Senior Director (RN Required)

Senior Director (RN Required)

Location: Las Cruces, NM 88011 Work Model: Onsite (Hospital) Type: Full-Time

Senior Director (RN)

To provide strategic and operational leadership in driving quality outcomes, clinical performance, and patient care excellence. This role will play a key part in strengthening hospital quality initiatives, developing high-performing teams, and collaborating across departments and providers to ensure compliance, efficiency, and outstanding patient experience. The ideal candidate is an accomplished nurse leader with a strong background in acute care operations, quality initiatives, and team developmentpreferably within a for-profit hospital environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive-level leadership and direction to support hospital clinical and quality goals.
• Build, develop, and lead teams focused on quality improvement initiatives, performance metrics, and patient safety.
• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure care delivery aligns with internal standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
• Monitor and drive improvements in quality outcomes, operational workflows, and clinical efficiency.
• Lead strategic planning initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
• Facilitate collaboration across interdisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and overall care standards.
• Support quality programs, data-driven decision making, audits, and compliance-driven initiatives.
• Establish effective communication and engagement with internal clinical staff and leadership.

Required Qualifications (Must-Haves)

• Active (or eligible) New Mexico RN License (required)
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) (required)
• 7+ years of healthcare experience
• 3+ years in a leadership role
• Proven experience building and leading teams focused on quality initiatives
• Strong clinical leadership, communication, and team development skills

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-To-Haves)

• Advanced degree strongly preferred: MSN, Healthcare Administration, MBA
• Experience working in a for-profit hospital environment (strongly preferred)
• Experience facilitating relationships with providers/physicians

Core Skills

• Quality improvement program leadership
• Clinical operations leadership
• Staff management and team building
• Provider relationship management
• Patient safety and performance improvement
• Strong decision-making and leadership presence