Vice President Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer

900 Emory Healthcare; Warner Robins (GA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Emory Healthcare, based in Georgia, seeks a VP/Chief Nursing Officer to lead executive nursing, patient services, quality, and virtual care across the physician division and enterprise health system.

The role provides oversight of clinical nursing practice, workforce strategy, and operational performance while aligning with enterprise priorities and regulatory standards. Travel and hybrid work are involved.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing or related field.
• Minimum seven years of senior nursing leadership experience.
• Active RN license in Georgia or eligibility.
• NE-BC/NEA-BC or CNML-like certification within one year.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Chief Nursing Officer for division clinical care and standards.
• Provide executive leadership for quality, safety, workforce strategy, and operations.
• Lead governance, accountability, and professional practice models.
• Oversee daily operations to ensure safe, effective patient care.
• Align nursing services with enterprise goals and metrics.
• Drive staffing models, skill mix, and care delivery optimization.
• Lead virtual care initiatives and adoption across the system.
• Represent nursing in enterprise strategy and collaborations.

Skills

Executive leadership

Nursing leadership

Quality & patient safety

Strategic planning

Virtual care coordination

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master's degree in Nursing or related field

Doctoral degree preferred

Job description

Work Shift: The Vice President, Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is the senior nursing executive responsible for clinical nursing practice, patient services, quality, safety, and workforce strategy across the Emory Healthcare Physician Division and serves as the enterprise Chief Nursing Officer for Virtual Care across the health system.

This role provides executive leadership and operational oversight for all nursing and patient care services delivered within Physician Division settings, including ambulatory, outpatient, procedural, specialty, and clinic-based environments, while holding system-wide accountability for centralized virtual nursing and virtual care delivery across Emory Healthcare.

The VP/CNO is a key member of executive leadership, participating in short- and long-term strategic planning, advancing innovative models of care, and ensuring nursing and patient services are aligned with enterprise priorities, balanced scorecard goals, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards.

This role partners closely with physician, APP, operational, quality, digital, and enterprise leaders to deliver high-reliability, patient-centered, value-driven care across physical and virtual care environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Executive Nursing & Patient Services Leadership

1. Serve as the Chief Nursing Officer, accountable for nursing practice, care management, patient care delivery, and professional standards across all division clinical settings.
2. Provide executive leadership for clinical quality, patient safety, experience, workforce strategy, and operational performance.
3. Establish and maintain professional nursing practice models, governance structures, and accountability frameworks.
4. Ensure daily clinical operations and care delivery remain the primary focus, supporting safe, effective, and efficient patient care.

Strategy, Performance & Financial Stewardship

1. Lead nursing and patient services strategy aligned with enterprise goals, quality priorities, and balanced scorecard performance metrics.
2. Oversee staffing models, skill mix, and workflow optimization to support access, sustainability, and value-based care.
3. Translate data and analytics into measurable performance improvement across clinical, operational, and workforce domains.
4. Accountable for achieving quality, safety, patient experience, workforce, and cost objectives.

Quality, Safety & Regulatory Compliance

1. Ensure compliance with all regulatory, licensure, and accreditation standards across the Physician Division and Virtual Care environments.
2. Maintain continuous readiness for surveys and audits through standardized processes and monitoring.
3. Lead patient safety initiatives, risk mitigation strategies, and quality improvement efforts across all care settings.

Workforce & Professional Practice Leadership

1. Provide executive oversight of the nursing workforce, including recruitment, retention, licensure, certification, competency validation, and professional development.
2. Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, continuous learning, and professional excellence.
3. Mentor and develop nursing leaders and interdisciplinary partners.

Enterprise Collaboration & Representation

1. Partner with physicians, APPs, operational leaders, digital health, finance, HR, and quality leaders to advance integrated care delivery.
2. Represent nursing and patient services in enterprise-level strategy, governance, and innovation initiatives.
3. Support the academic, research, education, and care missions through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Additional Duties as Assigned

Travel: Travel between Emory Affiliated locations may be required.

Work Type: Hybrid employee - splits time between working remotely and working in the office.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

1. Master's degree in Nursing or related field required

Experience

1. Minimum seven (7) years of progressive senior nursing leadership experience.
2. Demonstrated experience leading enterprise clinical operations, quality, workforce strategy, and virtual care initiatives

Licensure

1. Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license in Georgia or eligibility to practice in Georgia
2. For Virtual Care settings: Active, unencumbered eNLC RN license within 60 days of hire

Certification

1. Nurse Executive certification (NE-BC, NEA-BC, CENP) or comparable (CNML, CENP) required within one (1) year of entry into role
2. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) through the American Heart Association Skills, Abilities & Knowledge (required)

Preferred Qualifications

Education

1. Doctoral degree preferred

Experience/Skills

1. Senior nursing leadership experience within a large, complex health system or multi-specialty physician enterprise

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

36-75 lbs, 0-33% of the work day (occasionally); 20-35 lbs, 34-66% of the workday; (frequently); 10-20 lbs, 67-100% of the workday (constantly); Lifting 75 lbs max; Carrying of objects up to 35 lbs; Occasional to frequent standing & walking; Occasional sitting; Close eye work (computers, typing, reading, writing); Physical demands may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:

Factors affecting environment conditions may vary depending on the assigned work area and tasks. Environmental exposures include, but are not limited to: Blood-borne pathogen exposure; Bio-hazardous waste Chemicals/gases/fumes/vapors; Communicable diseases; Electrical shock; Floor Surfaces; Hot/Cold Temperatures; Indoor/Outdoor conditions; Latex; Lighting; Patient care/handling injuries; Radiation; Shift work; Travel may be required; Use of personal protective equipment, including respirators; environmental conditions may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks.

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at [e-mail].

Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 FTE: 1 Expanded Work Shift: On Call: