Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer

Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Kirby Bates Associates has been exclusively retained by Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center (TMC) to conduct a search for their next Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer (VP, CNO).

The VP, CNO is responsible for the TMC Hospital overarching nursing practice which includes TMC-Adult, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital as well as the Memorial Hermann Rockets Orthopedic Hospital. The CNO of the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital has a dotted line collaborative relationship to the TMC, VP, CNO.

*Memorial Hermann Health System owns and operates 14 hospitals and has joint ventures with three other hospital facilities, including Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital First Colony, Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood, and Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital-Katy.

Opportunity Highlights:

• S. News & World Report, ’25-’26 list of America’s Best Hospitals recognized TMC as No. 6 in Texas and in the top 50 nationally for Orthopedics, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, and Neurology & Neurosurgery.
• TMC was recognized by Vizient as a 2024 Birnbaum Quality Leadership Top Performer.
• Advance Memorial Hermann’s strategic goal to enable the entire health system to create more value for patients and populations.
• Participate in system wide initiatives to promote efficiencies and collaboration across system divisions.
• Continue to cultivate a professional culture through visible, engaged, and supportive leadership.
• Build/maintain academic and community partnerships that support the mission of healthier communities.
• Create a culture that inspires people to generate innovative solutions with measurable value; and encourages experimentation with new ways to solve problems that result in unique solutions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree required, one of which must be in Nursing.
• RN licensure or eligible for licensure in Texas.
• Twelve (12) years of progressive nursing experience required
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive leadership experience.
• CNO/ACNO experience required; experience in an academic medical center strongly preferred.
• Experience with or knowledge of Magnet designation principles.

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