Associate Chief Nursing Officer of Peri-operative services
Listed compensation
$230k-$260k
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Job Description
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Job Description
New England Baptist Hospital is seeking an experienced Associate Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO), Perioperative Services to provide strategic, operational, and clinical leadership across the surgical continuum. This executive nursing leader will oversee perioperative services supporting both inpatient and outpatient surgical care while driving exceptional patient outcomes, operational performance, workforce engagement, and growth.
- Areas of Oversight
- Operating Room (OR)
- Pre-Admission Testing
- Pre-Operative Services
- PACU
- Extended Recovery
- Sterile Processing
- Ambulatory Surgery Center Operations
- Additional procedural areas as assigned
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic leadership and perioperative growth initiatives
- Clinical quality, patient safety, and regulatory readiness
- Operational excellence across surgical services
- Financial and budget management
- Talent development and workforce planning
- Physician and interdisciplinary collaboration
- System-wide leadership within Beth Israel Lahey Health
Minimum Requirements
- Current Massachusetts Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Master's Degree in Nursing required
- Minimum 10 years of progressive nursing leadership experience
- Minimum 5 years of senior perioperative leadership experience
- Demonstrated success leading complex perioperative operations in an acute care hospital setting
- Experience leading operational improvements, large teams, and budgets
Preferred Qualifications
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), PhD, or other doctoral degree
- NEA-BC, CNOR, or other advanced nursing leadership certification
- Experience as an OR nurse
- Experience in highly specialized surgical environments
Why NEBH?
As a member of the Nursing and Hospital Leadership Team, you'll collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia leaders, operational partners, and Beth Israel Lahey Health colleagues to advance one of the nation's premier orthopedic and musculoskeletal hospitals while supporting the transition to a growing outpatient-focused surgical environment.
Join New England Baptist Hospital and One Brookline Avenue and help shape the future of inpatient and outpatient perioperative care.
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Pay Range
$230,000.00 USD - $260,000.00 USD
The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Massachusetts RN license and a Master's degree in Nursing, with at least 10 years of progressive nursing leadership experience. A minimum of 5 years in senior perioperative leadership within an acute care setting is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Key Skills
Perioperative Services — Registered Nurse Career Context
Of the 50 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 44% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$245k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $232k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $230k–$260k | Nursing Leadership median $96k (middle half $96k–$100k)13 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$232k in purchasing power | Massachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nursing Leadership listings in Massachusetts | 233 active | 5,992 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 20% remote · 44% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Massachusetts Registered Nurse listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 4% offer loan repayment233 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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