Chief Nursing Officer

St Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center in Pasadena, TX seeks a Chief Nursing Officer to define and execute the strategic vision for patient care across the system.

This executive role directs clinical operations, mentors senior leaders, drives safety and compliance, and improves workflows to achieve superior patient outcomes. A proven track record leading complex clinical teams and shaping change is required, along with RN licensure and a relevant advanced degree.

Qualifications

• RN license active in the state of employment or a compact license.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing or a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with a related Master’s (MHA/MBA/MS).
• Ten years of healthcare experience and five years of nursing leadership.

Responsibilities

• Participates in hospital decision‑making with leaders to develop strategic plans, budgets, resource allocation, operational plans and policies.
• Leads nursing leadership to develop a nursing mission, vision, philosophy, strategic plan aligned with the hospital's mission and plan.
• Mentors and develops managers and staff to assume leadership roles through role modelling and shared leadership.
• Directs patient care teams as a leader and change agent.
• Develops and maintains effective communication channels for staff input and concerns.
• Fosters collaboration with physicians and other departments to solve problems and improve care.

Skills

Executive leadership

Nursing leadership

Strategic planning

Change management

Mentoring

Education

Master’s Degree in Nursing

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Masters in MHA, MBA or MS

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Chief Nursing Officer, you will define and execute the strategic vision for patient care system-wide, ensuring exceptional, high-quality, and compassionate care delivery. This executive role drives operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Every day you will strategically direct patient care units and services, fostering clinical excellence. Responsibilities include mentoring senior leaders, setting system-level patient safety and compliance, and optimizing workflows for superior outcomes. You'll represent patient care at the executive level, driving key initiatives.

To succeed, you need exceptional executive leadership, visionary strategic management, and profound clinical expertise. You must influence a culture of excellence, drive transformative improvement, and deliver organizational patient care goals, with a proven history of leading complex clinical teams and shaping change effectively.

• Participates in hospital's decision‑making processes by collaborating with leaders from the governing body, health system management, hospital leadership council, medical staff and clinical areas in developing strategic plans, budgets, resource allocation, operational plans and policies.
• Leads nursing leadership in the development of a nursing mission, vision, philosophy, strategic plan congruent with the hospital's mission, vision, and strategic plan.
• Mentors and Develops managers and staff to assume leadership roles both formally and informally, via role modeling and facilitating staff participation in a shared leadership structure.
• Directs patient care team effectively as team leader and change agent.
• Develops and Implements effective communication channels to provide information to all staff members; provide the forum for staff to verbalize concerns, issues and ideas in a non‑threatening environment.
• Develops and continually enhances a positive working relationship and the ability to problem solve with other members of the patient care delivery team including physicians and other departments.

Job Requirements

Required

• Registered Nurse (RN) active license in the state of employment or compact license
• Master’s Degree in Nursing; If Master’s Degree is not in nursing, then must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Masters in a related field (M.H.A., M.B.A., or M.S.)
• Ten years of healthcare experience
• 5 years of leadership experience in nursing

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Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services to residents of Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Baytown, and Clear Lake. The facility includes 53 medical/surgical beds, eight ICU beds and three endoscopy rooms, and offers a range of primary and specialized services—wound care, general surgery, gastroenterology, occupational health, heart and vascular, women’s services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient rehab services, and sleep disorders.