Director of Patient Care & Nursing Leadership

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 148,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, TX seeks a Director of Patient Care to provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing units, ensuring delivery of high-quality care.

You will mentor staff, oversee patient safety initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize clinical workflows to improve outcomes and satisfaction. The role requires strong leadership, clinical expertise, and experience managing budgets and staffing to sustain excellence in patient care across

Qualifications

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and Four (4) years of nursing experience in a tertiary acute care hospital, upon hire
• Masters Other Nursing, MBA, or MHA (Internal candidates are required to complete Master's program within 3 years) and five (5) years of management experience at the nurse manager level or above., upon hire
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months

Responsibilities

• Monitors metrics to validate performance against national and system benchmarks; ensures the delivery of competent clinical practice.
• Develops leadership within the hospital which supports and maintains excellence in the standards of research based nursing practice.
• Develops, integrates, and implements goals of the hospital and nursing into their service line(s).
• Leads quality programs and works to develop action places for continuous improvement.
• Develops, reviews, and maintains fiscal budget within established targets. Monitors overtime, labor costs, medical supply expenses, and works with purchasing partner to obtain strong supply contract pricing.
• Assures staffing patterns are flexed and according to unit activity and patient acuity.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic management

Regulatory compliance

Quality improvement

Budget management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Master's degree in Nursing / MBA / MHA

Registered Nurse license (TX)

Job description

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, TX seeks a Director of Patient Care to provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing units, ensuring delivery of high-quality care.

You will mentor staff, oversee patient safety initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize clinical workflows to improve outcomes and satisfaction. The role requires strong leadership, clinical expertise, and experience managing budgets and staffing to sustain excellence in patient care across