CNO - Lead Nursing Transformation & Quality in CAH

E- Health Jobs, Inc; Truth or Consequences (NM); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

E-Health Jobs is recruiting an experienced Chief Nursing Officer to lead the nursing and patient care operations at Sierra Vista Hospital in Truth or Consequences, NM, guiding an ongoing transformation and ensuring CMS readiness.

The CNO will report to the CEO, oversee about 40 FTEs, and drive accountability, staffing, budgeting, and leadership development across the hospital's nursing services.

Qualifications

• Current or recent CAH CNO experience is required.
• Minimum 5 years of CAH CNO experience.
• Strong knowledge of CMS requirements, quality, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Nursing leadership certification such as NE-BC or NEA-BC is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing and patient care services.
• Lead nursing quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Maintain CMS Conditions of Participation compliance and readiness for surveys.
• Oversee nursing staffing, recruitment, retention, and workforce development.
• Develop nursing leaders and establish succession plans.
• Monitor nursing productivity, staffing and workforce utilization.
• Develop and manage departmental budgets.
• Collaborate with medical staff and executive leadership.
• Represent nursing in leadership, Medical Staff and Board meetings.

Skills

Nursing leadership

CMS compliance

Patient safety

Budgeting

Staff development

Change management

Physician collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Nursing/Healthcare Admin/Business

Job description

E-Health Jobs is recruiting an experienced Chief Nursing Officer to lead the nursing and patient care operations at Sierra Vista Hospital in Truth or Consequences, NM, guiding an ongoing transformation and ensuring CMS readiness.

The CNO will report to the CEO, oversee about 40 FTEs, and drive accountability, staffing, budgeting, and leadership development across the hospital's nursing services.