Chief Nursing Officer

Responsibilities

• Strategic Growth & Clinical Development
• Lead the development and execution of clinical initiatives aligned with organizational growth goals (e.g., service line expansion, new procedures, population health management).
• Collaborate with physician leadership to identify and implement new clinical programs, care pathways, and specialty clinics (e.g., men's health, women's health, uro-oncology).
• Participate in strategic planning sessions, market assessments, and integration of new sites or services.
• Evaluate performance metrics and patient demographics to support decision-making around resource allocation, staffing models, and care delivery improvements.
• Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Oversight
• Provide executive-level oversight of ASC nursing operations, ensuring high-quality surgical care, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate closely with the ASC Director and OR team on case scheduling, infection control, supply management, and staffing.
• Monitor surgical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and post-operative care protocols.
• Lead accreditation efforts and ensure compliance with AAAHC, CMS, and other regulatory bodies.
• Clinical Operations & Standardization
• Oversee daily nursing operations across all practice locations and clinical specialties, ensuring consistency and excellence in care delivery.
• Standardize clinical protocols, workflows, and documentation practices across the organization.
• Lead cross-functional clinical leadership meetings to align priorities and address operational issues.
• Staff Leadership & Development
• Manage and mentor nursing leadership team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Lead workforce planning and recruitment strategies to support organizational growth.
• Implement ongoing training, credentialing, and performance evaluation systems for clinical staff.
• Quality, Safety & Compliance
• Direct quality improvement programs and safety initiatives, including infection prevention, medication management, and adverse event response.
• Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and accreditation standards across all clinical sites.
• Analyze quality metrics and drive data-informed performance improvements.
• Patient Experience & Engagement
• Champion initiatives to improve the patient journey, from access and intake through procedures and follow-up care.
• Use patient feedback and satisfaction data to inform operational and clinical improvements.
• Partner with clinical and administrative leaders to resolve patient concerns promptly and professionally.
• Technology & Innovation
• Collaborate with IT and operations on EMR optimization, digital health tools, and clinical data reporting.
• Support the expansion of telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and patient engagement platforms.
• Additional Responsibilities
• Supports, plans, directs and evaluates activities of Nurse Managers to meet goals in all their areas.
• Establishes and monitors budgets and ensures appropriate staffing, quality, safety and customer satisfaction. Develops and meets performance-based objectives to achieve goals.
• Works collaboratively with the workforce to ensure that clear objectives are set and achieved through negotiations, coordination of the applicable contract expectations and building a positive labor/management relationship focusing specifically on clinical outcomes.
• Supports and encourages staff development for co-workers (including direct reports) to grow in their careers with mentoring, educational and learning opportunities.
• Evaluations are based on individual performance as well as the performance of the organization. Advocates for the AMP Mission, Vision and Values as a basis for success as it relates to all facets of the leadership aspect of the position.
• Change Agent: Creates and maintains momentum for change by creating a vision, developing processes that lead to change and energizing groups of stakeholders to support change. Role models a willingness and openness to change across the region.
• Communication: Identifies and establishes effective communication processes with all stakeholders; ensures that communication is effective within/across the nursing division. Clearly and succinctly articulates issues, problems with solutions. Handles conflict directly and appropriately.
• Meets regularly with the Chief Medical Officer, compliance department, Human Resources department, and the Chief Operating Officer to maintain appropriate flow of communication
• Development, roll-out, monitoring, and maintenance of clinical pathways
• Maintains an active role in the Advanced Therapeutics Department (research, in-office dispensing, and infusion therapy)
• Oversight and rede

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