Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO)

Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville features services in cardiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, inpatient rehabilitation center, internal medicine, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, oral/maxillofacial surgery, orthopedics/surgery, otolaryngology, outpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, plastic surgery, podiatry, pulmonology, radiology, urology, vascular surgery and wound care.
Quality Care
Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville has been designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center and a Wound Care Center of Distinction. The facility has also earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission.
As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO) will participate in the financial and functional decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital.
As part of the CNO Development Program, this position will require relocation outside of Clarksville, TN within an acceptable timeframe for promotion/transfer.
Responsibilities of the ACNO include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in providing leadership to nurse employees that will enroll their support, create ownership of goals, and have them actively participate in decisions that impact the hospital
• Assist the CNO in maintaining necessary regulatory and compliance approvals and quality accreditations
• Partnering with physicians who use, or will use, the hospital
• Assisting in planning new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue
• Creating an environment that will encourage recruiting and retention of clinical employees
• Assisting the CNO in managing costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs
• Assisting the CNO in establishing standards for nursing practices and maintain authority, accountability and responsibility for nursing services
• Developing organizational patient care programs, policies, and procedures that describe how nursing care is assessed, delivered, and evaluated.
• Assisting the CNO in developing and managing the nursing services budget and ensuring a sufficient number of qualified staff to assess patient needs
• Planning and providing nursing care interventions and prevent complications, promote improvement and patient comfort and wellness
• Analyzing areas in planning, promoting and conducting organization-wide performance improvement activities
• Representing the nursing services at meetings as deemed necessary; participates with department heads in designing and providing patient care and services

The ACNO will oversee multiple departments within the hospital as assigned. This position reports directly to the CNO and in the absence of the CNO, the ACNO may be required to interpret hospital policy and provide guidance.
Education:

• Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited institution
• Master's degree required

Experience:

• Must possess detailed knowledge of hospital nursing operations
• Minimum 2 years of demonstrated successful leadership in an acute-care hospital environment (For-profit experience preferred)

Certification/License:

• Must be a registered nurse (RN) with a current licensure within the state

Abilities:

• Must be proficient in written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with hospital staff, physicians, patients, and patient's families
• Ability to maintain confidential information concerning personal, financial, or medical matters