Director of Nursing, Surgical Services - East Region

Company Description

More Than Just Care, It’s Community  

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.  

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You  

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. 

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, 29 days of PTO, management incentive program, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling. 

• Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. 

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings  

Job Description

Provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for Surgical Services across the East Region, including surgical, perioperative, and support service departments at Otsego Memorial, Grayling, and Charlevoix Hospitals.

Leads regional surgical services strategy and growth initiatives, driving operational excellence, physician engagement, service line development, standardization of best practices, and improvements in access, quality, efficiency, and patient experience.

Your Leadership in Action 

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Surgical Services across the East Region, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, patient safety standards, and continuous performance improvement initiatives.
• Oversee clinical, financial, and operational performance, including budgeting, resource management, quality outcomes, and achievement of key departmental objectives.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, compliant patient care through policy implementation, regulatory and accreditation readiness, and continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Lead, mentor, and hold leaders and staff accountable while fostering a culture of collaboration, customer service, professional growth, and operational excellence.
• Drive regional surgical service growth through multidisciplinary partnerships, surgeon onboarding support, program development, standardization initiatives, and implementation of best practices 

Qualifications

What’s Required  

• Master’s degree required, or bachelor’s degree with equivalent leadership experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of management experience in surgical services or a related clinical environment.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the State of Michigan required.
• Strong knowledge of nursing practice, clinical operations, and patient care standards.
• Experience managing multiple sites or hospital-based programs preferred.

Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today! 

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.