About Us
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
Vice President Patient Care Services Chief Nursing Officer
Department: Administration
Shift: Day
Daily Work Times: Variable/Day
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 80
Position Summary:
The Vice President, Nursing Services has been delegated the authority, responsibility and accountability by the Chief Executive Officer for providing the leadership and clinical expertise necessary to ensure the successful operation of the Medical Center’s nursing services, clinical information services, clinical case management and performance improvement activities related to patient care. The Vice President, Nursing Services collaborates with MRMC leaders to plan, organize, staff, direct, evaluate and ensure patient care functions. Maintains a collaborative relationship with the medical staff to assist with the development of clinical services and the provision of quality patient care. Also works with peer Vice Presidents of Nursing across MHC.
Essential Functions and responsibilities:
1. Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the McLaren Health Care/Affiliate vision, mission, and values.
2. Develops and implements nursing philosophy, policies and procedures, nursing standards of patient care, treatment, and services and standards of nursing practice related to the population being served.
3. Formulates and approves short and long term goals, objectives, plans and budgets for all Nursing Services and other subordinate functions, including: developing and securing approval of fiscal-year budgets and goals for assigned organizational components and monitoring progress to goals, objectives and budgets, and making necessary adjustments.
4. Ensures assigned functions are in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations and accepted rules of accrediting agencies initiates corrective action as necessary.
5. Directs and/or conducts determination-of-need and cost-benefit studies. Authorizes purchase of major operational and capital equipment.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Master’s degree in Nursing, Health Care Administration or related field.
- Current registered professional nursing licensure in the State of
- Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible management in a hospital or health care system or setting.
Applied Knowledge of:
(1) Hospital organizational structure and function
(2) Hospital administration
(3) Current developments in health care, including current economic and legislative trends
(4) Legal and ethical issues relative to patient care services
(5) State-of-the-art modalities and practices in nursing and other patient care areas
(6) Budgetary process and budget preparation and evaluation
(7) Risk management
(8) Performance improvement
(9)Effective ability to direct the work of others, establish and maintain effective working relationships, and effective management of rapid change.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
