Director Patient Care Dialysis

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health seeks a Director of Patient Care for Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston to provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing units, drive patient outcomes, and advance high-quality care.

The role emphasizes mentoring, regulatory compliance, and system-wide improvement initiatives, with a focus on results, safety, and patient satisfaction in a renowned tertiary hospital setting.

Qualifications

• BSN degree required and 4 years nursing experience in a tertiary acute care hospital.
• MSN/MBA/MHA required; internal candidates must complete Master's within 3 years.
• Texas RN license required.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Monitors metrics to validate performance against national and system benchmarks; ensures competent clinical practice.
• Develops leadership within the hospital to maintain excellence in nursing standards.
• Integrates hospital and nursing goals into service lines.
• Leads quality programs and develops actions for continuous improvement.
• Manages the fiscal budget, overtime, labor costs, and supply expenses with purchasing for strong pricing.
• Ensures staffing patterns flex with unit activity and patient acuity.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Clinical oversight

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master's in Nursing / MBA / MHA

Registered Nurse TX license

BLS CPR

ACLS

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Director of Patient Care, you will be responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for specific patient care units or services, ensuring the delivery of exceptional, high-quality care.

Every day you will manage, mentor, and develop nursing staff, oversee patient safety initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize clinical workflows to enhance patient outcomes and satisfaction.

To be successful, you will demonstrate strong leadership, clinical expertise, and strategic management skills, crucial for fostering a culture of excellence, driving continuous improvement, and achieving organizational goals in patient care.

• 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.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and Four (4) years of nursing experience in a tertiary acute care hospital , upon hire and

• 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 and

• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days and

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months

Where You'll Work

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke's is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.

Pay Range

$71.15 - $105.83 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.