Regional Director of Clinical Services

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.