Chief Nursing Officer Stony Brook University Hospital is a nationally recognized academic medical center and the flagship hospital of Stony Brook Medicine, serving as Suffolk County's only tertiary care center and Level 1 Trauma Center. The hospital provides a full range of advanced inpatient and outpatient services, including highly specialized care in areas such as cardiac care, neurosciences, oncology, transplantation, and critical care. As the clinical home of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, the hospital plays a central role in advancing clinical excellence, education, and research while serving as a regional referral center for complex and specialized care across Long Island and beyond. **Position Summary** The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) serves as the senior nursing executive responsible for the strategic leadership, operational oversight, and advancement of nursing practice across the hospital. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer of Stony Brook University Hospital, the CNO ensures excellence in patient care delivery, professional nursing practice, workforce development, and clinical outcomes. As a member of the hospital's senior executive leadership team, the CNO contributes to the strategic direction of Stony Brook University Hospital and works closely with physician leaders, administrative leadership, and interdisciplinary teams to advance the hospital's mission of delivering exceptional patient care, education, and research within a leading academic medical center. The CNO also plays an important leadership role across Stony Brook Medicine, collaborating with the Chief Nursing Officers at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital (SBSH) and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (SBELIH) to promote alignment in nursing standards, professional practice, workforce strategy, and quality outcomes across the health system, while supporting clinical integration and system growth. **Duties of a Chief Nursing Officer may include the following but are not limited to:** + Serves as a key member of the Stony Brook University Hospital senior executive leadership team, contributing to strategic planning, operational leadership, and the advancement of the hospital's mission and long-term vision. + Provides executive leadership for nursing professional practice, education, research, administration, and clinical services across Stony Brook University Hospital and ensures that the voice and perspective of nursing are integrated into major organizational decisions affecting patient care, workforce strategy, and clinical operations. + Establishes and advances a vision for nursing that promotes patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, continuous improvement in quality and safety, and an exceptional patient and family experience. + Leads the development and execution of nursing strategies that support organizational priorities including quality, patient safety, workforce engagement, operational excellence, and clinical innovation. + Ensures the advancement of the hospital's professional practice model and promotes a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and nursing excellence. + In collaboration with hospital and system leadership, defines and oversees nursing policies, standards of care, and professional practice expectations across the organization, including scope of practice, evidence-based standards of care, competency development and evaluation, professional education and career advancement, and appropriate staffing models and resource allocation. + Partners with Human Resources and clinical leadership to develop and implement a comprehensive nursing workforce strategy focused on recruitment, retention, professional development, workforce engagement, and leadership development. + Promotes an interdisciplinary shared governance model that empowers nurses and care teams to participate in clinical decision-making and practice improvement. + Leads initiatives that enable nurses and other clinicians to practice at the top of their license through evidence-based care models, advanced clinical decision-making frameworks, and team-based care delivery. + Maintains a deep understanding of the Magnet Recognition Program and leads initiatives that strengthen a culture of nursing excellence consistent with Magnet principles. + Provides system nursing leadership by working collaboratively with the Chief Nursing Officers at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital to align professional practice standards, workforce strategies, and quality outcomes across Stony Brook Medicine. + Uses clinical, operational, and workforce data to guide strategic decision-making and drive measurable improvements in patient outcomes, care delivery, and organizational performance. + Supports the academic mission of Stony Brook Medicine by fostering collaboration with the School of Nur