Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer of Norton Healthcare

Company: Norton Healthcare
Location: Louisville
Posted on: January 14, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Location: Louisville, Kentucky Job Category: Executive Leadership Job ID: 148929 Facility Group: Norton System Services Job Description Responsibilities Working collaboratively with the senior executive team, the board of trustees of Norton Healthcare, and facility leadership personnel, the Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer has the responsibility and authority for establishing the system standards for nursing practice. This responsibility includes but is not limited to the development of safe and efficient organization-wide patient care programs and policies/procedures that describe how patients' nursing care needs or patient populations receiving nursing care are assessed, evaluated, and met in accordance with Kentucky Nursing Laws, The Joint Commission, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), or other accrediting entity, and other applicable recognized best practice standards of care. Key Accountabilities: Effectively designs processes that are patient friendly and family focused, sensitive to the need for operational efficiency and ensures outstanding clinical quality. Ensures patient satisfaction scores for facility/departments meet established benchmarks and continually strives for scores ranked among the top 90th percentile nationally. Ensures strategic, operational, programmatic, and other plans/policies support the highest possible levels of service. Supports finance executives to achieve or exceed patient service margins, and consults on applicable construction/ renovation projects as needed. Participates with members of the medical staff leadership and senior executive leadership in the strategic planning process as it relates to nursing/patient care services. Works with senior leadership, the board of trustees, and the medical staff to proactively assess the impact of legislation on future growth and delivery of nursing/patient care, restriction of services, and reimbursement for care. Participates in evaluating, selecting, and integrating healthcare technology and information systems to support patient care needs and efficient utilization of clinical resources. Proactively works with the Government Relations Department to ensure Norton Healthcare's best interests are represented. Proactively assists in the growth of funds donated to the Norton Healthcare and Norton Children's Hospital Foundations. Develops programs that support the recruitment, retention, and engagement of the best possible patient care leaders/staff. Implements programs that promote leader/staff members' job related advancement and educational goals. Identifies key talent and emerging leaders within the organization and provides coaching/mentoring. Conveys a clear vision of Norton Healthcare's direction, challenges, and opportunities related to patient care delivery to direct reports and staff. Involves staff/leaders with particular expertise in the planning and implementation of programs and services that support nursing/patient care. Establishes meaningful and measurable performance expectations for direct reports and facility staff. Manages complex system and facility-based physician relationships and contracts for services. Works with facility vice presidents of patient care services to ensure mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance with state, federal, and The Joint Commission, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), (or other accrediting entity) requirements related to delivery of patient care services. Proactively identifies potential quality initiatives and works with appropriate personnel to develop plans/measures to ensure ongoing delivery of quality patient care. Develops performance improvement measures and continually assesses performance against identified measures. Ensures evidenced based key processes are followed to ensure best possible outcomes for patients. Ensures implementation of a system wide effective, ongoing program to measure, assess, and improve the quality of nursing care delivered to patients and improve patient outcomes. Works with facility vice presidents of patient care services to ensure management of staffing/productivity to best practice benchmarks. Ensures alignment of the vice presidents patient care services, with the NHC strategy, monitors results and the implementation of agreed upon plans. Holds individuals accountable for performance on care transformation goals. Recognizes necessary variation need for the exception but drives standardization and integration. About Norton Healthcare Norton Healthcare is a leading not-for-profit hospital and health care system serving adult and pediatric patients across Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The system has six hospitals in Louisville - including Norton Children's Hospital, which is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the region's only full-service, freestanding, dedicated pediatric hospital - and three hospitals in Southern Indiana. With nearly 24,000 employees, over 1,750 employed medical providers and more than 3,000 total providers on its medical staff, Norton Healthcare is Louisville's second largest employer. It provides care at more than 480 locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The six Louisville hospitals have a combined total of 1,907 licensed beds, and the Southern Indiana hospitals have 347 licensed beds. Services include inpatient and outpatient general care as well as specialty care in heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedics, women's health and pediatrics. The system also includes 10 outpatient centers, 20 Norton Immediate Care Center locations and an expanded telehealth program. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a wide range of areas. Norton Healthcare is proud to be recognized nationally for excellence as a top employer and health care leader. Recent honors include: Forbes : America's Best Employers for Company Culture, America's Best Employers by State, America's Best Large Employers, America's Best Employers for New Grads Fortune: America's Most Innovative Companies Newsweek: America's Greatest Workplaces, America's Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare, America's Greatest Workplaces for Women, America's Greatest Workplaces by State, America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity, America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing More information is available at NortonHealthcare.com . Qualifications Required: Ten years of progressive leadership experience Master Degree Registered Nurse Desired: Five years working in complex and matrixed organizations Doctorate Degree Need help finding the right job? Sign up to receive email alerts on jobs and opportunities! Screening requirements: Background check License & education verification Employment reference verification Drug Screen Norton Healthcare offers a competitive benefit package, including: Paid vacation, sick days and holidays Paid parental leave 403b/401k retirement plan View more: Benefits Guide Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Discover meaningful career opportunities at NortonHealthcareCareers.com. Norton Healthcare Careers - Together, We Will. Norton Healthcare is a leader in serving adult and pediatric patients from throughout Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The not-for-profit hospital and health care system is Louisville's second largest employer, with more than 20,000 employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Norton Healthcare strives to make the Norton Healthcare Careers site accessible to all job seekers. If you're a candidate with a disability, we will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your needs during the application process. If you have a disability and need to request a reasonable accommodation, email recruitment@nortonhealthcare.org Equal Employment Opportunity is the law. PI39673fe18eb5-25405-38983193

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