Chief Nursing Officer - Inpatient Rehab

Registered NurseFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital
  • A joint venture with Select Medical & Penn State Health
  • Chief Nursing Officer
  • Bonus incentives
  • Extensive onboarding and training program
  • Customizable health insurance packages

Who We Are

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas

Responsibilities

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is a senior member of the hospital leadership team, and actively participates in the oversight and establishment of best practices and standards for hospital clinical services.

The CNO manages the nursing teams in order for us to provide the highest quality of care and service for the patients. The CNO coordinates nursing with other patient care and support functions to assure optimum delivery of health care.

The CNO provides leadership and guidance in establishing standards for nursing and other clinical services under his/her jurisdiction.

Other Requirements of the CNO Role Include

  • Steer progressive clinical excellence through staff development
  • Shares responsibility for employee engagement, recruitment and retention
  • Provide nursing care to patients with acute medical conditions
  • Actively assign nursing personnel, serve as a resource person and consultant.
  • Implement company standards of care, policies, and procedures
  • Ensure all regulatory requirements are met

Create and Implement Schedule for Safe Staffing

Work collaboratively with hospital leadership and other departments in order to achieve the best patient outcomes

Minimum Qualifications

  • BSN required
  • MSN or equivalent Masters in Healthcare or enrollment in a Masters program required
  • Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse required
  • 3-5 years of hospital nursing experience required.
  • 3 or more yeas of experience in a managerial or supervisory capacity required
  • Certified BLS completed on date of hire required
  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire

Preferred Experience

  • Three of these years of RN experience in rehabilitation nursing preferred
  • CRRN required when eligible.
  • Additional Data
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Nursing leadershipRegulatory complianceStaffing managementAcute medical carePolicy implementation

Nursing Leadership — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 48% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Nursing Leadership RN by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNursing Leadership RN median $118k (middle half $99k–$135k)124 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nursing Leadership listings in Pennsylvania6 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All nursing leadership listings in Pennsylvania194 active5,794 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 24% remote · 48% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusPennsylvania registered nurse listings (all specialties): 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 2% offer loan repayment194 active listings, Nov 2026
New Nursing Leadership RN listings165 in the last 30 days174 the 30 days before (−5%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Pennsylvania figures use all nursing leaderships: too few Pennsylvania Nursing Leadership postings state pay.

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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 30% of Nursing Leadership listings

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About Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Bonus incentives
Extensive onboarding and training
Customizable health insurance packages
Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time
Medical/RX, health, vision, EAP, and dental
Company-matching 401(k)
Life and disability protection

Living in Hummelstown

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$343k
Typical market rent
$1,971/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.