Location: Kigutu, Burundi
Closing date28 Feb 2022
Position Overview
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is the primary spokesperson for the facility's nursing staff and is tasked with coordinating all of the inpatient and outpatient nursing operations. The CNO will oversee a group of nurse managers who will have primary responsibility for OB/Peds, ED/Triage, Surgical Services, Medical and Outpatient Primary Care/Specialty Clinics. On the executive management team, the CNO is responsible for providing clinical and administrative leadership, advising senior management on best nursing practices, managing nursing budgets, planning new patient services, and conducting performance assessments. The ideal candidate ensures the delivery of outstanding care, consistent with the core mission of providing dignified and respectful care while maintaining efficient and cost-effective services.
At the outset, the new facility will focus on providing Emergency Obstetrical Care, Essential and Emergency Surgery, and Critical Care to adults and children. Therefore, the candidate must have a high degree of comfort and experience with general medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency conditions and critical care.
Liaises with: Chief Medical Officer, Chiefs of Clinical Services, Ancillary Service Chiefs (Including: Pharmacy, Laboratory, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering), Chief Financial Officer, Head of Information Technologies, and Head of Procurement.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
5 years nursing and leadership experience with emphasis on inpatient care
Experience with nursing recruitment, training, and education
Critical Care including neonatology experience preferred
Experience with quality assurance and monitoring and evaluation frameworks
Experience in resource poor settings
Demonstrated Leadership qualities
Fluency in English is required and fluency in French is strongly preferred.
Duties and Responsibilities
Domain 1 – Clinical Care
Acts as an expert resource in the clinical and regulatory area of practice to ensure care in the hospital and outpatient areas.
Applies knowledge and directs the development of standards of care and practice to assure optimal patient outcomes
Reviews patient care delivery model and clinical staffing needs.
Facilitate engagement with clinicians when appropriate and necessary.
Engage in continual and ongoing maintenance of skills and certifications
Ensure timely documentation of care for all patients and review for quality.
Work with IT and EMR team to facilitate accurate and timely documentation.
Domain 2 –Administrative
Work with clinical leadership to achieve strategic goals.
Engage with Financial team and Chief Medical Officer to create annual budget requests for financial resources needed for inpatient and outpatient clinical services
Engage with finance and procurement for all nursing and midwifery related capital purchases. 4. Engage with finance and procurement to ensure consistent and reliable supply of essential consumable items.
Manage within authorized budget and maintain ongoing process of identifying, evaluating and implementing overall cost effectiveness of the services provided.
Educate Nurse Managers on financial implication of team/program operations.
Engage with the Biomedical Engineering team to ensure functionality of necessary equipment.
Provide reports to hospital administration as required.
Domain3- Clinical Staff Management
Ensure the continual nursing coverage of all patients at all times.
Regular review and evaluation of nursing staff including written evaluations and feedback sessions.
Recruit and hire staff, as necessary.
Develop and execute a strategic plan for delivering and expanding nursing services.
Domain 4 – Documentation
Closing date28 Feb 2022
Position Overview
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is the primary spokesperson for the facility's nursing staff and is tasked with coordinating all of the inpatient and outpatient nursing operations. The CNO will oversee a group of nurse managers who will have primary responsibility for OB/Peds, ED/Triage, Surgical Services, Medical and Outpatient Primary Care/Specialty Clinics. On the executive management team, the CNO is responsible for providing clinical and administrative leadership, advising senior management on best nursing practices, managing nursing budgets, planning new patient services, and conducting performance assessments. The ideal candidate ensures the delivery of outstanding care, consistent with the core mission of providing dignified and respectful care while maintaining efficient and cost-effective services.
At the outset, the new facility will focus on providing Emergency Obstetrical Care, Essential and Emergency Surgery, and Critical Care to adults and children. Therefore, the candidate must have a high degree of comfort and experience with general medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency conditions and critical care.
Liaises with: Chief Medical Officer, Chiefs of Clinical Services, Ancillary Service Chiefs (Including: Pharmacy, Laboratory, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering), Chief Financial Officer, Head of Information Technologies, and Head of Procurement.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
5 years nursing and leadership experience with emphasis on inpatient care
Experience with nursing recruitment, training, and education
Critical Care including neonatology experience preferred
Experience with quality assurance and monitoring and evaluation frameworks
Experience in resource poor settings
Demonstrated Leadership qualities
Fluency in English is required and fluency in French is strongly preferred.
Duties and Responsibilities
Domain 1 – Clinical Care
Acts as an expert resource in the clinical and regulatory area of practice to ensure care in the hospital and outpatient areas.
Applies knowledge and directs the development of standards of care and practice to assure optimal patient outcomes
Reviews patient care delivery model and clinical staffing needs.
Facilitate engagement with clinicians when appropriate and necessary.
Engage in continual and ongoing maintenance of skills and certifications
Ensure timely documentation of care for all patients and review for quality.
Work with IT and EMR team to facilitate accurate and timely documentation.
Domain 2 –Administrative
Work with clinical leadership to achieve strategic goals.
Engage with Financial team and Chief Medical Officer to create annual budget requests for financial resources needed for inpatient and outpatient clinical services
Engage with finance and procurement for all nursing and midwifery related capital purchases. 4. Engage with finance and procurement to ensure consistent and reliable supply of essential consumable items.
Manage within authorized budget and maintain ongoing process of identifying, evaluating and implementing overall cost effectiveness of the services provided.
Educate Nurse Managers on financial implication of team/program operations.
Engage with the Biomedical Engineering team to ensure functionality of necessary equipment.
Provide reports to hospital administration as required.
Domain3- Clinical Staff Management
Ensure the continual nursing coverage of all patients at all times.
Regular review and evaluation of nursing staff including written evaluations and feedback sessions.
Recruit and hire staff, as necessary.
Develop and execute a strategic plan for delivering and expanding nursing services.
Domain 4 – Documentation
Uses established channels of communication to share information, receive feedback and report problems.
2.Establish relationships to effectively communicate flow of information to others (program, regional, national).
3.Creates and promotes an environment which recognizes and values differences in staff, physicians, patients, and the communities we serve.
2.Establish relationships to effectively communicate flow of information to others (program, regional, national).
3.Creates and promotes an environment which recognizes and values differences in staff, physicians, patients, and the communities we serve.
Domain 5 – Quality
Articulates the organizations, department and program performance improvement program and goals.
Develops, implements, and maintains quality monitoring processes.
3.Ensures regular morbidity and mortality review for nursing services.
4.Monitor indicators of quality for on a regular basis.
5.Supports Nurse Managers and assists with the development of quality plan.
Domain 6- Education
1.Provide appropriate continuing professional development (CPD) education experience for nursing staff.
2.Oversee clinical responsibilities and skills of staff, coordinating proactive training and education as necessary.
Facilitate staff acquisition and maintenance of certifications.
Salary and Benefits
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience.
How To Apply:
Submit application to: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.com (Email is hidden and is available to SUBSCRIBERS ONLY )
Articulates the organizations, department and program performance improvement program and goals.
Develops, implements, and maintains quality monitoring processes.
3.Ensures regular morbidity and mortality review for nursing services.
4.Monitor indicators of quality for on a regular basis.
5.Supports Nurse Managers and assists with the development of quality plan.
Domain 6- Education
1.Provide appropriate continuing professional development (CPD) education experience for nursing staff.
2.Oversee clinical responsibilities and skills of staff, coordinating proactive training and education as necessary.
Facilitate staff acquisition and maintenance of certifications.
Salary and Benefits
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience.
How To Apply:
Submit application to: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.com (Email is hidden and is available to SUBSCRIBERS ONLY )
