Chief Nursing Officer - Adult Services

OU Health is seeking a visionary and results-driven Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of Adult Services to join our executive leadership team in Oklahoma City. As the state’s only comprehensive academic health system, we are looking for a senior executive to provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing care delivery across our Adult Services portfolio. Reporting to the System Chief Nurse Executive with a matrixed accountability to the President of Adult Services, the CNO serves as a vital member of the Triad Leadership Team alongside the Associate Chief Medical Officer.

This role is instrumental in aligning clinical care, research, and education through our partnership with the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Oversee the planning, organization, and direction of nursing and direct patient care services to ensure high-quality outcomes and financial resiliency.
• Operational Excellence:
  Standardize clinical operations and establish professional nursing outcomes system-wide as a member of the Nurse Executive Team.
• Relationship Building:
  Foster high-trust relationships with physicians, academic partners, and community leaders to champion the professional practice of nursing.
• Quality & Safety:
  Partner with the Office of Chief Quality and Patient Safety to drive enterprise-wide safety programs and evidence-based performance metrics.
• Workforce Development:
  Drive succession planning and leader development; establish an inclusive environment that values diversity and professional growth.
• Financial Stewardship:
  Develop and manage annual operating budgets and interpret financial data to support strategic clinical initiatives.

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is a senior executive responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of nursing care delivery across Adult Services, ensuring high-quality patient care, compliance with regulatory requirements and efficient operations. Ensures compliance with patient care quality standards and oversees the planning, organization and direction of the overall nursing and direct patient care services.

Effective Communication — Demonstrate skill in interpersonal communication.

Relationship Management — Create a trusting environment by following through on promises and concerns, establishing mechanisms to follow-up on commitments and balancing the concerns of individuals with Adult Services and enterprise goals and objectives.

Diversity — Establish an environment that values diversity (e.g. age, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture).

Community Involvement — Represent the organization to non-health care constituents within the community, serving as a resource to community and business leaders regarding nursing and health care.

Medical and Staff Relationships — Build credibility with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality and the professional practice of nursing. Create opportunities for physicians and nurses to engage in professional dialogue.

Academic Relationships — Accountable for maintaining and promoting positive academic relationships within the organization, in support of system-wide strategies relative to nursing workforce, education and development.

Financial Management — Develop and manage an annual operating budget, interpret financial statements and manage financial resources.

Human Resources Management — Participate in workforce planning and employment decisions, analyze supply and demand market data, contribute to the development of compensation, recruitment, onboarding, retention, reward and recognition strategies.

Strategic Management — Create the operational objectives, goals and specific strategies required to achieve specific strategic outcomes in Adult Services.

Information Management & Technology — Promote technology in supporting improvement of clinical and financial performance, use data management systems for decision-making and provide leadership for the adoption and implementation of information systems.

Clinical Practice Knowledge — Demonstrate…