VP Patient Care Services, Acute Care

Serves at the executive level providing leadership in the delivery of nursing care, treatment, and services. Has direct line authority forAcute Care Units, Nursing Administration, and Dialysis. Has the primary responsibility for establishing and ensuring clinical patient care standards are achieved in a cost‐effective manner. Establish nursing services consistent with the overall hospital values and goals and to provide a practice environment to assure CHI St. Luke's as an employer of choice. Has the authority and responsibility for meeting the bottom lines of quality and financial performance for the areas of accountability. The position also has matrix responsibility for all nursing positions throughout the hospital to ensure that appropriate standards of care are met.

• Collaborates with hospital and system leaders to shape strategy, budgets, and operational plans.

• Leads the development and execution of a nursing vision and care delivery model aligned with the hospital’s mission.

• Oversees patient care standards and ensures compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and safety requirements.

• Advances quality improvement initiatives through data-driven evaluation of clinical outcomes and nursing-sensitive indicators.

• Promotes a culture of shared governance, staff engagement, and interprofessional collaboration.

• Guides leadership development and succession planning through mentorship, coaching, and performance management.

• Ensures appropriate resource allocation, staffing models, and fiscal oversight across nursing services.

• Builds effective partnerships with medical staff and other departments to enhance patient-centered care.

• Supports the integration of clinical technologies and systems to improve efficiency and care quality.

• Leads efforts to foster a safe, inclusive, and healing environment for patients, families, and staff.

• Provide oversight on infection prevention and control, practices and processes, including prevention and controlling the transmission of infectious agents, environment of care, cleaning,  disinfection, asepsis,  management, communication and education.

Education and Experience: 

• Master’s Degree
• Must have a minimum of ten (10) years experience in progressive management roles, or the equivalent, with a sound knowledge of  clinical nursing, management, and quality enhancement.
• Excellent clinical and business skills,  management skills suitable for a complex tertiary level patient care setting.
• Breadth of knowledge of all areas of patient care

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. Our team’s efforts have led to the creation of many research programs and initiatives to develop advanced treatments found nowhere else in the world. In our commitment to advancing standards in an ever-evolving healthcare environment, our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education. Our strong alliance with Texas Heart® Institute and Baylor College of Medicine allows us to bring our patients a powerful network of care unlike any other. Our collaboration is focused on increasing access to care through a growing network of leading specialists and revolutionizing healthcare to save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve.