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Senior Nursing Officer

Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

Req ID 7466-1514 Post Date Aug. 21, 2024 CategoryOther FacilityConemaugh Nason Medical Center
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Conemaugh Nason Medical Center is seeking a full-time Senior Nursing Officer. The SNO has administrative responsibility for nursing standards and practice regardless of the nurse's practice area or reporting relationship. Directs hospital nursing activities within the context of hospital policies and procedures. This position is accountable for the operations of the inpatient and out-patient nursing units and other defined ancillary departments and is responsible for the quality assessment, implementation, coordination and evaluation and standardization of system wide inpatient care.

Conemaugh Nason Medical Center is a 45-bed hospital that serves rural and suburban populations in Roaring Spring, Altoona, and parts of Blair, Bedford, and Huntingdon counties.  Caring for the community since 1900, Conemaugh Nason Medical Center prides itself on providing safe, high quality, compassionate care.  With a state-of-the art cardiac catheterization lab, Conemaugh Nason offers a range of inpatient and outpatient cardiac services close to home when every minute matters. The hospital provides 24/7 emergency care as an accredited chest pain center, and offers comprehensive outpatient, imaging, diagnostic, and specialty services. As a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader, Conemaugh Nason is leading the way among peers by delivering the highest quality of care for patients. 

Conemaugh Nason is also a member of the Conemaugh Health System, a Duke LifePoint Healthcare system. Conemaugh Health System serves more than a half-million patients each year through the Nason Physician Group, Conemaugh Physician Group and Medical Staff, a network of four hospitals, specialty clinics and patient-focused programs.


Essential Functions:

Ensures continuous and timely nursing services to patients.

Ensures nursing standards, practices, policies, and procedures, in accordance with all applicable laws, regulatory and accreditation requirements are consistent with current research findings and national professional standards.

Directs nursing service Performance Improvement activities. Sustain regulatory compliance/survey readiness CMS/TJC.

Actively participates in hospital leadership functions.

Collaborates with hospital leaders to design and provide patient care and services, including availability of sufficient, qualified nursing staff.

Develops, presents, and manages budget for nursing services.

General Responsibilities:

Develops, directs, implements nursing policies and procedures, nursing standards, and a nurse staffing plan.

Develops, implements, and administers nursing services budget and expense control system.

Organizes, directs, and supervises daily nursing service to assure adequate hospital coverage and quality care.

Partners/collaborates with hospital-based and contracted physicians/allied health providers.

Recruits, interviews, evaluates, and hires qualified personnel to meet patient's needs.

Participates in the development, implementation and maintenance of the hospital quality assurance and improvement program through evaluation of

services rendered, quality improvement, audit of medical records, patient visits, and counsel with hospital staff.

Maintains communications with medical and administrative staff through participation in regularly scheduled staff meeting and involvement on

hospital medical services committees.

Evaluates long and short-range equipment and supply requirements for nursing care by forecasting service levels and quantity of materials on hand.

Directs, plans, and implements orientation and educational programs to promote staff training and development.

Recommends and participates in development of new patient care programs for expansion of nursing care services. 

Organizational Expectations:

Service: Strives to meet expectations/needs of customers; responds to concerns with sense of urgency; seeks win-win solutions for unreasonable patient/customer expectations.

Quality/Ethics/Integrity: Seeks opportunities for improvement; prevents small problems from becoming large ones; pays attention to detail; follows instructions and protocol/procedures; adheres to company code of conduct; maintains integrity in all aspects of his/her work.

Relationships: Builds effective working relationships; finds and provides information to clarify situations; expands on original ideas; contributes own ideas; places high priority on other team members’ goals; gains team agreement to support ideas; clearly explains rationale behind ideas/goals; demonstrates sensitivity to differing cultural views and needs; meets attendance and punctuality requirements.

Adaptability: Seeks to understand changes in work tasks/processes; actively seeks information about new tasks/processes; treats change and new tasks/processes as opportunities for learning and personal growth; speaks positively about changes to others; quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with change.

Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.

Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.

Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience.

Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice.

Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.

Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.

Maintains compliance with organization’s policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards.

Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information.

Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization.

Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and TJC standards and/or standards from other accrediting bodies.

Job Requirements:
Minimum Education Requirements:
Bachelor Of Nursing in Science is required.

Minimum Work Experience:
3-5 years’ experience at a nursing director level or greater is required.

Required Licenses:
Current nurse's license in the state of Pennsylvania or a current multistate license (MLS) from compact member states/territories required.

Required Skills:

Requires a high level of critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, strong communication skills, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. 

Must be able to work in a fast paced, stressful environment, evaluate situations and take appropriate action.

Knowledge of nursing principles, theories, and practice standards with verbal interpersonal and quantitative skills.

Competitive wage, benefits package, 401K, PTO, and onsite occupational health!

LifePoint Hospitals and all our facilities are committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans’ status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This job description in no way states or implies that the key accountabilities above are the only ones being performed by the individual(s) with this job description. The individual(s) may be called upon and required to follow or perform other duties and tasks requested by his or her supervisor, consistent with the purpose of the position, department and/or company objectives.


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