Director Nursing

Dignity Health’s Pacific Central Coast Health Centers (PHC) is a non-profit Community clinic organization comprised of more than 40 health centers located primarily from Ventura to Templeton, spanning the coast. Our experienced physicians and advanced practice providers offer a wide range of primary and specialty care services. PHC is a part of Dignity Health Central Coast’s award-winning network of outstanding hospitals, imaging centers, laboratories, and post-acute services.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

As our Director of Nursing, you will contribute by strategically planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining patient care programs, policies, and management systems across assigned departments and campus.

Every day you will lead the integration of services to ensure patient-centered care, drive quality and cost-effective improvements, and serve as a role model for ethical management. You will maintain direct operational and matrix management responsibility for all nursing care areas, actively building strong relationships with physicians, employees, and community stakeholders.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate exceptional leadership in patient care administration, collaborating effectively with medical staff and ancillary services. You will embody ethical principles, foster patient experience, and enhance staff engagement, ultimately achieving the objectives of campus operations and contributing to the Pacific Central Coast Health Centers strategy.

• Responsible for the overall quality of care provided by the nursing personnel. Advises medical staff, clinical leaders, and administrators in matters related to nursing service and strategies.
• Interprets policies and objectives of nursing service to staff and community groups.
• Monitors the operations of the nursing staff and ensures compliance with regulations on organizational and governmental standards and practices.
• Provides nursing care to patients on an as needed basis.
• Develops and oversees the Clinical Support Annual Plan which will include the following (as applicable): planned major initiatives accompanied by implementation timelines; plans for serving the different including type of educational or professional development activities planned; clinical staff to be served with any educational or professional development opportunities; establishment and update of criteria/education/certification of clinical back office personnel; planned support for new, complex clinics and clinics entering a new care delivery model; and, other goals with metrics and mode of planned accomplishment for clinical projects requiring support.
• Serves as an active member of appropriate leadership and clinical care and Councils to provide expertise in clinical care, evidence-based practice and standardization across the continuum.

Required:

• Bachelors of Science Nursing or equivalent education and experience
• Registered Nurse: CA
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days

• Highly-developed collaboration skills with other teams and departments. Proven track record in influencing others. Strong interpersonal skills and experience working with physician leaders.

• Proven leadership in Lean, PDSA or other process improvement methodology.

Preferred:

• Masters of Nursing or other-related field - MSN/MBA/MHA
• Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience and two (2) years of leadership experience
• Other Certification in Ambulatory Care Nursing, Nursing Leadership, or other related experience