VP Associate CNO UNCH - Women's, Children's, & Psychiatry

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Open to applicants with various nursing backgrounds, overall leadership is what we are seeking most.

Summary:
The VP Associate Chief Nursing Officer, UNC Hospitals reports to the Chief Nursing Officer and has responsibility for the organization and coordination of all medical center nursing operations and services. This class administers multiple programs or organizational areas at UNC Medical Center and has full responsibility for planning, organizing, staffing, budgeting, directing, and controlling the accomplishment of short-term and long-term nursing service objectives.

Responsibilities:
1.Serves as a senior nursing leader to the Triangle West hospitals and represents the Triangle West hospitals and clinics in UNC Health system planning and initiatives. Creates a positive, collaborative work environment. Develops and implements goals, objectives, policies and procedures. Directs personnel functions, including recruiting, hiring and retention of staff, and handling disciplinary actions. Ensures that operations comply with established standards and regulations. Prepares and oversees business reports, including annual budgets. Provides guidance to staff and acts as resource to colleagues.
2. Quality: Collaborates extensively with the CNO and CMO to develop, implement and monitor quality patient outcome metrics. Works with hospital leaders to ensure consistent patient outcomes in all settings. Provides quality services that meet the regulatory and accreditation requirements and ensures that services are delivered safely and efficaciously. Monitors unit performance improvement outcomes and guides staff and managers to use strategies to ensure quality and patient satisfaction. Leads managers to use strategies to improve employee satisfaction. Participates in sentinel events analysis and facilitates an environment that promotes a safe practice setting. Oversees nursing department performance improvement program, including the management of the personnel and performance improvement initiatives and strategies.
3. Leadership: Aligns work goals with organizational strategic direction and guides directors and direct reports in their goals. Leads formation of strategic goals for the department. Demonstrates corporate citizenship by participating in activities external to assigned departments. Demonstrates active support of organization initiatives and mentors directors and managers in these behaviors. Utilizes administrative, clinical and financial systems for data to facilitate decision-making. Leads and supports change efforts for improvement. Role models behaviors for nursing leaders and staff that promote the goals of the division of nursing and the organization; maintains effective working relationships with peers, medical staff, and direct reports. Arrives at decisions through a process of thorough analysis and thoughtfulness; makes decisions in a timely manner.
4. Financial Stewardship: Develops budget for assigned cost centers and assists directors and managers in development and monitoring of their cost centers. Works with CFO to analyze budgetary trends and nurse leaders in developing strategies for budget variances. Implements strategies to increase revenue and decrease costs and cost effectively manage personnel, supply and equipment resources. Makes necessary adjustments to ensure goals are achieved and/or meet budget projections.
5. Human Resources Stewardship: Recruits, selects, hires, coaches and uses appropriate actions with staff in accordance with UNCHCS policies and procedures. Maintains accountability for staff competencies and performance. Creates an environment conducive to staff development in both clinical and management expertise. Provides staff with performance feedback regularly and mentors staff in the development of professional growth opportunities and goals. Conducts regular staff meetings to facilitate communication of pertinent information and provides opportunities for feedback from managers and staff. Recognizes and rewards staff for performance and celebrates successes. Encourages staff and managers to identify opportunities for improvement. Implements strategies to improve employee satisfaction inclusive of strategies to involve employees in decision-making.
6.Leading People - Leads people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Provides an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Encourages workforce engagement by building a commitment to excellence and by promoting the organization's vision internally and externally. Delegates' responsibility clarifies expectations and holds others accountable for achieving results related to their area of responsibility. Leads in a deliberate and predictable way and operates with transparency. Treats sensitive or confidential information appropriately. Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods. Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
7.Leading Change - Acts as a catalyst for organizational change. Influences others to translate vision into action. Brings about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Establishes an organizational vision and implements it in a continuously changing environment. Is open to change and new information and rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. Deals effectively with pressure and remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. Recovers quickly from setbacks. Formulates objectives and priorities, and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization. Capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks. Takes a long-term view and builds a shared vision with others.
8.Results Driven - Exceeds organizational goals and customer expectations. Makes decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Delivers high-quality services and is committed to continuous improvement. Fosters a culture of safe and compassionate patient care. Makes well-informed, timely decisions, even when data are limited or solutions produce unfavorable results. Positions the organization for success by identifying new opportunities and builds the organization by developing and improving services. Leads the budgeting process. Uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities, monitors expenditures in support of programs and policies, and identifies cost-effective approaches.

Education Requirements:
* Master's degree required.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Requires a minimum of twelve (12) years of experience, with at least ten (10) years of people management experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Solves complex problems that may have a long-term impact on the business function/line of business. Develops innovative ideas and solutions with significance to the organization's future. Identifies problem areas and skill gaps proactively and addresses them appropriately. Excellent project management and change management skills for designing and implementing Entity, Triangle, or System initiatives in a complex environment.

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Nursing Office

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.