System Director-Nursing Operations
About The Position
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is seeking a System Director-Nursing Operations to join our team. The System Director-Nursing Operations is responsible for leading enterprise nursing operational initiatives across HSHS, with a focus on translating analytics and strategic priorities into standardized operational execution across ministries. This role partners with system, market, ministry, nursing, finance, throughput, and operational leaders to implement workforce strategies, labor effectiveness plans, productivity improvement initiatives, patient flow and capacity management solutions, and system-wide nursing operational standardization. The role maintains oversight of the Transfer Center and ensures continued optimization of transfer operations, access to care, throughput, escalation pathways, operational dashboards, and regulatory compliance. The System Director-Nursing Operations serves as a strategic implementation partner to ministry Chief Nursing Officers and system leadership, bridging the gap between performance insights and measurable operational improvement.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related healthcare field is required.
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required.
- 5 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience is required.
- Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of practice is required or obtain license within 60 days of hire date.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
Nice To Haves
- 10 years of acute care of health system operations experience is preferred.
- Must be able to travel up to 20% of the time.
Responsibilities
- Leading enterprise nursing operational initiatives across HSHS.
- Translating analytics and strategic priorities into standardized operational execution across ministries.
- Partnering with system, market, ministry, nursing, finance, throughput, and operational leaders to implement workforce strategies, labor effectiveness plans, productivity improvement initiatives, patient flow and capacity management solutions, and system-wide nursing operational standardization.
- Maintaining oversight of the Transfer Center.
- Ensuring continued optimization of transfer operations, access to care, throughput, escalation pathways, operational dashboards, and regulatory compliance.
- Serving as a strategic implementation partner to ministry Chief Nursing Officers and system leadership, bridging the gap between performance insights and measurable operational improvement.
Benefits
- Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance.
- Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions.
- Education Assistance benefits include up to $5,250 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.
- Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!
- Wellness program with incentives.
- Employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Employee assistance program.
- ID theft coverage.
- Colleague rewards and recognition program.
- Discount program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
