Corporate Nursing Director at Freedom Behavioral — Remote, USA | Base Career

The Corporate Nursing Director provides strategic leadership and system-wide oversight of nursing services across multiple acute inpatient psychiatric hospitals.

This role ensures high standards of patient care, nursing practice, staffing, safety, and regulatory compliance while supporting continuous survey readiness and evidence-based clinical operations.

The Director collaborates with executive leadership to drive quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, workforce development, and operational excellence across all facilities.

This position also oversees nursing policies, competency programs, clinical audits, and leadership development to support safe, high-quality behavioral health care throughout the organization.

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At Freedom Healthcare , we are expanding our behavioral health services across multiple states and seeking a dynamic, results-driven leader to join our executive team as a Corporate Nursing Director .

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced healthcare business development professional to lead strategic growth initiatives, support new program development, and drive marketing performance across a multi-state behavioral health organization.

The Corporate Nursing Director provides strategic leadership and system-wide oversight of nursing services across multiple acute inpatient psychiatric hospitals.

This role ensures high standards of patient care, nursing practice, staffing, safety, and regulatory compliance while supporting continuous survey readiness and evidence-based clinical operations.

The Director collaborates with executive leadership to drive quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, workforce development, and operational excellence across all facilities.

This position also oversees nursing policies, competency programs, clinical audits, and leadership development to support safe, high-quality behavioral health care throughout the organization.

Provide executive leadership and oversight for nursing services across all facilities within the healthcare system
Develop and maintain a unified nursing vision, philosophy, and strategic plan across all hospitals
Ensure implementation of evidence-based psychiatric nursing practices system-wide
Serve as a key advisor to executive leadership on clinical operations, staffing, patient care, and nursing performance
Ensure compliance with Joint Commission, DNV, CMS, state psychiatric regulations, and all nursing standards
Lead system-wide survey readiness activities including tracers, mock surveys, documentation audits, and corrective action planning
Oversee suicide prevention standards, ligature risk mitigation, restraint and seclusion compliance, medication management, and patient rights practices
Monitor nursing quality indicators, patient safety metrics, and clinical performance dashboards across all facilities
Lead or participate in Root Cause Analyses (RCA), sentinel event reviews, FMEAs, and performance improvement initiatives
Develop and oversee staffing models, acuity-based assignments, scheduling standards, and workforce planning
Ensure all nursing staff maintain competencies, credentialing requirements, annual education, and compliance training
Oversee onboarding, orientation, mentoring, and leadership development for Directors of Nursing, Nurse Managers, Assistant Directors of Nursing, Infection Control Nurses, and QAPI nurses
Partner with Human Resources to improve recruitment, retention, succession planning, and nursing leadership development
Develop, standardize, and maintain nursing policies, procedures, and clinical protocols to ensure evidence-based practice and regulatory compliance
Facilitate communication, collaboration, and operational alignment across all nursing departments and facilities
Provide oversight and support for Infection Control and APIC/IC programs across all Freedom facilities
Audit nursing documentation, internal tracers, incident and accident reports, and medical records to ensure compliance with company and regulatory standards
Monitor and ensure compliance with nursing KPIs, reporting requirements, and corporate RAP utilization across all facilities
Participate in nursing department budgeting, resource allocation, and operational efficiency planning
Ensure timely completion of corporate meetings, reporting, and communication expectations
Support the development and implementation of nursing and clinical orientation platforms and educational initiatives
Drive initiatives focused on improving patient safety outcomes, survey readiness, and reduction of nursing leadership turnover company-wide
Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned by executive leadership

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN Master's degree strongly preferred)
Active RN License in relevant states (Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi)
5-8 years experience in senior nursing leadership

Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills
Proven ability to drive growth and meet performance objectives
Excellent analytical, organizational, and reporting abilities
Strong computer, technology, and mobile application proficiency
Understanding of behavioral health terminology, diagnoses, and patient populations
Knowledge of healthcare regulatory and compliance standards
Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and support high-performing teams

This position is remote-based; however, extensive travel is required.

The Corporate Nursing Director must be willing and able to travel approximately 90% or more to facilities and communities throughout the organization’s service areas.

Candidates must be flexible with travel scheduling and understand that overnight travel is frequently required.

Depending on business needs, this position may require overnight stays of up to four (4) nights per week.

Freedom Healthcare?

Opportunity to lead growth initiatives across a rapidly expanding behavioral health organization
Executive-level collaboration and leadership development
Meaningful impact on patient access and community healthcare services
Dynamic, fast-paced environment with opportunities for advancement
Competitive compensation and benefits package

Freedom provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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