The posting
Job Description
The Role
The Director, Nursing - Acute Care Services provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for a large and highly complex portfolio that includes Med/Surg, Telemetry, Wound Care, EEG, and Acute Rehabilitation. Additional services may be incorporated as the reporting structure evolves. This role is accountable for high-quality, evidence-based nursing care, operational performance, regulatory compliance, and appropriate resource stewardship across assigned areas.
Working closely with hospital leadership, the Director establishes clear expectations, strengthens leadership systems, mentors developing leaders, evaluates processes, and uses data to guide decisions and improve patient care, caregiver engagement, and operational performance.
What You'll Do
- Provide hands-on leadership across Med/Surg, Telemetry, Wound Care, EEG, Acute Rehabilitation, and other designated acute-care services.
- Establish clear standards, accountability, and leadership structure across a large, complex operational portfolio.
- Coach, mentor, and develop managers and other leaders, working alongside teams rather than relying solely on directives.
- Evaluate clinical and operational processes, use data and performance metrics to guide decisions, and translate findings into sustainable improvement.
- Communicate the rationale behind change, engage caregivers and leaders in implementation, and successfully navigate a wide range of personalities and perspectives.
- Develop goals, policies, and procedures that support effective operations, patient safety, environmental and infection-control standards, and organizational performance.
- Develop and manage budgets for assigned areas, including capital planning, staffing models, productivity, and responsible resource stewardship.
- Work across departments to improve workflows affecting clinical teams and assigned patient-care services.
- Monitor quality, regulatory, financial, workforce, and operational outcomes and provide periodic reports to executive leadership.
- Advise senior leaders on operational issues and implement process or policy changes that advance organizational objectives.
- Identify strategic issues affecting the organization, assess operational implications, and present clear approaches for improvement.
- Ensure assigned departments comply with regulatory requirements and Providence initiatives while advancing high-quality inpatient and outpatient services.
- Maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with medical staff, frontline caregivers, leaders, community partners, and other stakeholders.
- Facilitate the development, implementation, review, and revision of department, hospital, and service-area policies, procedures, and standards of care.
- Lead special projects and program development involving financial, regulatory, human-resource, ethics, marketing, and community needs.
- Support professional growth and remain current on trends and leading practices through professional affiliations, seminars, and workshops.
- Advise, chair, or participate in hospital, medical staff, and nursing committees and meetings as required.
- Build productive relationships with community agencies, groups, and professional affiliations as appropriate.
- Facilitates development, implementation, review, and revision of department, hospital, and service area policies, procedures, and standards of care related to areas of expertise.
- Serves as a coach and mentor to direct reports.
- Develops relationships with community agencies, groups, and professional affiliations as appropriate.
What You'll Bring
Education & Credentials
- Master's Degree in Nursing or related field (Health Administration, Business, Public Health, or Management). Master's Degree must be in Nursing if the candidate does not have a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
- Required upon hire: California Registered Nurse License (Vendor Managed).
Experience & Expertise
- Management experience in a hospital/healthcare environment.
- 5 years of administrative experience in hospital administration or specialty area.
Professional & Leadership Capabilities
- Excellent human relations and oral/written communication skills.
Why Join Us?
- Broad Acute-Care Leadership: Lead a large, highly complex portfolio encompassing Med/Surg, Telemetry, Wound Care, EEG, Acute Rehabilitation, and other designated services.
- Meaningful Organizational Impact: Guide an operation of approximately 479 caregivers, with 18 current direct reports and approximately five managers, while helping strengthen and streamline the leadership structure.
- Hands-On Leadership Development: Serve as a visible, servant-minded leader who works alongside teams, develops managers, creates accountability, and brings people along through change.
- Data-Informed Improvement: Use metrics, process evaluation, financial stewardship, and strong cross-functional partnership to advance quality, safety, caregiver engagement, and operational performance. Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.
Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?
If you are a seasoned acute-care nursing leader who combines operational discipline, servant leadership, data-informed decision-making, and a genuine commitment to developing others, we encourage you to apply and help shape the future of acute-care services at Providence.
The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.
About Us
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
The Sisters of Providence and Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have deep roots in California, bringing health care and education to communities from the redwood forests to the beach shores of Orange county - and everywhere in between. In Southern California, Providence provides care throughout Los Angeles County, Orange County, High Desert and beyond.
Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care, and even our own Providence High School.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
