Associate Chief Nursing Officer Parent Child

Job Description Summary

Unique opportunity for a driven Nurse Leader to assume leadership of our dynamic and highly regarded Parent Child Division. Collaborating with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and our team of stellar ACNO colleagues, the ACNO is responsible for driving, supporting and modeling a culture focused on employee engagement, quality, patient safety, fiscal responsibility, and the overall patient experience. The ACNO demonstrates and leads by example the behaviors of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing Code of Ethics, Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, and their associated specialty Scope and Standards of Practice.

The ACNO will assess their own knowledge, skills and abilities associated with effective leadership using the American Organization of Nurse Leaders (AONL) Nurse Leader Core Competency Model®. The ACNO oversees and sets the direction for numerous health system programs and objectives, including: service development and personnel management, and resource allocation and control in order to support and enhance patient care in the inpatient areas of maternal child health, neonatology and pediatrics;

the health system’s relationships with local partners, including coordination of patient care delivery, patient advocacy and contractual agreements; lead projects related to clinical care outcomes, performance improvement, and cost-effective solutions; along with modeling collaboration with the medical staff, practices operations and health system colleagues. This ACNO embraces the guidance, principles and best practices outlined by the three professional organizations that support Parent Child Services:
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), and the Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN). This role requires clinical expertise in Labor/Delivery/OB

The ACNO provides leadership and strategic planning to operationalize care delivery services and develops a coordinated approach to care delivery across the continuum, including the development of a parent child nursing strategy. The ACNO collaborates with Providers, Finance and the care delivery system to develop clinical strategies to improve patient experience and assure evidence based practices are expressed in policies, procedures and protocols.

The ACNO has direct reporting responsibility for inpatient care departments at the hospital and associated outpatient services not associated with South Shore Medical Center. The ACNO facilitates the delivery of safe, high quality care through clinical and non-clinical care management coordination, ongoing process evaluation, and reviewing clinical outcome metrics. The ACNO manages and advances the Clinical Care Management model, coordinates resources, identifies intervention, promotes continuity of assignments, and ensures best practice skill sets for registered nurses, social work and other colleagues.

The ACNO leads and monitors regional work groups to address opportunities and monitors key metrics related to nursing care management across the parent child division care continuum. The ACNO develops dashboards to present to senior leadership at least monthly.

The ACNO provides leadership and strategic planning to operationalize care delivery services and develops a coordinated approach to care delivery across the continuum, including the development of a parent child nursing strategy.

Actively collaborates with Providers, Finance and the care delivery system to develop clinical strategies to improve patient experience and assure evidence based practices are expressed in policies, procedures and protocols. Assures that the hospital has an effective care planning process in concert with the medical staff and patient care services colleagues. This includes a quality assurance performance improvement program.

Facilitates the delivery of safe, high quality care through clinical and non-clinical care management coordination, ongoing process evaluation, and reviewing clinical outcome metrics. Responsible to continuously evaluate and advance the Clinical Care Management model assuring best use of Registered Nurse, Social Work and other colleagues skill sets; proactive identification of and intervention with patients; continuity of assignments whenever possible and adequate Care Manager and Social Work coverage for all care settings.

Develops strategies to leverage resources to advance professional growth, spread best practices, and provide flexible staffing options. Convene, lead and monitor regional work groups as indicated to address opportunities. Measures, analyzes and reports key metrics related to nursing care management across the parent child division care continuum. Obtains, utilizes and leverages existing data for improvement of patient care and other key performance indicators.

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