Admin Director of Nursing at CoxHealth – Springfield, Missouri
About This Position
Job Summary
Are you a visionary nursing leader ready to make a broad impact? We’re seeking an inspiring Administrative Director of Nursing to lead with purpose, drive innovation, and champion excellence across our health system. In this key leadership role, you’ll oversee nursing operations, regulatory compliance, and strategic business processes, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient patient care.
You’ll mentor and guide nursing teams, foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement, and serve as a catalyst for positive change. If you excel at driving results, navigating complexity, and building strong, cross-functional relationships, this is your opportunity to make a difference at both the bedside and the boardroom. Strong communication, time management, and problem-solving skills are essential—as is your passion for developing people and advancing nursing practice.
Job Requirements
Education
Required: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Preferred: Masters of Science in Nursing or equivalent healthcare degree
Experience
Required: 3 - 5 years’ previous hospital or nursing management experience
Preferred: over 5 years hospital or nursing management experience
Skills
●Represents the departments on several process improvement, standardization, and regulatory committees
●Operates strategic plan by setting and monitoring key performance measures and goals
●Determines scope of care or service in relation to values, mission, and strategic plan of the institution
●Assist with developing their departments’ long term plans
●Working knowledge in human relations, customer service, inventory management, and budget management
●Ability to work with multiple people while meeting numerous requests and deadlines
●Goal oriented with initiative and potentials for self-development. Maintains organizational and priority setting skills
●Delegates appropriately to other team members
Licensure/Certification/Registration
Required: Nursing License active in the state of Missouri