Nursing Director Surgical and Procedural Services
Location: Laurel
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description: Intermountain Health’s St. Vincent Regional
Hospital, a level I trauma center, is searching for their next
Nursing Director of Surgical and Procedural Services. Serving the
people of Montana, Wyoming, and the Western Dakotas for more than
125 years, St. Vincent offers primary care clinics in and around
the Billings area, dozens of progressive specialty services, and
our 286-bed facility has a special “hospital within a hospital”
just for children. Along with 1,400 caregivers, St. Vincent employs
600 physicians and advanced care professionals, whose work supports
a multitude of specialties, such as Cancer Care, Heart & Vascular,
Pediatrics, Women's Health, Orthopedics & Spine, Neurosciences, and
Emergency & Trauma Care. Along with offering a chance to work in a
stable, strong, mission-based environment, this role provides the
opportunity to experience Montana’s diverse culture and incredible
landscape. You’ll be able to explore abundant outdoor recreational
opportunities, including skiing, hiking, and fishing, as well as
stunning national parks and forests, all within hours of where
you’ll call home. Becoming a part of the Intermountain team means
gaining a family and finding a place to plant your roots. Benefits
are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family.
Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage.
But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body,
mind, and spiritual well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a
Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy
Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco
cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer
financial wellness tools and retirement planning. With this
position, you are eligible to participate in an annual
pay-for-performance opportunity (“AP4P”). This plan enables
Intermountain Health to provide leaders with an additional
performance compensation opportunity. The AP4P opportunities are
calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out
based on attainment of selected Intermountain Health Board-approved
goals. To show our commitment to you and assist with your
transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and
relocation bonus when applicable. As Nursing Director of Surgical
and Procedural Services, you will: Oversee and direct day-to-day
operations and in Surgical Services at St. Vincent Regional
Hospital. Develop the strategic planning process, standards of
care, and attainment of organizational goals. Direct collaborative
problem solving among interdepartmental disciplines. Allocate
available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and
compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice.
Create an environment of shared decision-making and professional
autonomy by providing input into executive-level decisions, and by
keeping managers informed of executive level activities. Implement
the vision, mission, core values of the Nursing Philosophy of
CARING and Intermountain Health’s Healing Commitments. Remain
accountable for the financial management of designated
departments/service lines, which includes the development,
implementation and monitoring of annual capital/operating and
personnel (FTEs) budgets. Provide support and education to
department managers for meeting financial goals. Model and foster
an environment of professionalism, along with ensuring competent
and sufficient number of leadership staff to meet department and
patient care needs. Guide the development of recruitment,
retention, and employee satisfaction that keeps high performers in
place and maintains focus on succession planning. Act as a role
model through the demonstration of personal professional
development, continuous learning and competency improvement.
Participate in and contribute to educational offerings and
visibility in professional organizations. Assure the delivery of
safe high-quality patient care through ongoing process evaluation
and reviewing clinical outcome metrics. Implement clinical program
protocols and ensure ongoing monitoring and process improvement
occurs to assure goals are achieved. Collaborate with departments,
physicians, service lines, and across the facility and region on
benchmarks and best practices to ensure optimal patient care, along
with medical directors and system colleagues in the development and
implementation of clinical program goals. Participate in
professional nursing organizations appropriate to position and
service line. Assure that processes and programs are in place that
supports the achievement of patient satisfaction and service
quality goals. Act as a leader/mentor for staff in Healing
Connections and promote department-based and service line research
activities. Partner with physicians at the service-line level to
achieve clinical, operational, and service goals. Participate in
community outreach activities and supports staff participation in
outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics,
health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations.
Minimum Qualifications: Master’s degree from an accredited
university (or a willingness to obtain the master's degree within 3
- 5 years of hire) is required. Either the bachelor’s or master’s
degree must be in Nursing. Degree will be verified. Three (3) years
of nursing leadership is required. Highly prefer Surgical Services
nursing leadership experience. A Montana RN License is required.
Basic Life Support certification (BLS) for healthcare providers is
required. Must have two (2) years clinical experience. LI-EXECRC
Physical Requirements: Location: Intermountain Health St Vincent
Regional Hospital Work City: Billings Work State: Montana Scheduled
Weekly Hours: 40 The hourly range for this position is listed
below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $57.75 -
$89.14 We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit –
which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package
that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable
culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure,
connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits
package here . Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity
employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or
protected veteran status. At Intermountain Health, we use the
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