JENNIFER BIGGS, RN named chief nursing officer of Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital

Carondelet St. Mary’s has named Sr. Director of Nursing, Jennifer Biggs, RN, as the hospital’s new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Biggs will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the hospital’s nursing department and its daily operations. As CNO, she will also work to align the nursing staff with the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

Chief Nursing Officers are charged with ensuring that patient care, clinical and staffing standards are met. They support and advice senior leaders on best practices in nursing and patient care, are involved in nurse recruitment, training and retention.

Since joining the St. Mary’s staff 17 years ago, Biggs has enjoyed a long and productive history in management and leadership at the hospital. Most recently, as Sr. Director of Nursing, she has been instrumental in the establishment of the Bridges Geropsychiatric Program, improving the hospital’s patient satisfaction scores and working with emergency department management to increase efficiencies and decrease door-to-doctor response times.

“We are privileged to have Jennifer in this new administrative role,”
said Amy Beiter, MD and CEO of Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital. “She has provided outstanding leadership to those she has managed and worked alongside at St. Mary’s. She shows a tenacious commitment to bettering healthcare in our community and a true passion for providing quality patient care at the bedside.”

Noted for her exemplary “ethical integrity” and reputation as a “visionary” by fellow nurses, Biggs was selected as the Tucson Nurses Week Foundation’s Most Inspirational Mentor for 2014. She has served on Tucson Nurses Week Foundation Board of Directors since 2010 and as Secretary of that board since 2011.

About Carondelet Health Network
Located in Tucson, Arizona, Carondelet Health Network is committed to providing Southern Arizonans with a full spectrum of high-quality, cost-efficient care and improving the quality of life for all those who enter its doors. As the region’s only Catholic hospital system, Carondelet’s facilities include two acute care hospitals in Tucson, St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital; and Holy Cross Hospital, a critical access hospital in Nogales, Arizona. Carondelet’s family of services also includes Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute, Carondelet Neurological Institute, primary and specialty care clinics, imaging centers and ancillary services. Jointly owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Dignity Health and Ascension, Carondelet is operated by majority partner Tenet, a leading diversified healthcare services company.  For more information about Carondelet Health Network, please visit www.carondelet.org.