Critical Care Nursing Director

Company: Intermountain Health
Location: Grand Junction
Posted on: November 2, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description: The Critical Care Nursing Director provides leadership and operational direction to ICU/CVICU, Cardiac, Neuro Trauma Spine, and has a dotted line to Respiratory Therapy at St. Mary’s Regional Hospital and partners the hospital Chief Nursing Officer and other management to ensure optimal patient care, financial goals, and leadership development. Along with offering a chance to work in a stable, strong, mission-based environment, this role provides the opportunity to experience the Mountain West’s diverse culture and incredible landscapes. You’ll be able to explore abundant outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, hiking, and fishing, as well as stunning national parks and forests, all within hours of where you’ll call home. Becoming a part of the Intermountain team means gaining a family and finding a place to plant your roots. Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and spiritual well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning. With this position, you are eligible to participate in an annual pay-for-performance opportunity (“AP4P”). This plan enables Intermountain Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The AP4P opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected Intermountain Health Board-approved goals. To show our commitment to you and assist with your transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and/or a relocation bonus when applicable. As the Critical Care Nursing Director, you will: Champion the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards. Facilitate collaborative decision-making and uphold professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level. Assist with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit. Provide resources effectively for department managers to meet financial goals of department. Model and foster an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit. Ensure competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction. Accountable for the implementation of clinical program protocols, and that ongoing monitoring and process improvement occurs to ensure goals are achieved. Collaborate with medical director and system colleagues in the development and implementation of clinical program goals. Evaluate staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews. Coordinate performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies. Facilitate use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles. Serve as an exemplary figure for employees within all facets of providing patient care. Monitor and improve patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes. Partner with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals. Support staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations. The Director may have regional accountability or responsibility for multiple departments and reports to the hospital Chief Nursing Officer. Job duties are distributed as follows: 20% Tactical (staffing, equipment, employee relations), 50% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, process improvement, performance evaluations), and 30% Strategic (developing goals, holding employees accountable). Scope: Must have 4-9 direct reports, dotted or solid line. Skills Leadership Communication Problem-solving Financial acumen Clinical knowledge Resource management Patient safety Mentorship Community outreach Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified). Master's degree from an accredited institution (degree will be verified) must be obtained within 4 years of hire. Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers. Leadership/supervisory experience. 3 years of prior management experience and 2 years of clinical experience is required Preferred Qualifications Highly prefer prior clinical and leadership experience in Critical Care Nursing Specialty Certification LI-EXECRC Physical Requirements: Physical Requirements Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc. May have the same physical requirements as those of clinical or patient care jobs, when the leader takes clinical shifts. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles. Location: St. Marys Regional Hospital Work City: Grand Junction Work State: Colorado Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $58.62 - $90.48 We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here . Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process. All positions subject to close without notice.

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