This position is incentive eligible.
Job Summary and QualificationsThe Director advances the HCA Healthcare Workforce Development Strategy by modeling the organization's mission and values, communicating with impact, developing nurse leaders, leading through change, and promoting service, quality, operational, and financial excellence. The role supports nurse leaders through onboarding, integration, competency development, and performance coaching.
What qualifications you will need:Required Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing required. Master's degree required. Preferred master's preparation may include nursing, health administration, business administration, education, leadership, or a related field.
Required Licensure and Certification: - Active Registered Nurse license required.
- Basic Life Support certification required, as applicable by organizational policy.
- National nursing leadership certification required within one year of hire or by signed commitment letter. Examples may include NE-BC, NEA-BC, CENP, CNML, or other organization-approved nursing leadership certification.
Required Experience: - Minimum of five years of progressive nursing leadership experience, including direct oversight of clinical operations and responsibility across multiple units or departments.
- Demonstrated experience coaching and developing nurse leaders, with evidence of improved role readiness, performance, or leadership effectiveness.
- Demonstrated use of performance data to identify gaps, guide interventions, and improve operational, quality, safety, workforce, or patient experience outcomes.
- Experience managing complex priorities and influencing results across clinical and operational stakeholders.
Preferred Experience:- Experience designing, implementing, or evaluating leader development, onboarding, coaching, education, or mentoring programs.
- Experience leading patient experience, quality improvement, workforce engagement, or operational excellence initiatives with measurable results.
- Experience leading across matrixed, multi-site, or complex healthcare environments.
Mission Hospital, a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, located in Asheville, North Carolina, serves as the regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Western North Carolina and the adjoining region. Mission Hospital is licensed for 853 beds and is the region's only trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, and includes the only children's hospital in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is also a Magnet® designated hospital for nursing excellence.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
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