Director, Acute & Critical Care at Memorial Hospital in Shiloh

BJC HealthCare • Belleville, IL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Acute & Critical Care Nursing provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for inpatient and rehabilitation services across Memorial Hospital Shiloh. The Director is accountable for patient outcomes, operational excellence, financial performance, workforce engagement, regulatory compliance, and evidence-based care across multiple service lines. The role oversees acute care, critical care, specialty nursing, and rehabilitation services, with 24/7 accountability for clinical operations, patient experience, employee engagement, quality outcomes, and fiscal stewardship. The Director partners with physicians, interdisciplinary leaders, and system stakeholders to advance organizational priorities and foster safety, innovation, professional development, and shared governance.

Areas of responsibility include Medical/Surgical Nursing; Labor & Delivery and Post Partum; Woman & Infants; and Siteman Cancer Center Services. The Director leads a team of 200–220 FTEs.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Minimum 5–10 years of progressive nursing leadership experience in acute care, critical care, or hospital operations.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple clinical departments and leading complex healthcare operations.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience with responsibility for managers, supervisors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Illinois or eligibility for licensure.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related healthcare field.
• Nurse Executive Certification (NE-BC or NEA-BC).
• Specialty certification in critical care, leadership, quality, or healthcare administration.
• Experience leading critical care, rehabilitation, and acute care service lines in a complex health system environment.
• Demonstrated track record of improving quality outcomes, patient experience, employee engagement, and financial performance.
• Strategic thinking, change leadership, financial acumen, clinical quality and patient safety, talent development, physician partnership, operational excellence, data-driven decision making, relationship building, and executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Provide vision, leadership, and direction for acute and critical care services, aligning departmental goals with hospital and health system priorities.
• Lead operational performance across assigned departments to deliver safe, effective, patient-centered care.
• Drive accountability for quality outcomes, patient safety, service excellence, throughput, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and execute initiatives to improve clinical outcomes, patient experience, workforce engagement, and organizational performance.
• Ensure compliance with professional nursing standards, evidence-based practices, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and organizational policies.
• Champion quality improvement and lead efforts to achieve performance goals for patient outcomes, safety, infection prevention, readmissions, mortality, and patient satisfaction.
• Foster continuous improvement, accountability, and clinical excellence.
• Manage departmental budgets, including labor, productivity, capital planning, revenue optimization, and expense control.
• Monitor operational and financial metrics and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Identify opportunities to optimize resources while maintaining high standards of patient care.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain leaders and clinical teams.
• Oversee workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, performance management, and professional development.
• Promote collaboration, diversity, inclusion, recognition, and accountability.
• Support nursing excellence through shared governance, clinical advancement, and evidence-based practice initiatives.
• Partner with physicians, advanced practice providers, rehabilitation leaders, and multidisciplinary teams to advance care delivery and patient outcomes.
• Serve as a key leader in hospital-wide initiatives, committees, and strategic planning.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across departments and organizational levels.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available the first day of the month after hire.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition assistance available on the first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director