Hackettstown Regional Medical Center in New Jersey has recently appointed Mary Ann Anderson as Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. The announcement came from HRMC President, Jason C. Coe, who described Anderson as possessing “a strong and varied background in nursing leadership.”
Anderson, who will officially assume her appointment on July 30, joins HRMC following a search process managed by FaithSearch Partners. Senior Vice Presidents of FaithSearch Jim Boyle and Ivan Bartolome led the search engagement and worked closely with Coe. “Mary Ann has valuable experience as a CNO, which will help her with her transition to HRMC,” said Bartolome. She’s also very focused on patient care outcomes and providing high-quality patient care. She will add to the tradition of quality nursing care that has already been established at the Medical Center.”
(Full release posted below.)
Hackettstown Regional Medical Center (HRMC) is a member of Adventist Healthcare (AHC) Rockville, Maryland and is clinically affiliated with Hackensack University Health Network. The faith-based hospital has been open since 1973. Today HRMC offers acute care inpatient services with 24-hour physician hospitalists, board certified physician-staffed 24-hour emergency services, state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging center as well as laboratory, pathology, surgical and outpatient services available on-and-off-campus, through affiliations and linkage agreements. HRMC also offers wellness programs, including educational classes and screenings designed to encourage community members to adopt a healthier lifestyle, to avoid illness and live life to its fullest. (Source: Hackettstown Regional Medical Center website.)
FaithSearch Partners is one of the nation’s leading retained executive search firms and is the only one of its kind focused exclusively on identifying and recruiting leaders for churches, parachurch organizations, as well as faith-based hospitals and healthcare systems. Combined, consultants at FaithSearch Partners have successfully managed more than 450 executive-level searches for numerous high-profile faith-based organizations across the country. Its website can be found at www.faithsearchpartners.com.
Hackettstown News Release (as written by HRMC President, Jason C. Coe): I am pleased to announce that Mary Ann Anderson, RN, MSN, NEA, BC has accepted the position of Chief Nursing Officer at Hackettstown Regional Medical Center and will assume her responsibilities on July 30, 2012.
Ms. Anderson received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Wagner College, Staten Island, New York. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
In addition, she holds certification in advanced nursing administration and is a Magnet Recognition Program Appraiser. Ms. Anderson joins HRMC from Nyack Hospital, Nyack, New York, where she has been Chief Nursing Officer for the last four years. She possesses a strong and varied background in nursing leadership, including the areas of clinical informatics, quality, surgical services and critical care. Please join me in welcoming Ms. Anderson to the HRMC team.
