Administrative Director Nursing Operations

Position Summary

The Administrative Director for Nursing Operations serves on various hospital committees and collaborates with Orlando Health leadership, Hospital President and administration, the hospital management team, hospital medical staff leadership and the medical staff. Key components of this leadership role include monitoring quality and budgeting standards, ensuring patient satisfaction, and effectively managing to achieve hospital and organization-wide goals. This position is responsible for providing direction and oversight for multiple operational areas and/or multiple department leaders.

Opening Summer 2026 at 4000 Lakeland Highlands Road, Lakeland, FL.

The Orlando Health System of Care includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida's east to west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico. Collectively, our dedicated team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve. Join us

Combining the collective strengths of two powerhouse organizations, Orlando Health and the high-quality physicians at Watson Clinic are expanding access to award-winning specialty care for patients in Polk County and beyond.

Opening in summer 2026, Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital – a state-of-the-art, seven-story, multi-specialty hospital – will serve as a vital 550,000 square-foot healthcare hub offering:

300+ inpatient beds and 69 emergency and observation beds11 operating rooms and four cardiac interventional suitesDedicated labor and delivery services – including a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) that will debut shortly after the hospital opensComprehensive cardiovascular, neurology, and oncology servicesAdvanced surgical procedures

Join us in shaping the future of healthcare in Polk County as part of the Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital opening team and share in the privilege of saying you were there from the very beginning.

Benefits Beyond the Expected

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions. "Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work" is not just something we say, it's our promise to you.

Benefits that begin on Day 1Four (4) weeks paid parental leaveDebt-free degrees through our Preferred Education ProgramTuition reimbursement and loan repayment programsBack-up childcare and elder careFertility benefits and adoption assistanceNCLEX reimbursementFree NCPDs for RN licenseFree Kaplan review coursesDedicated RN career counselor and GN Coordinators to develop youSpecialty certifications reimbursementAnd moreResponsibilities

Essential Functions

• Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure optimal patient comfort, safety, and compliance with
various standards of care, regulatory/governing bodies.

• Plans, leads, organizes, directs, and evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes.

• Facilitates a healthy environment that promotes patient and team member safety, high reliability of processes, and quality
outcomes.

• Embraces workplace diversity and participates in organizational policy formulation and decision-making.

• Ensures that a continual improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards for nursing and patient care.

• Serves as an agent of change, assisting leaders and team members in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change.

• Analyzes, develops, and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs,
ultimately achieving desired outcomes.

• Integrates technology to support the improvement of patient care and workload of team members.

• Manages team members, overseeing recruitment, development, retention, supervision, evaluation, and productivity.

• Demonstrates proficiency in sound business practices and operational excellence.

• Applies key financial principles and organizational financial targets to departmental projects/budgets.

• Achieves financial and operational benchmarks by developing capital and operating budgets and monitoring all operational
expenses.

• Ensures the development, implementation, and evaluation of evidenced-based, quality clinical nursing practices consistent with nursing research, organizational and national practice standards.

• Demonstrates initiative and situational leadership skills.

• Embraces, communicates, and promotes effective change.

• Ensures the patient experience is exceptional.

• Serves as a liaison to administration for team members.

• Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining proficiency in assigned role and involvement in professional
organizations.

• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities.

• Upholds self and staff accountable to comply with ethical principles, corporate compliance, and standards of practice.

• Holds self and others accountable to Orlando Health's mission, vision, and values.

• Manages various human resources functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and performance counseling.

Qualifications

Education/Training

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or graduate degree in business or health-related field required.

Licensure/Certification

• Current professional license as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• National leadership board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); NEA-BC within two (2) years.

• May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population:

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

• Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS)

• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)

Experience

• Two (2) years of experience in management of an acute care or outpatient setting.

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