Chief Nursing Officer Medical Group

Description

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of UMMG Nursing provides leadership in all aspects of Nursing in Ambulatory Care Services and assigned areas. The Chief Nursing Officer will have full accountability for nursing practice and partner with the Executive Medical Director (EMD) for operational clinical services and assigned patient care services for Ambulatory Care integrating the UMHS values and principles with a focus on patient and family centered care. Participates as a member of the Ambulatory Care executive leadership to provide and continually improve health care services and to support the mission and goals of Nursing, Ambulatory Care and the Health System. This Classification requires registration, certification or licensure with the appropriate agency as identified on the Primary Source Verification Matrix. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, incumbents in this position meet the criteria for exempt status.