Chief Nursing Officer

As our Chief Nursing Officer, you will direct nursing practice in the hospital and assigned business entities maintaining consistent and high-quality standards of patient care.

Every day you will develop and deploy nursing policies, objectives, and initiatives for the department and review departmental operations to ensure compliance with established standards.

To be successful in this role, you must have a minimum of ten (10) years of nursing experience and five (5) years nursing leadership experience.

Responsibilities: 

• Manages the resources (e.g. staff, materials and finances) of the nursing department; plans and directs all nursing activities in that facility.
• Develops and deploys nursing policies, objectives, and initiatives for the department; reviews departmental operations to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Drives the delivery of quality and cost-effective patient care; oversees the performance of nursing staff.
• Develops the overall competency level of nursing staff; coordinates quality enhancement and process improvement tasks.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or related field required. Master’s degree in Nursing, NBA, MHA, Education or Public Health required. Must have either BSN or MSN.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of nursing experience required. Minimum of five (5) years of nurse manager experience required.

Required Licensure:

• California Registered Nurse required.

Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.