OO3

 

Transformational Leadership OO3

 

Provide:

• The current Chief Nursing Officer’s (CNO) job description.
• CNO’s curriculum vitae or resume;
• The organizational chart(s);
• The nursing organizational chart(s);
• A description of the CNO’s structural and operational relationships to all areas in which nursing is practiced; and
• Names and credentials, of all individuals serving as CNO, in the 48 months preceding document submission. Include the tenure dates.

 

 

Chief Nursing Officer Job Description

• Evidence OO3-1, Vice President Patient Care Services JD

 

Chief Nursing Officer CV or Resume

• Evidence OO3-2, Chief Nursing Officer Resume

 

Organizational Chart

• Evidence OO3-3, CHI SVHS Organizational Chart

 

Nursing Organizational Chart

• Evidence OO3-4, CHI SVHS Nursing Organizational Chart

 

CNO Structural and Operational Relationships to all Areas of Nursing Practice

Teresa Lambert, MBA, BSN, RN has the title of Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (role of CNO) and Vice President Patient Care Services of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) St. Vincent Hot Springs (SVHS). As Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO), Lambert is responsible for all areas of SVHS nursing practice. Lambert is also responsible for the review and implementation of actions to improve the quality, safety, utilization, and cost of care at CHI SVHS. Lambert plays a critical role in the organization’s strategic planning and aligns her team with the initiatives set forth, and she is responsible for the development of nurses and nursing leaders throughout the organization.

 

Through the framework designed by the executive team, Lambert reports directly to Douglas Ross, MD, FACEP, President and Market Chief Medical Officer of CHI SVHS, and has a dotted line reporting in the matrix structure to Angie Longing, MHSM, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive for the CHI St. Vincent System.

 

Lambert has direct and indirect reports through whom all CHI SVHS nurses report to her. The nursing direct reports along with their responsibilities are as follows:

 

 

Direct Reports
Name/Credentials	Title	Responsibilities
Kaitlyn Atkins, MSN, RN, CPN	Clinical Director Nursing	All inpatient nursing units, Float Pool, Nursing Supervisors, and Staffing Office at CHI SVHS
Renee Fechuch, MSN, RN	Clinical Director Nursing	Emergency Services, Hospital Based Clinics, and Critical Care at CHI SVHS
Tonya Baier, BSN, RN	Clinical Director Nursing	Perioperative Services, Women’s Services, Outpatient Services, and Cardiovascular Services at CHI SVHS
Laura McAnally, BSN, RN, RN-BC	Magnet Program Director and Nursing Excellence Manager	Magnet Program, Clinical Education, and Clinical Informatics at CHI SVHS

 

Lambert and her direct reports meet biweekly in the Nursing Executive Council (NEC), a nursing operations meeting with agenda items and discussions of areas such as nursing standards of care and annual operational and capital budget planning. Other regular operations meetings between Lambert and these direct reports include a daily safety huddle and the monthly Nurse Manager Council. Lambert also has biweekly one-on-one meetings with her direct reports to discuss operational issues and initiatives. Lambert continually gives feedback to her direct reports to assist with developmental growth throughout the year to enhance performance.

 

Lambert is an active participant in the biweekly system-wide Market Nurse Executive Council (MNEC), in which the senior leaders review the strategic plan for quality, safety, resource utilization, and overall financial viability of St. Vincent. Lambert attends the CHI SVHS Administration Council every Monday, during which participants collate the information from the MNEC into a summary that is then presented at the monthly Leadership Forum. Lambert co-leads the Leadership Forum, at which the information is disseminated to all leaders in a role of supervisor and above. Lambert also attends the monthly Interprofessional Practice Council (IPC), which is the governing body for shared governance. Much of the information and data from the MNEC, CHI SVHS Administration Council, and monthly Leadership Forum is shared at IPC. Lambert also represents nursing at the Board Level for CHI SVHS.

 

Lambert is also responsible for the system staffing office. Kaitlyn Atkins, MSN, RN, CPN, the Clinical Director for these resources, reports directly to Lambert. Lambert meets with Atkins biweekly to discuss staffing and contingency operations as well as leader development.

Lamberts’ indirect reports along with their responsibilities are as follows:

 

Indirect Reports
Name/Credentials	Title	Responsibilities
Charity Hixon, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CIC	Market Director, Infection Prevention	Infection Prevention for the CHI St. Vincent System
Shawna Corley, MSN, BS, RN, CPHQ	Market Director, Quality	Quality for the CHI St. Vincent System
Vicky Sanders, MSN, RN, CNML	Director, Care Management	Care Management for CHI SVHS
Kathryn Goad, BSN, RN	Patient Safety Manager, Risk Management	Risk Management for CHI SVHS

 

Charity Hixon, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CIC, Market Director, Infection Prevention; Shawna Corley, MSN, BS, RN, CPHQ, Market Director, Quality; Vicky Sanders, MSN, RN, Director, Care Management; and Kathryn Goad, BSN, RN, Patient Safety Manager, Risk Management, are aligned to Lambert through a dotted line reporting structure. Although Lambert does not perform leader evaluations of these individuals, she has strong influence and working relationships due to their oversight of nursing practice and important programs at CHI SVHS such as infection prevention, quality, risk management, and care management.

 

Lambert attends the monthly Executive Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Committee for the CHI St. Vincent market. Hixon, Corley, and Goad also attend this meeting, the topics of which include infection prevention, quality and safety, and other decisions that involve nursing care at all St. Vincent campuses. Lambert and Sanders also attend the weekly Length of Stay Steering Committee meetings, the topics of which include patient throughput and other patient issues that affect patient lengths of stay at CHI SVHS.

 

Names and Credentials of CNOs for Past 48 Months

 

Names and Credentials of CNOs for Past 48 Months
CNO	Tenure
Teresa Lambert, MBA, BSN, RN, Vice President of Patient Care Services/Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (role of CNO)	July 2020 – present