Director, Nursing And Patient Care Services - Acute Care

Director, Patient Care Services – Registered Nurse

The Director, Patient Care Services – Registered Nurse leads, directs, and manages high-performance teams with accountability for operations, quality, customer service, and overall success of assigned departments and product lines. Areas of responsibility include high-volume, strategically significant medical/surgical nursing units, along with oversight of several smaller nursing departments that directly impact hospital operations and patient experience. This role carries significant strategic and financial impact on the current and future success of Sentara Hospitals. The Director ensures operational excellence, quality outcomes, and patient-centered care while fostering engagement and professional growth among team members.

Education

Bachelors Degree in Nursing (Required)

Certification/Licensure

• Active RN license in state of practice or compact/multi state license (Required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.

Experience

• Leading strategic and operational planning for assigned service lines, ensuring alignment with system and hospital goals.
• Coordinating the development and implementation of new and existing services across the assigned departments and service lines.
• Setting vision and culture, building ownership, and driving sustainable process improvements.
• Providing leadership in fiscal management, resource allocation, and compliance with corporate and human resource policies.
• Maintaining accountability for performance outcomes related to patient safety, experience, team member engagement, and financial stewardship.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Sentara RMH Medical Center, a Magnet designated hospital located in Harrisonburg VA, serves a seven-county area with a population of 218,000 residents, employing 2600 locals. The 238-bed community hospital has been serving Harrisonburg, Rockingham County and surrounding areas since 1912, then partnered with the Sentara Health System in May of 2011. Sentara RMH features the RMH Hahn Cancer Center, a state-of-the-art center equipped with the latest cancer fighting technologies available in the nation administrating more than 18,000 cancer treatments. With 1800 delivered babies, 60,000 emergency patients and 21,000 surgical procedures, Sentara has a position for you. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community.

Our Caring Workplace Environment

• A Caring Commitment serving our community for 100+ years
• Free and convenient parking
• Collaboration and shared governance
• CMS 5-Star and Magnet designated hospital
• EAP – 24 x 7

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.