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Department/Unit:

General Administration

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$194,381.30 - $320,729.15

Albany Medical Center seeks a dynamic, distinguished executive to serve as its next Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). The new CNO will be responsible for organizing and administering the operations for the delivery of patient care and nursing practice as defined by the administrative organization.

Position Summary

As the nursing officer of the Albany Medical Center:

Participates in establishing hospital-wide objectives for patient care and the organizational structure, policies, standards and budget to achieve those objectives.

Oversee all aspects of nursing care within the AMC system including:

+ Ensures adequate staffing to meet patient care requirements and maintains a master staffing plan for the areas supervised.

+ Recruits and retains qualified staff.

+ Establishes a program for professional standards development based on structure, process and outcome approach.

+ Maintains regulatory compliance for standards of nursing care and in concert with others for patient care in general.

+ Assures systems exist for competency validation for all professional nursing staff and that a standards-based performance monitoring and appraisal system is utilized.

+ Assists in establishing, documenting, implementing and evaluating the hospital-wide plan for provision of patient care, including nursing care.

+ Provides for appropriate orientation and education of staff to provide patient care and meet other responsibilities including assurance that staff is in compliance with education laws and regulations, that staff participates in required educational programming including mandatory safety education.

+ Analyzes and evaluates professional services rendered to improve quality of patient care and assure effective and efficient use of staff time and activities.

+ Assists in providing leadership for and supporting the quality system for the assessment and continuous improvement of patient care and other work activities.

+ Develops and puts into effect administrative policies established by the governing authority.

+ Works collaboratively with other executives and senior managers to implement the Albany Medical Center Strategic Plan.

Candidate Qualifications

Education/Certification

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

+ Master’s Degree in Nursing, Business Administration, Public Health or relevant related field.

+ Currently registered in New York State or ability to obtain one.

Knowledge and Work Experience

+ Leadership, including exceptional people and communication skills and an ability to maintain energy and enthusiasm in dealing with the many challenges of the position.

+ Integrity and respect for the contributions of all patient care disciplines and an understanding of how to empower staff through shared governance and the performance improvement process.

+ Union Experience is strongly preferred

+ Visionary creativity and proactive problem resolution.

+ Visionary leadership presence with a track record of success in healthcare leadership.

+ Value driven commitment to the provision of quality patient/family centric healthcare services.

+ Dedication to leading a culture based on customer service, quality and accountability.

+ Positive change agent who builds a solid infrastructure and organizational foundation.

+ Ability to proactively identify problems, lead change, and overcome obstacles.

About Albany Medical Center

Albany Med is Northeastern New York’s only academic health sciences center and is one of the largest private employers in the Capital Region.

It incorporates the 766-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, which offers the widest range of medical and surgical services in the region, and the Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other healthcare professionals, and which also includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region’s largest physicians practice with more than 500 doctors. Albany Med works with dozens of community partners to improve the region’s health and quality of life.

Albany Med is affiliated with Columbia Memorial Health, Saratoga Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital to provide the largest locally governed health system in the region. Combined, these four hospitals offer nearly 1,520 beds, more than 800 physicians and 125 outpatient locations throughout the Capital Region.

Albany Med is like no other health care provider in their region, providing their community with the highest level of patient care across disciplines, while receiving regional, national and international recognition for high standards in patient care, education and biomedical research.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!​

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.