Chief Nursing Officer (Cno) Fulltime

Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is to serve as a community resource providing a safe, ethical, and high quality mental health and addictive medicine treatment to individuals and families in need. This is a great opportunity to lead the nursing department in a freestanding 163 bed psychiatric hospital.
Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is recruiting for a Chief Nursing Officer, who can provide high quality patient care services, provide effective communication and relationship building and demonstrate leadership by planning, directing, and monitoring employees behaviors that promote a positive work environment. Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is seeking a nursing professional with initiative, flexibility, creativity, and great clinical skills.
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) will:
Report directly to the CEO
Supervision of patient care services;
identifies and overseesthe operation of the nursing program and services necessary to meet key mental health needs of the community
Steer Progressive clinical excellence through staff development
Shares responsibility for employee engagement, recruitment, and retention
Maintenance of safe and therapeutic milieu;
Assumes responsibility in maintaining a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for all patients. Provide nursing care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.
Monitor and evaluate nursing staff performance, providing ongoing feedback and coaching
Implement company standards of care, policies, and procedures
Ensure all regulatory requirements are met
Create and implement schedule for appropriate staffing pattern
Performs related duties as requested.
Requirements
- Bachelor in Nursing (BSN) and Master's of Science degree with emphasis in nursing administration required.
- Current Licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse/RN in the state of Texas
- Flexibility
- 3 to 5 years of work experience or equivalent in a Nursing Supervisory Administrative position;
freestanding psych facility experience preferred.
-Organizational Skills and Interpersonal Skills
-Problem solving skills, Compliance and Reporting
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision
401-K Plan
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