Director of Nursing

Community Bridges; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 5 weeks

Medical, Dental, Vision

Disability, Life, Supplemental plans

Hospital indemnity

Pet Insurance

Dependent Care Savings

Health Care Savings

401K with employer match

Wellness programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Competitive pay

Job summary

Community Bridges, Inc. is seeking a Director of Nursing to provide overarching operational and clinical leadership for nursing services across diverse behavioral health programs in Arizona.

The DON will ensure regulatory readiness, patient safety, and quality outcomes while translating enterprise nursing strategy into site-level execution. This role focuses on developing leaders and sustaining compliant, high-performance teams.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in good standing.
• Arizona Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card (AZ).
• Experience leading nursing operations in behavioral health, crisis, inpatient, residential, or integrated care settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and clinical leadership for nursing operations within assigned market or program.
• Ensure regulatory readiness, staff accountability, and high-quality outcomes.
• Translate nursing strategy into site-level execution and improve workforce performance.
• Support growth by building stable nursing operations and developing leaders.
• Respond to urgent operational needs and maintain survey readiness.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Regulatory readiness

Quality improvement

Staff development

Operational leadership

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

Director of Nursing

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

CBI is the premiere non-profit fully integrated healthcare provider of substance use and behavioral health programs in Arizona, including prevention, education and treatment using cutting-edge, nationally recognized, evidence-based models.

Job Summary

The Director of Nursing (DON) provides operational and clinical leadership for the assigned market, facility, or program portfolio. This role is accountable for nursing operations, regulatory oversight, workforce engagement, quality outcomes, staff accountability, and strategic market support. The DON translates enterprise nursing strategy into consistent site-level execution, strengthens the credibility and readiness of the assigned market, and ensures nursing practice meets organizational, regulatory, accreditation, and patient safety expectations. This position also supports growth readiness by building stable nursing operations, developing leaders, improving workforce performance, and maintaining sustainable quality and compliance outcomes.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience, including 2 years of progressive nursing leadership experience.
• Experience leading nursing operations in behavioral health, crisis, inpatient, residential, community-based, outpatient, or integrated care settings.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory readiness, medication management, clinical documentation, patient safety, incident response, and quality improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead leaders, manage performance, interpret operational data, and implement corrective action plans.
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed to maintain leadership visibility, support survey readiness, and respond to urgent operational needs
• Active RN license in good standing for the applicable state or jurisdiction of practice.
• For Arizona: Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card.
• State issued drivers license (valid and in good standing).
• Clear 39-monthMotor Vehicle Record (MVR).

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Generous PTO accrual (5 weeks!),
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans
• Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness,
• Pet Insurance,
• Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings,
• 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment,
• Wellness programs,
• Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!
• Very Competitive pay rates

CBI is growing and expanding our services!

• We are experience tremendous growth in this time. As an essential service provider, we value all our employees and their careers in the clinical field.
• *For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley! *

CBI Values your Career and have lots of growth opportunities!

Our team is supported by strong and competent leadership. Come join our team of passionate individuals who are serious about making a difference in the lives of our patients and the communities we serve.

About our Culture, commitment to employees!

• We are looking for driven and compassionate individual’s that thrive in an upbeat and safe working environment. We dedicate a lot of thought and effort into work life balance as well as our competitive composition structure.
• We know life happens, that’s why we all start with a 5-week PTO plan as well as a wide range of unique benefits!

Our Facilities

Our 26 locations are all state-of-the-art facility that provides top notch integrated care. We are proud to adhere to a “no wrong door” treatment approach that allows our staff to dramatically improve the quality of life for the patients in their care.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans - Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings, 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment, Generous PTO accrual, Wellness programs, Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!
• For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley.