CoxHealth

Hospital network with clinics and ERs

Administrative Director of Nursing

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSpringfield, MO, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required.
Three to five years of previous hospital or nursing management experience is required.
A nursing license active in the state of Missouri is required.
Excellent communication, leadership, time management, and problem-solving skills are required.
Working knowledge of human relations, customer service, inventory management, and budget management is required.
Ability to work with multiple people while meeting numerous requests and deadlines is required.
Ability to maintain organizational and priority-setting skills is required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and direct care provided by other team members.
Address system issues to facilitate the provision of quality, efficient care.
Oversee operational, regulatory, and business processes across the system.
Lead departments in facilitating change, fostering innovation and self-development, and achieving excellence in operations, patient safety, and quality.
Represent departments on process-improvement, standardization, and regulatory committees.
Operate the strategic plan by setting and monitoring key performance measures and goals.
Determine the scope of care or service in relation to the institution's values, mission, and strategic plan.
Assist with developing departments' long-term plans.
Delegate appropriately to other team members.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree is preferred.
Professional nursing certification is preferred.

Facility:

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807






Department:

1023 Nursing Admin South

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Hours:

Varied

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

Coordinates and directs care given by other team members. Addresses system issues to facilitate the provision of quality efficient care. The incumbent provides oversight and management of operational, regulatory, and business processes across the system. The position leads their departments in facilitating change, fostering innovation and self-development to achieve excellence in operations, patient safety and quality. Excellent communication skills, leadership ability, time management, and problem solving skills required.

Education:
▪ Required: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

▪ Preferred: Masters Degree
Experience:
▪ Required: 3 - 5 years’ previous 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

▪ Preferred: Professional nursing certification

About the Company

CoxHealth

Hospital network with clinics and ERs

CoxHealth operates as a regional health system with six hospitals, more than 80 clinics, five emergency rooms, and about 13,000 employees across southwest Missouri. It delivers a wide range of medical treatments and services through its network, coordinating primary, specialty, urgent, and hospital-based care to meet patient needs. The system’s care works by connecting hospitals, clinics, and ERs under one network to provide consistent, accessible health services and care pathways for patients. CoxHealth differentiates itself by being the area leader in health care and community involvement, leveraging a large regional footprint and a strong commitment to community health as part of its mission. Its goal is to improve the health of the communities it serves and to be the best for those who need care.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Springfield, MO
Founded: 1906

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