Chief Executive & Nursing Officer

Welcome To CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life ColoradoTM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Overview

As the Chief Executive & Nursing Officer for St. Francis Interquest Hospital, you will be responsible for providing leadership in daily operations, direction and management to the facility pertaining to patient care, finance, quality standards, IT, staffing and human resources, network development, and more. In this role, you will work with the Market President in:

• The development of the organization's mission and vision
• Hospital policy and direction
• Strategic and tactical plans
• Active leadership with Communtiy Board, Senior Leadership, and Medical Staff
• Organization-wide assessment and evaluation, including assessing and evaluating business unit executives and staff, and determining their assignment
• Leading hospital clinical operations to ensure patient care 24 hours/day and 7 days/week
• Exemplifying the priciples of high reliability and supporting nurse-driven shared governance
  
  

In this role, you will be required to have a flexible management style, with the ability to function in a complex culture with significant diversity, and be able to produce positive results. You will provide leadership and direction, be willing to listen, take counsel, and balance the interests of diverse constituencies, and make decisions for the greater good of the whole.

Important to this role is understanding the leadership expectations of this position and the entire leadership team throughout CommonSpirit Health. Our CEO/CNO must have a personal and professional connection to the mission of our faith-based organization. You must be a team player and contribute toward a team centered approach that lends itself to ensuring "team before self" as we lead our complex, highly matrixed organization into the differentiated leading role as the-system-of-choice.

You will invite others into your mission and Community Health work in order to be fully transparent with the activities of your position, allowing for celebration of success and learnings through opportunities for change.

As our CEO/CNO, you will be a change agent for the health system by being bold in your thoughts and actions that generate the need for urgency as we forge ahead as the thought leader in our industry.

Finally, you must demonstrate personal and professional accountability to our community, employees, nurses and physicians for performance that this role and its team complete.

Qualifications

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

Education & Experience Requirements

• Graduate Degree in nursing (or related field if a BSN is held)
• Five years of progressive executive experience within a comprehensive acute care setting or hospital organization
• Nursing experience, and RN License to practice in CO
• Experience in successfully integrating services within a large, complex health system Success in producing exemplary accomplishments in an environment of limited resources
• Demonstrated ability and leadership in change management
• Experience in a highly competitive market
• Certified Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) or Nurse Executive Certification (NE-BC) OR Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years of prior CEO or CNO experience
• Doctorate Degree
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work - prolonged periods of sitting and exert up to 10 lbs. force occasionally
  
  

Your Connected Community

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. Think differently about the way care is given at St. Francis Hospital – Interquest! With 10 specialty-sized operating rooms, a full-service emergency department, inpatient, and critical care units, St. Francis Interquest is well-equipped for caregivers to redefine patient care and clinical efficiency. St. Francis Hospital – Interquest is the hospital of the future that will innovate patient care & clinical efficiency through state-of-the-art technology including smart patient rooms, whole-hospital tele health, and real-time locating capabilities for equipment, patients, and employees.

Caregivers will have the opportunity to work with world class specialty surgeons and enhance their skills within their specialty. Leaders will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build their own teams and cultivate a collaborative and supportive team culture. As a brand-new facility nestled in Colorado Springs, St. Francis Hospital – Interquest is designed to support our flourishing community! With 300+ days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy access places like Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado’s top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you’ve always wanted.

Our Total Reward Offerings

We believe investing in our employees lets them know they truly matter. Your Total Rewards package includes compensation, benefits, wellness, leave, and other programs. Designed with your well-being in mind, we offer:

• Several Medical, Dental, & Vision options
• Spending Accounts
• Retirement Plans with a generous match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness
• Executive Relocation when applicable, and so much more
  
  

View more on our benefits HERE.

Pay Range

$291,500 - $334,700/annually