Director Nursing Emergency Services

Founded as a faith-based hospital in 1931 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Dignity Health – St. Bernardine Medical Center is a 342-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in San Bernardino California. The hospital offers a full complement of services including the Inland Empire Heart and Vascular Institute, an award-winning orthopedics program, surgical weight loss, and is an official Neurovascular Stroke Center as designated by ICEMA. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems.
Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/stbernardinemedical for more information.

One Community. One Mission. One California.

As our Director Nursing Emergency Services at St. Bernardine Medical Center you will be responsible for ER / Emergency Room, 2 Urgent Care Centers, and a Transitional Care Clinic. You will also have oversight of the Substance Abuse Navigator and Opt-out Testing Navigator. Our ER has 24 beds and we see over 70,000 visits per year. In this role you will lead upwards of 200 staff to provide quality care to our patients requiring urgent and emergency care. You will direct the operations, work with the executive leadership team and the Nurse Managers Emergency Services on key initiatives, and work with other front-line leaders to ensure we maintain high standards of patient care in very fast paced environments. 

We are looking for an experienced manager/director, with a track record of success overseeing ER services. To thrive in this role, you must be competent and confident, with excellent communication skills one-on-one and in front of groups. You will tackle tough conversations, and above all, be an educator at heart. Every interaction is an opportunity to share your knowledge with others and improve their understanding of a patient’s needs and quality of care.

If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to help shape healthcare to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.

Benefits and offerings for this position include (plus much more!):

• Relocation assistance.
• Annual performance-based bonus program.
• Annual employer contribution to retirement program (no employee contribution needed).
• Medical benefits for the employee at no payroll deduction.
• 28 days PTO accrued annually.

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (e.g. BSN) or equivalent education and experience and Master's degree in nursing or other-related field (e.g., MSN/MBA/MHA) required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience required.
• Minimum two (2) years of leadership experience required.

• Registered Nursing License (RN) in CA required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.

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