Chief Nursing Officer – Whittier

Lead the Future of Nursing Excellence

Are you a visionary nursing executive ready to shape the future of patient care, workforce excellence, and clinical innovation? PIH Health Whittier Hospital is seeking a transformational Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to join our executive leadership team and drive the next generation of nursing practice, quality, and operational performance.

At PIH Health, nursing is more than a profession, it is the cornerstone of our commitment to delivering compassionate, safe, high-quality care to the communities we serve. This is a rare opportunity to influence enterprise strategy, advance care delivery innovation, and cultivate a thriving, high-engagement nursing culture within a respected, mission-driven health system.

Why PIH Health Whittier

PIH Health is a nationally recognized, nonprofit health system known for clinical excellence, patient-centered care, and strong physician-nurse collaboration. Our Whittier hospital combines advanced clinical capabilities with a community-focused culture where leaders are empowered to innovate and create lasting impact.

The Opportunity

The Chief Nursing Officer provides executive leadership, strategic vision, and operational oversight for all nursing services at PIH Health Whittier Hospital. Reporting directly to executive leadership, the CNO plays a critical role in advancing clinical transformation, strengthening workforce engagement, and ensuring exceptional patient outcomes across the continuum of care.

What You Will Lead

Transformational Nursing Strategy

• Design and implement innovative care delivery and nursing organizational models that enhance outcomes, workforce sustainability, and hospital performance.
• Lead hospital-wide clinical transformation initiatives including technology integration, workflow redesign, and best practice adoption.
• Drive nursing alignment with system growth priorities including service line expansion, population health, ambulatory strategy, and virtual care innovation.

Clinical Quality, Safety & Patient Experience

• Champion high-reliability care delivery and continuous quality improvement.
• Achieve and sustain clinical outcomes exceeding national benchmarks.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and patient- and family-centered care.

Executive Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as a key member of the hospital executive leadership team influencing strategic planning and organizational performance.
• Strengthen nurse-physician collaboration and interdisciplinary partnerships.
• Represent nursing priorities at executive and board levels.

Operational & Financial Stewardship

• Provide executive oversight of nursing operations, budgets, staffing models, and resource allocation.
• Optimize labor productivity, workforce planning, and cost management while maintaining exceptional quality standards.

Workforce & Professional Practice Excellence

• Build and sustain shared governance and professional practice frameworks that empower nursing teams.
• Advance evidence-based practice, leadership development, and workforce engagement initiatives.
• Create an environment where nurses thrive professionally and deliver their best patient care.

Measures of Success

The CNO will drive measurable impact through:

• Clinical quality and safety outcomes exceeding national benchmarks
• Top quartile performance in mortality and patient safety indicators
• HCAHPS nursing communication and patient experience ≥ 75th percentile
• Strong RN engagement, retention, and workforce stability
• Nursing productivity and cost performance aligned with strategic financial goals
• Improved patient throughput, length of stay performance, and care coordination outcomes