administration - Full Time

Position Summary
The Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) is the senior-most nursing leader of the health system and a key member of the CEO’s executive leadership team. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the CNE provides enterprise-wide strategic, clinical, operational, and professional leadership for nursing across all hospitals and care settings. The CNE ensures nursing strategy is fully aligned with organizational priorities, quality and safety goals, financial stewardship, and long-term system transformation. The role serves as the principal nursing advisor to the CEO and Board, advancing nursing excellence, workforce sustainability, and high-reliability care delivery.
 

Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Nursing Strategy & Executive Leadership
• Develop and lead the system-wide nursing strategic plan, aligned with enterprise strategy and CEO priorities.
• Serve as the authoritative voice for nursing at the executive team and board level, translating nursing performance into enterprise impact.
• Provide executive oversight and accountability for hospital CNOs, ensuring alignment, consistency, and high performance across all system clinics and hospitals.

2. Quality, Safety & Clinical Outcomes
• Lead nursing’s enterprise role in quality, patient safety, and experience, with accountability for outcomes and performance improvement.
• Ensure adoption of standardized, evidence-based nursing practices across the system.
• Partner with executive and physician leadership to achieve top-tier performance in regulatory compliance, accreditation, and public reporting.

3. Workforce Strategy & Leadership Development
• Own the enterprise nursing workforce strategy, including recruitment, retention, engagement, and succession planning.
• Address workforce sustainability through innovative staffing models, role optimization, and workforce well-being initiatives.
• Develop current and future nursing leaders capable of leading in a complex, rapidly changing healthcare environment.

4. Professional Practice & Nursing Excellence
• Establish and sustain a system professional practice model, including shared governance and clinical advancement pathways.
• Advance nursing education, research, and academic partnerships to strengthen professional growth and innovation.
• Lead nursing excellence initiatives (e.g., Magnet®, Pathway to Excellence®, or equivalent), as aligned with system strategy.

5. Financial Stewardship & Operational Performance
• Partner with the CEO, CFO, and operational leaders to ensure fiscally responsible nursing care delivery.
• Oversee labor management, productivity, and care model optimization while maintaining quality and workforce engagement.
• Drive standardization and operational discipline across hospitals to reduce unwarranted variation and improve value.

6. Informatics, Technology & Innovation
• Provide executive sponsorship for nursing informatics and digital transformation, ensuring technology enables safe, efficient care.
• Champion innovation in care delivery models, including virtual care, AI-enabled workflows, and new nursing roles.
• Ensure nursing leadership is embedded in enterprise transformation initiatives.

7. Executive Collaboration & Physician Partnership
• Collaborate closely with the CEO and executive leadership team.
• Build strong partnerships with physician and interdisciplinary leaders to align clinical strategy and operations.
• Serve as a visible, credible leader during periods of growth, integration, or system transformation.

Qualifications Required
• Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) or related healthcare field required.
• Current, unrestricted RN license (or eligibility).
• 10–15+ years of progressive nursing leadership experience.
• Enterprise or multi-hospital executive responsibility as a Chief Nurse Officer.
• Demonstrated success in quality improvement, workforce leadership, and system-level change.

Preferred
• Doctoral degree (DNP, PhD, or equivalent) preferred.
• Experience with Magnet® or equivalent nursing excellence frameworks.
• Experience in large, complex health systems.
• National leadership certification (e.g., NEA-BC, CENP); FAAN preferred.

Measures of Success
• Nursing quality hospitals acquired infections, safety, and patient experience outcomes
• Workforce engagement, retention, and nursing pipeline strength that includes strategic oversight for models of care.
• Talent development and succession planning
• Financial and labor performance
• Regulatory and accreditation outcomes
• Alignment of nursing strategy with CEO and Board priorities