SVP & Chief Nursing Officer

The Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) serves as the senior-most nursing executive for Luminis Health, providing system-wide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership across all nursing and designated patient care functions.

As a key member of the health system executive leadership team, the system CNO is accountable for clinical quality, and advancing nursing practice, care delivery systems, patient experience, workforce engagement, quality, safety, and financial performance across all assigned hospitals and care settings.

The role establishes and sustains a consistent professional practice model, shared governance, and evidence-based care delivery systems aligned with system strategy, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and True North metrics. The CNO partners closely with executive leadership to ensure alignment, standardization, operational effectiveness, and execution. Non-nursing departments may report to this position.

Demonstrates ability to lead across diverse clinical cultures and practice environments, effectively engaging stakeholders to align differing perspectives, workflows, and norms in support of a shared organizational vision for patient care, quality, and safety, and operational efficiency, discovery and innovation.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1.     Strategy & Alignment

a.     Leads the development, translation and execution of system strategy (Vision 2030, AOP, True North) into enterprise-wide nursing priorities, operating plans, and measurable outcomes.

b.     Establishes and enforces enterprise-wide nursing strategy, care delivery models, standards, and performance frameworks to ensure consistent, scalable, high-quality care across all care settings.

c.     Drives system integration of nursing leadership and operations, consolidating hospital-based practices into a unified, high-performing enterprise model.

d.     Partners with and advises executive leaders, clinical chairs, and service line leaders, shared services, and foundation partners to identify growth, care redesign, and service integration opportunities.

2.     Nursing Practice, Quality, and Safety

a.     Serves as executive co-leader of system quality governance with Chief Clinical Officer and Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety; ensuring integration of evidence-based practice, nursing research, and high-reliability behaviors.

b.     Sustain nursing excellence (e.g., Magnet and Pathways to Excellence standards) and shared governance councils across all practice settings.

c.     Drives improvement and execution with all quality and throughput metrics, especially related to Quality Based Reimbursement and all other quality metrics.

d.     Sponsor Environment of care and regulatory readiness, tracers, and system corrective action plans.

3.     Performance Improvement and Innovation

a.     Establishes, directs, and sustains a culture of performance improvement opportunities and coordinate actions that advance quality, patient safety and patient and employee satisfaction.

b.     Advises the CEO, EVP and Chief Operating Officer and executive leadership on enterprise clinical quality and safety initiatives.

c.     Uses data analytics and best practice benchmarking to drive improvements in quality, safety, patient experience, workforce engagement, and financial performance.

4.     Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

a.     Leads the development and sustainability of an organizational culture that reduces disparities in care delivery, outcomes, workforce experience, and access.

b.     Ensures integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into nursing practice, workforce development, and leadership decision-making.

5.     Workforce Development and Succession Planning

a.     Provides executive oversite for system nursing strategy, including orientation programs, retention, engagement, recruitment, continued education, academic partnerships, and professional development of clinical nurses and support services staff.

b.     Mentors and develops nursing and clinical leaders to promote accountability, collaboration, innovation and high performance.

c.     Participates in succession planning and supports talent development initiatives.

d.     Create and implement a nursing leadership development and succession plan framework.

6.     Financial Stewardship

a.     Accountable for the overall financial performance of nursing and assigned patient care functions across the health system, including achievement of operating and capital budget targets.

b.     Leads system-wide nursing labor strategy, including staffing models, workforce planning, productivity optimization, and cost management across all care settings.

c.     Directs the development and execution of nursing-related operating and capital budgets in partnership with Finance and Human Resources; serves on the Luminis Health Capital Budget Committee.

d.     Establishes and enforces system-wide productivity standards and performance expectations, leveraging data and analytics to drive efficiency, workforce sustainability, and high-quality patient outcomes and encourages research and clinical innovation in practice. Serves on Luminis Health Labor Management Committee.

e.     Identifies and drives system-wide opportunities for cost improvement, care model redesign, and resource optimization to ensure long-term financial sustainability.

7.     Community

a.     Supports applicable governance process and assists the EVP and Chief Operating Officer with community partnerships that support Vision 2030, True North, and the Annual Operating Plan.

b.     Establishes and maintains relationships with key leaders to facilitate the accomplishment of community and organizational goals and objectives.

c.     Collaborates with the hospital foundation around internal and external philanthropy and development.

d.     Facilitates and supports Luminis Health Patient Family Advisory Committees across theenterprise.

e.     Represents the health system in local, regional, and national nursing forums.

8.     Communication, Engagement and Visibility

a.     Drives collaboration among nursing, medical staff, support services and shared services by promoting consensus decision making.

b.     Develops processes and demonstrates open communication among assigned department colleagues, at the hospital and throughout the system.

c.     Serves as a visible executive leader across the system.

d.     Supports leaders with effective messaging, change management initiatives, and engagement.

9.     Regulatory and Compliance

a.     Maintains knowledge of Luminis Health’s Compliance Plan and Code of Conduct, ethics, as well as other policies and procedures to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.

b.     Ensures adherence to federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations (i.e. Joint Commission, OHCQ, etc.) through leadership, education, and accountability.

10.   Results

a.     Oversees and drives accountability with system level reporting on quality, safety, workforce, growth, and financial performance.

b.     Provides updates, insights, and recommendations to the executive team.

11.   Other System Expectations

a.     Provides leadership, coaching, and oversight to hospital-based leadership, ensuring consistency with system priorities while supporting local operational excellence.

b.     Foster collaboration across hospitals to strengthen care coordination and transitions.

c.     Promotes the image and accomplishments of Luminis Health.

d.     Serves on Hospital and system level committees.

e.     Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Team, Change, Business Leadership (TCB)

Senior Vice President, Nursing & Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) – Luminis Health, serves as an exemplar Luminis Health Leader as outlined in the TCB Framework.

Team:

·         Demonstrates and encourages collaboration and teamwork to achieve goals.

·         Communicates clearly and effectively with people inside and outside the organization.

·         Role models self-wellbeing; and supports organizational efforts to encourage employee well-being.

·         Seeks opportunities to be present and visible in the organization.

Change:

·         Champions change throughout the system and anticipates the need for change while developing and supporting strategies to obtain the desired outcomes.

·         Has knowledge of the healthcare environment and advises on appropriate strategies.

·         Demonstrates innovative and creative approaches to work.

·         Establishes high expectations for continuous learning, performance improvement, and sustainable growth.

Business:

·         Demonstrates good business judgement and strategic insight.

·         Operates with a high and appropriate level of urgency while making decisions based on organizational priorities, goals, and objectives.

·         Use data and analytics to drive decision making.

·         Advances Luminis Health’s business interests while ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.

·         Master’s Degree in Nursing or related field. If Master’s is in related field, must have a BSN

·         PHD or DNP strongly preferred

·         Minimum 12 years of nursing management experience

·         Preferred experience at hospitals, health systems, academics medical centers, or ambulatory setting

·         Maryland RN license *Residency status may impact licensure requirements

·         Certified in at least one nationally recognized professional area

There is a reasonable expectation that employees in this position will not be exposed to blood-borne pathogens.

Physical Demands -

The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The above job description is anoverview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.