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Director, Nursing and Patient Care Services

Sentara Hospitals


Job Location:

Woodbridge, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 146702 - 228966
Posted: 1 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 29 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

City/State

Woodbridge VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Sentara Health is an integrated not-for-profit healthcare organization committed to improving health every day. With a network of hospitals outpatient care centers medical groups health plans home health hospice and other clinical services Sentara serves communities across Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina. Sentara combines innovative healthcare delivery advanced technology and a patient-centered culture to provide high-quality compassionate care.


Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center located in Woodbridge Virginia is a 183-bed not-for-profit community hospital that combines the resources of a regional health system with the personalized care and close-knit culture of a community hospital. The hospital provides a broad range of services including emergency care cardiovascular services cancer care advanced imaging orthopedics surgical services womens health and specialty programs designed to meet the needs of the growing Northern Virginia community. The organization is committed to delivering exceptional patient outcomes advancing quality and safety and creating an environment where team members can thrive personally and professionally.


The Director Patient Care Services - Acute Care is responsible for the coordination of the delivery of high-quality services which meets or exceeds customer expectations. Coordinates the development marketing and strategic planning of new and existing services across multiple hospitals. Contributes to the success of the organization through achievement of system hospital and divisional goals. Sets the vision and culture builds ownership and process improvement for sustainable value-added services. Provides leadership and administers fiscal corporate and human resource policies and practices in a multi-skilled multi-functional environment. This role will have oversight of Medicine Surgery Cardiac Telemetry Telemetry Suites.


Education and Experience

  • Bachelors Degree in Nursing (Required)
  • Masters Degree in Nursing (Preferred)
  • 5 years Healthcare Leadership (Required)
  • 5 years Clinical Leadership (Required)

Certification/Licensure

  • Active RN license in state of practice or compact/multi state license (Required)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

  • Leading strategic and operational planning for assigned service lines ensuring alignment with system and hospital goals.
  • Coordinating the development and implementation of new and existing services across the assigned departments and service lines.
  • Setting vision and culture building ownership and driving sustainable process improvements.
  • Providing leadership in fiscal management resource allocation and compliance with corporate and human resource policies.
  • Maintaining accountability for performance outcomes related to patient safety experience team member engagement and financial stewardship.
We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $146702.40 - $228966.40 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials on-call pay shift premiums extra-shift incentives or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications experience location market conditions and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted it is based on a full-time colleague working 2080 hours annually. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation sick time and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

Medical Dental Vision plans

Adoption Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10000

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

Emergency Backup Care

Long-Term Short-Term Disability and Critical Illness plans

Life Insurance

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance $5250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

Student Debt Pay Down $10000

Pet Insurance
Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center located in Woodbridge VA is a 183-bed not-for-profit hospital. We combine the resources of a major health system with the compassionate personalized care of a community hospital. We offer quiet private rooms and quality care focused on safety and patient satisfaction. Our clinical services include advanced imaging cancer services cardiovascular care emergency care lab services orthopedics weight loss services and more all powered through Sentara eCare a comprehensive electronic medical record addition to our hospital Sentara Health is enhancing access to healthcare services in Northern Virginia with outpatient and imaging centers in Lake Ridge Lorton Springfield and Alexandria Va. We improve health every day come be a part of the community.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.


In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.


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Sentara Health, is an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system in Virginia and North Carolina. Sentara improves health everyday.

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