Chief Nurse Executive

Corewell Health
Grand Rapids, MI

Job Summary

Corewell Health is seeking a visionary and strategic senior nurse executive to serve as System Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) providing systemwide leadership for care delivery across our integrated health system. This role sets strategic direction plans organizes and evaluates professional nursing practice and clinical operations for Corewell Health hospitals medical groups ambulatory centers and post-acute care services. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality patient centered care by leveraging expertise in clinical operations quality and safety patient experience performance improvement model of care innovation and workforce planning/development. The system CNE is responsible for the unification of nursing practice nursing education and professional development and nursing business operations. This leader will be accountable for driving operational excellence and fostering a culture of collaboration innovation and co-leads enterprise-wide innovations in digital technologies with the chief nursing informatics officer. Coordination of workforce strategy initiatives inclusive of academic partnerships compensation strategies and nursing well-being initiatives are key responsibilities.

Key Role Functions and Responsibilities

  • Serves as a member of the care leadership team (CLT) providing strategic direction on Nursing and care delivery related issues. Works effectively within a matrixed executive environment by fostering collaboration encouraging healthy dialogue and maintaining positive relationships. Cultivates key partnerships in leading the system nursing enterprise inclusive of the vice president of clinical effectiveness/pathways chief clinical officer senior vice presidents of finance regional presidents senior vice president of compensation chief compliance officer.

  • Models ethical leadership and accountability in the areas of business ethics legal compliance confidentiality conflicts of interest vendor relationships. Ensures Corewell Health values and ethics are infused into policies and practices. Promotes lifelong learning and professional development. Actively engages in professional organizations. Serves as a role model and mentor to leaders. Advocates for patient-centered care and nursing priorities at a local state and national level. Represents the system in regional and national advocacy efforts and professional activities.

  • Develops and implements strategic business plans. Operationalizes business plans for assigned area. Translates initiatives into action plans at the departmental level with appropriate performance measures. Assumes fiscal responsibility through budgetary planning and implementation. Establishes and monitors process improvement initiatives to achieve value-based outcome metrics.

  • Leads the System Chief Nurse Executive Council. Oversee the Nursing enterprise governance structure inclusive of the Nurse Practice Committee QSE Committee Nursing Education and Development Committee Digital and Technology Committee and Workforce Strategy Committee. Partners with the chief clinical officer and chief quality safety and experience office to drive improvement in quality safety and experience and regulatory compliance. Responsible for nursing scorecard visibility and accountability. Leads systemwide initiatives for quality improvement specifically around nursing sensitive indicators. Establishes and implements key quality metrics to evaluate the quality of patient care. Participates in ongoing continuous quality improvement education and training. Oversees the implementation of evidence-based practice and outcome measurement. Approves system nursing standards policies and procedures. Unifies efforts surrounding Magnet designation efforts. Promotes an environment of professional growth and development through support and oversight of orientation training and continuing education programs.

  • Leads nursing workforce strategy initiatives. Maintains relationships with academic institutions to promote the nursing profession. Coordinates system initiatives to ensure nursing resources in the future. Upholds systems to recruit select and retain qualified care providers. Provides strategic leadership in labor relations across the health system ensuring a collaborative respectful and productive work environment for all nursing staff.

  • Champions system transformation and innovation in care delivery models. Organizes nursing through appropriate structure and delegation of functions using staffing models/tools to achieve productivity and optimize the delivery of care. Partners with the chief nursing informatics officer to prioritize digital initiatives and optimize technology. Leads integration and standardization of nursing practice across all entities.

  • Provides excellent people leadership. Fosters a people first culture where leaders and team members feel known included and empowered. Fosters a high level of collaboration within a highly matrixed team environment. Creates a climate of effective communication. Develops and implements mechanisms for collaboration between team members physicians and other clinical practitioners. Ensures a healing environment and culture that promotes and embraces diversity. Provides leadership with a high degree of emotional intelligence in a manner that is culturally sensitive and preserves autonomy dignity and rights of patients families and team members.

  • The System CNE actively engages with key internal and external stakeholders representing our organization with distinction and strengthening professional relationships across the system Board of Trustees fiduciary boards external advancement groups professional associations and academic institutions to advance nursing excellence and strategic alignment.

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Bachelors Degree in Nursing Healthcare Administration or in a related field. Required

  • Masters Degree in Nursing Healthcare Administration or in a related field. Required

  • Doctorate in Nursing or similar degree (e.g. PhD) or enrolled in a DNP or equivalent degree. Preferred

  • Registered Nurse (RN) License - State of Michigan. Required

  • 10 years of relevant experience leadership experience. Required

  • 10 years of relevant experience previous experience in nursing administration. Required

  • Ability to develop strategic and operational plans to ensure optimum service

  • Exceptional leadership skills

  • Success in standardization system integration workforce optimization and measurable quality improvement

  • System-first orientation; decisive; skilled at dyad leadership; data-driven

  • Have a record of building credibility with frontline team members

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

How Corewell Health cares for you

  • Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial health and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.

  • On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv

  • Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you like restaurants phone plans spas and more!

  • Optional identity theft protection home and auto insurance pet insurance

  • Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

  • Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Corewell Health Place - 100 Corewell Drive NW - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Executive - System

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Days Worked

Monday to Friday

Weekend Frequency

N/A

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Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members patients visitors and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR Varicella Tdap and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process to perform the essential functions of a job or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability pregnancy or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race color national origin sex disability age religion genetic information marital status height weight gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other legally protected category.

An interconnected collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system we advocate for equity as we care for our patients our communities and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity equity and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

You may request assistance in completing the application process by calling 616.486.7447.

Required Experience:

Chief

Posted 2025-11-19

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