Knight Cancer Group - Chief Nursing Executive

The Knight Cancer Group (KCG) Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) is the nursing executive leader responsible for nursing strategy and professional practice for all areas of nursing within KCG. The CNE establishes an environment of professional nursing practice that empowers nurses to provide safe, effective, compassionate, and efficient care and serves as the moral and ethical compass for nursing,. The KCG CNE upholds excellence in the provision of nursing care through ensuring alignment with nursing’s foundational standards of practice including self, professional, and legal regulation.

Under the direction of the KCG CEO and the OHSU CNE, the KCG CNE is accountable for the implementation of a professional practice model which forms the basis for oncology nursing’s philosophy, vision, and strategic direction for the KCG programs. The KCG CNE is a Registered Nurse (RN) who is accountable for operational leadership, human resource management, financial control, and quality improvement for nursing within the entities.

The KCG CNE champions initiatives that improve care and protects patients, including ensuring monitoring and reporting quality and safety data, and maintaining regulatory and accreditation standards. The KCG CNE maintains high-level communication and productive relationships with the inter-professional team and leadership across all of OHSU and it’s affiliates. The KCG CNE serves as a catalyst for change within the organization, and at the state and national level, elevating oncology nursing practice nationally and globally.

The KCG CNE’s decisions and actions are based on ethical principles as outlined by the American Nurses Association. The KCG CNE practices in adherence with the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Nursing Administration:
Scope and Standards of Practice for Nurse Administrators, the ANA’s Code of Ethics, the Oregon State Board of Nursing Practice Act, and within the context of the Nurse Executive Competencies developed by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE).

Strategic Planning:

• Formulates oncology nursing’s vision and strategic plan in alignment with the organizational strategic plan and nursing’s vision.
• Drives organizational strategic priorities to include nurse sensitive indicators, and alignment with nursing’s foundational standards of practice.
• Communicates, implements, and evaluates the strategic plan from outpatient, to therapeutic services, to critical care, inpatient care and ancillary services.
• Creates the environment for exemplary patient care by driving organizational and professional excellence to optimal levels.
• Leads the formulation of goals, objectives, and specific strategies related to organizational, nursing and division level priorities.
• Evaluates the stability and achievement of strategic goals, and provides guidance on the next priority strategic initiatives.
• Aligns effectively with nursing peers and leaders across OHSU to advance leading edge care for all served.

Operational Leadership:

• Practices servant leadership with a primary focus on the growth and well-being of KCG’s people and the community.
• Champions patient safety, nursing excellence, quality and professionalism.
• Creates an environment that compels patient/family advocacy and ensures the safety of patients.
• Facilitates the structures that innovate, optimize the systems, processes and resources that are necessary for the provision of patient care.
• Role models interdisciplinary communication and promotes the vision of nursing leadership as both a science and an art.
• Maintains visibility via meeting attendance, newsletters and KCG Town Halls.
• Actively participates as a thought leader and resource in the larger OHSU nursing community.
• Symbolizes professional nursing while representing KCG at the community, regional and national level.
• Inspires creativity and initiative in organizational decision-making.
• Ensures that organizational decisions are consistent with identified nursing principles and values, as well as, the alignment of nursing operations with KCG and health system operational goals and performance.
• Advances the philosophy and structures of shared…