The System Chief Nurse Officer (CNO) provides direction, leadership, planning, organization and general management for all aspects of patient care within the health system. The CNO ensures integration of services and compliance with long-range objectives and strategies, including the provision of excellent quality services and responsible fiscal management. This role is the patient care executive responsible for the professional practice of nursing and other designated patient care services. The position develops and implements the system-wide plan in the provision of patient care programs, nursing care; participates with administration, governing board members, medical staff and department directors in the system’s decision-making structures and processes; and assumes responsibility fo