About Trinity Health System
Trinity Health System, with a net revenue of $291M, provides care to a service area of just over 200,000 individuals and offers a full array of acute and outpatient services through two campuses in Steubenville, Ohio, a critical access hospital in Dennison, Ohio, a growing physician enterprise, and a variety of ambulatory locations across the Ohio Valley. Trinity maintains physician offices, Walk-in Lab Draw facilities, the Tony Teramana Cancer Center, WorkCare, and the Digestive and Nutrition Center throughout its Tri-State area.
In mid-2024, Trinity unveiled a new 183, 400 square foot, 88-bed patient tower at Trinity Medical Center West. The new facilities include a surgical services hub with 16 progressive care beds near the main operating rooms and an intensive care unit, and 36 single-patient rooms. Through the addition, the hospital is able to offer all patients a private room.
Additional system expansion is underway, as a neighborhood “micro hospital” is currently under construction to serve the growing and underserved community of Belmont County, Ohio, and set to open in the summer of 2025.
Trinity Health System is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. CommonSpirit Health is committed to creating healthier communities, delivering exceptional patient care, and ensuring every person has access to quality health care. With its national office in Chicago and a team of approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit Health operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2018, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health had combined revenues of $29.2 billion and provided $4.2 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs. Learn more about CommonSpirit Health at commonspirit.org.
Trinity Health System is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals, and a member of the American Hospital Association, Voluntary Hospitals of America, and the Catholic Hospital Association.
Role Summary
The Vice President of Nursing serves as the site Chief Nursing Officer and will be responsible for leading the practice of nursing and the delivery of patient care for Trinity Health System and associated outpatient facilities. The successful candidate for this outstanding opportunity will be responsible for the leadership and coordination of daily operations and a wide range of strategic and financial initiatives and innovations for the department of nursing and related clinical areas where the practice of nursing occurs. The Vice President will be charged with the achievement of outstanding patient outcomes and creating a highly sought after practice environment for professional nurses, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary colleagues. The Vice President will be responsible for ensuring the achievement of the vision, strategic direction, and advancement of the professional practice of nursing under the direction of the CommonSpirit Regional Chief Nursing Officer and in collaboration with the other site nursing leaders at Trinity Health. This role is available as the result of the transition in leadership of the CNO. An Interim CNO is currently leading the nursing organization for Trinity Health.
With matrix reporting to the CommonSpirit South Region Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Veronica Martin, and the Market President, the Vice President will be a driver of excellence and innovation through collaboration with and support from their peers. The VP/CNO will elevate the nursing leadership culture, resetting the bar for performance and expectations for leadership engagement with all levels of management and frontline staff. The Vice President will oversee the over ~1,900 Registered Nurses with primary responsibilities in strategic and administrative direction, nursing planning, staff engagement and development, and system collaboration.
Qualifications
- BSN or MSN required; additional Master’s Degree in a related healthcare/management field required.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse or eligible for licensure in the State of Ohio with a minimum of ten years of nursing leadership experience which includes experience in senior nurse leadership role(s).
- Previous experience in a complex health system is preferred given the size and complexity of CommonSpirit. Additionally, it is strongly preferred that candidates for this role have experience in small community/teaching hospital environments.
- Active member in applicable professional organization(s).
- Must have demonstrated track record of working collaboratively to build successful clinical programs.
- A track record of creating productive relationships and enhancement of employee and patient engagement scores is a priority for this leader.
- A track record of improving quality and patient outcomes; the organization recently moved from a Leapfrog C score to a B and is focused on continuing the quality journey.
- Strong operating skills and organizational assessment skills are required, coupled with well-developed financial acumen. A hands on operating style combined with strong strategic thinking skills is desired for this role.
- A demonstrated track record of driving innovation while thoughtfully and respectfully managing organizational change.
- A deep understanding of and successful contributions to full system integration are highly desirable. The complete alignment and integration of the Ohio market into the greater CommonSpirit organization is still a work in progress.
- Demonstrated accomplishments measurably improving outcomes and patient experiences is required.
- A visible and engaged relationship-builder who can connect with hospital staff locally, partner appropriately with competitors regionally, while navigating and leveraging CommonSpirit relationships and resources.