VP Nursing & Hospital Ops SR

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Day

Work Day(s)

Monday-Friday

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8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Regular

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The Vice President, Nursing and Hospital Operations, Scottish Rite leads nursing practice and day-to-day operations for the Scottish Rite hospital campus. The role is accountable for safe, high-quality, patient and family centered care; operational and financial performance; nursing workforce strategy; and advancement of the professional practice environment. In partnership with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) & Scottish Rite Hospital Operations and Scottish Rite Campus Medical Director, the Vice President translates system strategy into Scottish Rite priorities, sustains Magnet standards, and ensures measurable outcomes in quality, patient experience, workforce engagement, growth, and resource stewardship.

Experience

• 10 years of progressive experience, including at least five years as an executive or senior leader in a complex healthcare organization
• Demonstrated success building and sustaining executive-level partnerships across organizations and with clinical, non-clinical, medical, operational, and administrative stakeholders
• Experience partnering with physician leadership to develop and implement strategic clinical care plans across the system
• Demonstrated experience optimizing operational efficiency and throughput and leading quality improvement in partnership with physician leaders to achieve superior clinical outcomes
• Demonstrated experience benchmarking with peer health systems and national organizations and translating leading practices and emerging trends into actionable strategies that strengthen performance, innovation, and competitiveness
• Proven experience leading multiple functions or service lines and developing and executing system or campus-wide strategy, large-scale transformation, and measurable performance improvement
• Executive nursing leadership experience with accountability for quality, safety, workforce, patient experience, financial, capacity, and operational outcomes; experience in pediatric, academic medical center, or Magnet-designated settings strongly preferred

 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master of Science in Nursing
• Nurse executive certification, such as NEA-BC or CENP

 

Education

• Bachelor of Science Nursing

Certification Summary

• Licensure as a registered nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
• Professional Nursing Certification deemed by department required upon one year of hire

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to connect with patients, employees, and physicians at all levels
• Leadership presence and ability to lead necessary changes
• Listening, adaptability, problem solving, personal motivation, prioritization, organization, sensitivity, positive behavior, strong values, and negotiating skills and aptitudes
• Commitment to patient care, service excellence, and staff and physician engagement
• Ability to operate independently while partnering effectively with leadership

• Demonstrated ability to use financial, workforce, quality, safety, patient experience, and operational data to set priorities, manage risk, and drive measurable improvement
• Ability to evaluate and prioritize capital investments in technology, facilities, and programs based on return on investment, clinical impact, risk, and strategic value
• Strong business and financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, financial stewardship, margin improvement, and delivery of high-quality care within established financial parameters
• Ability to develop and use dashboards, key performance indicators, and scorecards to monitor performance, identify trends, and guide executive decision-making
• Advanced analytical capability to assess needs, evaluate costs and benefits, identify risks and mitigations, and make timely, well-informed decisions
• Ability to align Scottish Rite priorities and performance with broader system priorities, targets, and resource decisions
• Ability to lead highly complex, cross-organizational initiatives through influence, collaboration, and negotiation among stakeholders with competing priorities
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior clinical and non-clinical leaders, understand their objectives, and implement effective clinical, operational, workforce, financial, and resource solutions
• Excellent executive-level written and verbal communication skills and the ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
• Executive leadership capability in professional nursing practice, shared governance, change leadership, succession planning, and interdisciplinary influence

Job Responsibilities

• Leads efficient and effective clinical and hospital operations at the Scottish Rite campus, serving as the administrative executive accountable for daily operations, performance improvement, workload optimization, quality oversight, patient care innovation, and timely issue resolution.
• Partners with the Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Rite Campus Medical Director, clinical and non-clinical leaders, centers, and specialties to strengthen relationships and ensure coordinated operations.
• Prioritizes and allocates resources across Scottish Rite campus and nursing operations to advance strategic initiatives and organizational priorities.
• Partners with the Vice President, Nursing & Hospital Operations at Arthur M. Blank Hospital to execute on the nursing strategic plan under the Chief Nursing Officer, ensuring alignment with the system strategy.
• Advances nursing education, competency, research, evidence-based practice, innovation, and professional development to strengthen clinical excellence and the leadership pipeline.
• Provides executive leadership for Magnet designation, redesignation readiness, and other national recognition efforts.
• Advances the nursing professional practice model and shared governance structure, ensuring nurse autonomy, accountability, interdisciplinary collaboration, and participation in clinical and operational decision-making.
• Sets expectations for nursing outcomes and partners with quality and medical leadership to drive measurable improvements in patient safety, clinical quality, patient and family experience, employee engagement, and safety culture.
• Maintains accountability for operating and capital performance, labor productivity, premium labor, resource utilization, capacity, throughput, key volumes, and the financial sustainability of Scottish Rite campus and nursing operations.
• Oversees daily inpatient and outpatient service line operations, optimizing patient flow, and ensuring high‑quality care while meeting operational and financial targets.
• Oversees nursing regulatory and accreditation readiness, communicates material performance risks to executive leadership, and ensures timely corrective action.
• Owns and drives talent management for the Scottish Rite campus and nursing operations, including talent selection, performance accountability, leadership development, succession planning, retention, and employee engagement.
• Achieves Operate with Excellence targets across people, patient experience, quality and safety, operations, and financial performance.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

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