SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is pleased to announce that Allison Paul, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, has been promoted to Chief Nursing Officer of the HSHS Central Illinois Market.
In this role, Paul is responsible for leading and coordinating nursing operations at HSHS ministries in the Central Illinois Market, which includes St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur, St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield and Good Shepherd Hospital in Shelbyville.
Paul joined HSHS in 2015 as the Executive Director of St. John’s Children’s Hospital and Women’s Services. Since that time, she has served in various leadership roles at St. John’s and with HSHS, including past roles as Central Illinois Division CNO, HSHS Illinois CNO, and Interim President and CEO of St. John’s Hospital.
Prior to joining HSHS, she served at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria where she was the Director of Children’s Care Services after starting there as a pediatric nurse in 2003. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Illinois Wesleyan University, a Master of Science degree in nursing from Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Rush University College of Nursing.
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About Hospital Sisters Health System
HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham is part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Catholic health care ministry founded in 1875. Dedicated to our Mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care, HSHS clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs more than 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical-access hospitals and home health and hospice programs in Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin. HSHS is aligned with more than 1,000 primary and specialty physicians and advanced practitioners through its owned affiliates HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular and its partnership with Prevea Health. For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.