Behavioral Health, Clinical Facilities, Clinical Information Systems, Clinical Medicine, Clinical Monitoring, Clinical Nursing, Clinical Practices/Protocols, Clinical Support, Coaching, Communication Skills, Consulting, Documentation Plan, Follow Through, Infection Control, Leadership, Nursing, Performance Management, Process Improvement, Quality Management, Quality Metrics, Quality Monitoring, Registered Nurse (RN), Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Risk, Risk Analysis, Willing to Travel, Wound Care
Regional Director of Clinical Services
Skilled Nursing / Multi-Facility Clinical Operations
We are seeking an experienced Regional Director of Clinical Services to support multiple skilled nursing facilities with a focus on clinical stabilization, regulatory compliance, survey readiness, and sustainable process improvement.
This role is ideal for a strong regional nurse who can step into underperforming environments, quickly identify clinical and regulatory risk, support facility leadership, and drive measurable improvement across multiple buildings.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical oversight and support to assigned skilled nursing facilities.
- Identify and correct clinical, regulatory, and operational risk areas.
- Support facilities before, during, and after surveys.
- Partner with DONs, Administrators, and regional leadership to improve clinical performance.
- Standardize clinical processes across buildings.
- Monitor audits, quality measures, documentation, care planning, infection control, wound care, and resident outcomes.
- Support plans of correction and survey readiness efforts.
- Help reduce agency utilization through improved clinical leadership and staffing discipline.
- Improve cost awareness and operational accountability within facility teams.
- Coach and hold facility clinical leaders accountable while maintaining strong working relationships.
Measures of Success
- Facilities move out of immediate regulatory risk.
- No denial of payment for new admissions.
- Improved survey readiness and audit outcomes.
- Standardized clinical systems across assigned facilities.
- Reduced agency utilization.
- Improved quality measure performance.
- Stronger accountability from DONs and facility clinical teams.
Required Qualifications
- Active Registered Nurse license in good standing.
- Strong skilled nursing clinical leadership experience.
- Deep understanding of SNF regulations, survey process, and clinical compliance.
- Experience supporting underperforming or high-risk facilities.
- Ability to influence DONs, Administrators, and facility teams without always having direct authority.
- Strong clinical judgment, urgency, follow-through, and communication skills.
- Ability to travel regularly to assigned facilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior Regional Nurse, Regional Director of Clinical Services, Corporate Nurse Consultant, or multi-site clinical leadership experience.
- Experience with behavioral health, substance use, or complex resident populations.
- Experience working in union environments.
- Experience improving quality measures, reducing agency usage, and supporting survey recovery.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is hands-on, clinically strong, regulatory sharp, and comfortable working in high-intensity environments. This person can assess risk quickly, create structure, coach facility leaders, and drive sustainable improvement across multiple buildings.
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Senior Living Talent Group