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You   

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as the Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer of St. Joseph Hospital.

You know how to move fast. You know how to stay organized. You know how to have fun.

Youâ™re equally strong at developing and building strong teams and leaders, juggling many initiatives and requests, and remaining deadline and detail oriented.

Us

Saint Joseph Hospital is a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that is part of the Peaks Region of Intermountain Healthcare.  We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.  Our deep community roots date back to 1873, making us one of the oldest hospitals in Colorado with a long and distinguished heritage in the Denver community.  We are known for person-centered care with a focus on healing mind, body and spirit. Our 400 bed facility is one of the top-ranked hospitals in the state of Colorado, including the highest national recognition possible for nursing excellence â“ ANCC Magnet designation.  In addition, Saint Joeâ™s has recently earned CMS 5 Star rating, Leapfrog A grade and numerous other recognitions by third party rating agencies.  Saint Joseph operates the largest community hospital-based Graduate Medical Education program in the state, offering physician residencies in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB GYN and General Surgery.  Our faculty practice trains over 120 residents each year.   Finally, Saint Joseph Hospital has numerous top rated specialty services including 3 Star STS Heart Surgery program, Vascular Surgery Center of Excellence, High risk Labor and Delivery services and Level III NICU, and a Respiratory Institute in partnership with National Jewish Health. 

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement savings plan.

As an Executive, you will receive additional benefits including two times salary basic life insurance, as well as reimbursement for tuition, cell phone, professional dues and subscriptions. We also offer financial wellness tools; retirement savings and deferred compensation plans and an additional supplemental retirement plan for executives. In addition, to show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we may also offer a sign-on or retention bonus and a relocation package when applicable.

With this position, you are eligible to participate in the At-Risk Compensation (ARC) Plan. This plan enables SCL Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The ARC Award opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected SCL Health Board-approved goals.

We

Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. Weâ™ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day

The Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for St. Joseph Hospital (SJH) will have primary responsibility for overseeing safe, effective patient care as they lead and structure the exceptional patient experience journey as well as the financial and operating performance of the hospital. The CNO has primary responsibilities to ensure: (1) care that is provided is safe, effective, timely, patient-centered, efficient and equitable; (2) areas are appropriately staffed with fully competent and qualified nurses and clinical staff; (3) the on-going competency levels of nurses and other caregivers is assessed and maintained to the highest standards; and (4) care that is provided to patients across all departments is coordinated and seamless.  As a member of the senior leadership team, and in partnership with the Chief Medical Officer the CNO will provide oversight for quality and regulatory compliance with a key focus to drive toward better clinical integration and patient outcomes. Additionally, success will be found in a dynamic and strategic leader who will be highly engaged with our Medical Staff. Working in a matrix environment, the CNO will report to the System CNO and the President of SJH and will interact regularly with the other care site CNOs to advance patient care, leverage our skill and scale and to promote appropriate standardization and âœsystemness❠of SCL Health.

As the Chief Nursing Officer, you need to know how to:

• Assume accountability for daily operations of SJH and delegate appropriate authority to direct reports for programs and services to assure high-quality, low-cost access to care for all in an atmosphere of collegiality, collaboration, and accountability.


• Approve implementation of methods that could enhance productivity and effectively control and reduce overtime or use of outside personnel within the department.


• Provide leadership in the development and execution of key strategies which differentiate SJH from its competitors in the areas of service and clinical excellence.


• Assume the integration of quality, service and efficiency implementation into day-to-day operations.


• Assure that the Hospital achieves financial and operating targets defined in the Budget and Strategic Plan.


• Work effectively with the Vice President of Finance in support of initiatives focusing on consistent financial reporting and cost savings through consolidation of key financial areas.


• Participate with partners and SCL Health in evaluation and implementation of population health management and other key organization strategy discussions.


• Oversee major workforce and resource decisions for the hospital.


• Work through the management team and medical leadership of the hospital, serving as a resource to help reduce costs, enhance revenues, achieve effective utilization and quality goals and objectives, analyze and utilize information to develop and support management decisions.


• Manage costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value added costs.

Your experience                                      

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a BSN Bachelors of Science in Nursing, required


• Masterâ™s degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration or Business, required


• Current license to practice in Colorado (or ability to obtain), required


• Minimum of three years of senior level nursing leadership in an acute environment, required


• Experience with High Reliability Organization methodology, preferred


• A tenured / experienced CNO with prior Magnet experience leading large and complex product/service lines, highly preferred

Your next move

Now that you know more about being the Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at St. Joseph Hospital, we hope youâ™ll join us. At SCL Health youâ™ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.