Chief Nursing Officer

Company Description

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at .

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision. We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education. We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website:

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is a member of the executive leadership team. The CNO is responsible for the administrative management of all direct Patient Care Service departments of the hospital district. This includes overall planning, managing, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating all aspects of patient care and developing effective relationships within the hospital and with outside organizations. Includes 24-hour responsibility for all patient care units. Supervision occurs directly and indirectly through the Nursing Managers and on-duty House Supervisors.

What is required...

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
  • Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of some education
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program & currently licensed in the State of Washington
• Current CPR card (maintenance required)
• Five years recent nursing management experience with at least three years in an acute care setting

What is preferred...

• Master's degree in nursing field
• Previous experience as a member of the senior leadership team in a healthcare setting

Wage: Wage range starts at $186,077/year to $301,246/year. Actual wage will be determined based on previous years' of applicable experience.

FTE: 1.0 = 40 hours/week; Exempt

Benefits: This position is benefits eligible

Union Status: This is a non-union covered position