Chief Nursing Officer - Primary Care

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic **Chief Nursing Officer-Primary Care** to lead, optimize, and scale our primary care service lines. This individual will be responsible for operational excellence, financial performance, quality outcomes, and growth across a multi‑site primary care footprint. ### Key Responsibilities - Provide strategic and operational leadership for primary care clinic operations, including access, staffing, workflows, and patient experience - Drive performance across quality outcomes, patient satisfaction, productivity, financial goals, and value-based care initiatives - Partner with clinical leadership to support operational excellence, population health strategies, and coordinated care delivery - Lead and develop regional and site-level operational leaders while fostering continuous improvement and accountability - Oversee budgeting, financial planning, operational scalability, and growth initiatives, including new services and clinic expansion - Ensure compliance with regulatory, accreditation, grant, and laboratory requirements, including CLIA and NCQA standards - Utilize data and analytics to support decision-making, quality improvement, and organizational strategy - Participate in senior leadership activities, strategic planning, and organizational committees supporting quality, risk, and safety initiatives ### Requirements, Skills, Knowledge and Expertise **EDUCATION/ WORK EXPERIENCE/TRAINING** - Bachelor’s degree or higher in Nursing required - 5+ years of healthcare operations experience, with significant leadership in primary care or ambulatory settings - Demonstrated success managing multi‑site physician practices or large clinical operations - Strong financial acumen with experience in budget management and performance optimization - Strong experience with managing nursing and related clinical teams. - Proven ability to lead through change and drive operational transformation - Background working closely with employed and/or independent physicians **LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION** - A current, active Missouri Registered Nurse (RN) license is required IND2