Nursing Director
About The Position
The Director of Patient Care provides strategic and operational leadership for specific patient care units or services, ensuring exceptional, high-quality care. The role manages, mentors, and develops nursing staff; oversees patient safety initiatives; ensures regulatory compliance; and optimizes clinical workflows to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. The Director fosters a culture of excellence, drives continuous improvement, and supports organizational goals in patient care. The position monitors performance metrics against national and system benchmarks and ensures competent clinical practice. It develops hospital leadership that supports research-based nursing practice, integrates hospital and nursing goals into service lines, leads quality programs, and develops action plans for continuous improvement. The Director also develops and maintains the fiscal budget within established targets, monitors overtime, labor costs, and medical supply expenses, collaborates with a purchasing partner on supply contract pricing, and ensures staffing is adjusted to unit activity and patient acuity.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Four years of nursing experience in a tertiary acute care hospital.
- Master’s degree in Nursing, MBA, or MHA; internal candidates are required to complete a master’s program within three years.
- Five years of management experience at the nurse manager level or above.
- Excellent clinical and operational skills.
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer or Registered Nurse: Texas.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within six months.
Responsibilities
- Monitor metrics to validate performance against national and system benchmarks and ensure competent clinical practice.
- Develop hospital leadership that supports excellence in research-based nursing practice.
- Develop, integrate, and implement hospital and nursing goals within assigned service lines.
- Lead quality programs and develop action plans for continuous improvement.
- Develop, review, and maintain the fiscal budget within established targets.
- Monitor overtime, labor costs, and medical supply expenses; work with the purchasing partner to obtain strong supply contract pricing.
- Ensure staffing patterns are flexed according to unit activity and patient acuity.
- Manage, mentor, and develop nursing staff.
- Oversee patient safety initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize clinical workflows.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
