Chief Nursing Officer

Nurse Director I (NS)

Make a Difference. Lead With Purpose. Join Walter B. Jones Center in Greenville, North Carolina. The Walter B. Jones Center is hiring a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to provide administrative and clinical leadership for Nursing Services across its two inpatient facilities:

• Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital – inpatient psychiatric treatment for adults
• Woodside Treatment Center – detoxification, stabilization, and co-occurring substance use and mental health treatment, including specialized Perinatal Services

This work supports individuals in crisis who need psychiatric care, stabilization, and recovery support in a safe, structured treatment environment. The CNO has the complete responsibility for independently planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the quality of system-wide nursing care delivered through the organization.

Come Work for the NC Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities (DSOHF)

At the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities (DSOHF), you can join a mission-driven team that provides compassionate, whole-person care for people with complex mental health, substance use, developmental, and neuro-medical needs. We serve individuals whose needs go beyond what community services can currently support. If you want meaningful leadership work where you can make a real impact, this is your opportunity.

Why Join DSOHF?

• Lead a caring, mission-driven nursing team
• Help people in crisis find stability
• Shape clinical quality and nursing excellence across inpatient psychiatric and substance use services
• Build a supportive, collaborative work environment rooted in Just Culture principles
• Make a real impact on behavioral health care across North Carolina

Real care. Real purpose. Real impact.

Recruitment Range: $89,072.00 - $146,968.00

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge of professional nursing theory, techniques, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of standards and State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations regarding their specific program and agency/facility.
• Ability to independently assess, analyze, plan, direct, implement, and evaluate delivery of Nursing Services.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective written and oral communication and work relationships with Physicians, healthcare personnel, patients, families, agencies and others. This includes the ability to prepare, write, and present reports to management and administration.
• Ability to develop databases for collecting or reporting data on specific programs; thus enabling management to make informed decisions.

Conditional Requirements: Ability to complete the physical requirements for CPR and CPI certifications.

Per G.S. 126-5(cl) (37), this position is Exempt from all provisions of NC General Statute Chapter 126 (State Human Resources Act) with the exception of Articles 6 and 7.

This Position Is Designated As Mandatory And Must Report Or Stay Over During Adverse Weather Events.