Chief Nursing Officer; CNO), Skilled Nursing & Long-Term Care

Salary

$225,000 - $250,000+ / Year

Chief Nursing Officer (RN):
Multi-Facility Skilled Nursing & Long-Term Care

Elderwood Administrative Services

Annual Salary Range: $225,000–$250,000 - Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and depth of multi-facility skilled nursing leadership. Posting is an approximate range.

Primary Work Location
:
Buffalo, NY with System-Wide Travel Required

Set the Standard for Nursing Across the Elderwood System

Elderwood is seeking a Chief Nursing Officer who understands what it takes to deliver consistent, high-quality care across multiple skilled nursing communities - and who is prepared to remain connected to the leaders, teams and residents behind the outcomes.

The majority of Elderwood’s communities are concentrated throughout Western New York. Our broader footprint extends across Central New York and the Southern Tier, into the Adirondacks and North Country, and to the Burlington, Vermont region. This is a visible, field-connected executive role requiring regular travel throughout the organization.

Reporting jointly to the CEO and Chief Medical Officer and serving as a member of the senior leadership team, the CNO will set the strategic direction for nursing across the organization. This executive will establish consistent clinical standards, strengthen nursing governance, develop nursing leaders, and align quality, workforce, regulatory, operational, and financial priorities.

We are looking for an accomplished nursing executive with operational credibility in post-acute care or long-term care. The right leader understands CMS survey expectations, knows how to evaluate clinical systems beyond surface-level metrics and can bring accountability without losing the trust of the people doing the work.

This Is a CNO Role for a Long-Term Care Operator

The CNO will work closely with the CEO, Chief Operating Officer, Regional Directors of Operations and other executive leaders to ensure nursing strategy translate into reliable facility-level practice.

Geographic Scope and Travel

This is a system-wide leadership position supporting Elderwood skilled nursing communities across a broad geographic footprint.

The largest concentration of communities is located throughout Western New York. The CNO will also support nursing operations across Central New York and the Southern Tier, the Adirondacks and North Country, and the Burlington, Vermont region.

Regular travel to Elderwood communities is an essential part of the role. Travel may include overnight stays based on facility needs, regulatory activity, leadership priorities and organizational initiatives. The CNO must be willing to maintain a meaningful presence within the communities and remain connected to regional and facility nursing leaders.

The Leadership Impact

The successful CNO will do more than oversee nursing operations. This leader will create the structure, expectations and leadership capacity required for Elderwood communities to deliver dependable, resident-centered care.

You will have the opportunity to influence nursing practice across an entire organization, strengthen the leaders responsible for care delivery and build clinical systems capable of sustaining quality - even when conditions are complex.

Responsibilities:
What You Will Own as Chief Nursing Officer (RN):

• Set annual nursing priorities and ensure that policies, practices and clinical expectations are applied consistently throughout the system.
• Evaluate resident-care delivery systems and identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity and operational reliability.
• Strengthen professional nursing practice through structured leadership forums, education and shared problem-solving.
• Ensure nursing remains prepared to meet the needs of an increasingly complex long-term care population.

• Maintain system-wide compliance with professional standards, company policies and applicable state and federal requirements.
• Provide executive nursing leadership during Department…