| HCA, a Fortune 100 company with more than 250,000 employees, is one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services, operating over 180 locally managed hospitals and over 120 freestanding surgery centers in 19 states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA created a new model for hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine. HCA is a learning healthcare system that uses more than 27 million annual patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives. HCA has been named one of the world's most ethical companies for eight years in a row. At HCA, we are driven by a single goal: the care and improvement of human life. St. David's North Austin Medical Center is part of St. David's HealthCare, one of the largest health systems in Texas. Rated as a Top 100 Hospital by Truven Health Analytics, St. David's North Austin is proud to provide comprehensive, high-quality care with above-average patient outcomes.
Our hospital features a variety of specialty units including a 24-hour emergency room (ER), children's hospital and centers for bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and heart and vascular conditions. We also offer advanced care for patients who require a kidney transplant, including the option to participate in a living donor program. With a wide variety of treatments and services, our goal is to offer all patients high-quality care in one convenient location. JOB SUMMARY: The Associate Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO) at HCA Healthcare works in conjunction with the Chief Nursing Officer and will participate in providing leadership, direction, and administration of direct patient care activities, nursing practice, and nursing education and development across the organization. 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. Major Responsibilities: - Strategizes and drives process improvements focused on innovative care delivery and/or operational models designed to improve clinical services, outcomes, patient throughput, and patient safety.
- Promotes the use and implementation of technology in the workplace in order to streamline operations, facilitate communications, and optimize work processes.
- Collaborates with other disciplines for the implementation of programs, policies, and procedures that address how patient care needs of the patient population served are assessed, met, and evaluated.
- Serves as a member of the executive leadership team, building and supporting effective collegial relationships with applicable internal and external constituents and stakeholders and ensuring optimal operating effectiveness and strategic positioning.
- Assumes an active role with the hospital’s governing body, senior leadership, medical staff, management, and other clinical leaders in the hospital’s decision-making structure and process.
- Promotes relationships among all types of community organizations to improve patient outcomes and the health of the communities served.
- Establishes mechanisms to assure nurses throughout the organization are involved in shared–governance and decision-making structures and processes that establish standards of practice and address issues of concern.
- Assures the flow of information and decision-making is bi-directional and horizontal between and among professional nurses at the bedside, the leadership team, and the CNO.
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