Director of Nursing

Registered NurseIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

Director of Nursing Opportunity at Hickory Creek at Winamac

Registered Nurse

Wanting a more personal relationship with your patients?

Working at Hickory Creek at Winamac offers a sense of coziness and connection that larger facilities often can’t match. The calmer pace offers more time for personal interactions and thoughtful care, where staff members truly get to know each patient – their stories, routines, and preferences.

If you value relationships, a supportive atmosphere, and the chance to make a difference every day, Hickory Creek at Scottsburg sounds like the perfect fit for you.

The Director of Nursing plays a key leadership role in the delivery of clinical services. The Director of Nursing oversees the nursing staff, ensures quality patient care, and manages administrative and regulatory responsibilities.

Skills Needed

  • Supportive Presence: Creating a comforting and engaging atmosphere for our residents.
  • Leadership: Guide, inspire, and support nursing teams to achieve high standards of patient care, drive innovation, and promote a positive and collaborative work environment.
  • Collaboration: Works with and promotes collaboration among departments, professionals, consultants, and organizations including government regulatory agencies.
  • Strong Clinical Skills: Ability to drive and deliver safe, effective, and high-quality care through a solid foundation of hands-on expertise, critical thinking, and clinical judgment.
  • Teamwork: The ability to work towards a common goal of excellent care for our residents.
  • Interpersonal Communication: Support a respectful and positive work environment by maintaining open, honest and effective communication with staff, residents, customers, and family.

Requirements

  • Current and valid Registered Nurse license in the state of Indiana.
  • Minimum of three years’ clinical experience in geriatric care coupled with a minimum of one year experience as a departmental manager in the skilled nursing setting.
  • Strong passion for geriatric nursing and commitment to senior care excellence.
  • Must be able to work varying hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • Demonstrates C.A.R.E. values to our residents, family members, customers and staff.

Benefits and Perks Include

  • Competitive Compensation: Access your earnings before payday. Take advantage of lucrative employee referral bonus programs, 401(k), FSA program, free life insurance, PTO exchange for pay programs and more.
  • Health & Wellness: Medical coverage as low as $25, vision and dental insurance. Employee Assistance Program to help manage personal or work-related issues, as well as Workforce Chaplains to provide support in the workplace and Personalized Wellness Coaching.
  • Life in Balance: Holiday pay and PTO with opportunities to earn additional PTO. Employee Discount Programs that allow you to save on travel, retail, entertainment, food and much more.
  • Career Growth: Access to preceptors and mentorship programs, clinical and leadership development pathways, education partnerships with colleges and universities across the state like Ivy Tech and Purdue Global, financial assistance for continuing education, company sponsored scholarship programs, and tuition reimbursement.
  • Team Culture: C.A.R.E. Values: Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence carrying a legacy for improving the lives of Seniors across Indiana. Celebrate the hard work you and your team put in each day through employee recognition events and monthly and annual awards.

*Full-Time and Part-Time Benefits may vary, terms and conditions apply

Competitive Compensation

  • Great wages paid when you want! Access to your earnings before payday
  • Employee referral bonus program
  • 401(k) programs
  • Free life insurance

Health & Wellness

  • Medical coverage as low as $25, vision and dental insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program to help manage person or work-related issues
  • Chaplains to provide support in the workplace
  • Personalized Wellness Coaching

Life in Balance

  • Holiday pay and PTO with opportunities to earn additional PTO
  • Employee Discount Programs (travel, retail, entertainment, food and much more)
  • FSA accounts

Career Growth

  • Access to preceptors and mentors
  • Clear clinical and leadership development pathways
  • Education partnerships with Ivy Tech and Purdue Global
  • Financial assistance for continuing education
  • Company sponsored scholarship programs, tuition reimbursement

Team Culture

  • C.A.R.E. Values: Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence are not only words but our guiding principles
  • A legacy of 25 years caring for and supporting Seniors of Indiana

*Full-Time and Part-Time Benefits may vary, terms and conditions apply

About American Senior Communities

Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence are the core values for American Senior Communities. These words not only form an acronym for C.A.R.E., but they are also our guiding principles and create the framework for all our relationships with customers, team members and community at large.

American Senior Communities has proudly served our customers since the year 2000, with a long history of excellent outcomes. Team members within each of our 100+ American Senior Communities take great pride in our Hoosier hospitality roots, and it is ingrained in everything we do. As leaders in senior care, we are not just doing a job but following a calling.

Key Responsibilities

The Director of Nursing oversees clinical services, manages nursing staff, and ensures high-quality patient care in compliance with regulatory standards. This role involves fostering a collaborative environment and providing leadership to nursing teams to achieve excellent resident outcomes.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Nursing leadershipClinical services managementRegulatory complianceStaff supervisionPatient care qualityTeam collaborationConflict resolutionAdministrative managementSkilled nursing expertise

Geriatrics — Registered Nurse Career Context

American Senior Communities holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 96 active listings.

Of the 50 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 58% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Nursing Leadership by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.0 / 10 · above average in nursing leadershipranked against 1,187 Nursing Leadership listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedNursing Leadership median $115k (middle half $100k–$135k)99 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingIndiana index 93.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nursing Leadership listings in Indiana174 active5,842 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 24% remote · 58% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIndiana Registered Nurse listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 5% offer loan repayment174 active listings, Nov 2026
New Geriatrics listings215 in the last 30 days226 the 30 days before (−5%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
American Senior Communitiessilver tier, 71/100Top Employers work-life index96 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,187 Nursing Leadership listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 3.0
Better work-life than 60% of Nursing Leadership listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,187 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About American Senior Communities

Hospitals and Health Care
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation
Access to earnings before payday
Employee referral bonus program
401(k)
FSA program
Free life insurance
PTO exchange for pay
Medical coverage as low as $25

Living in Winamac

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$209k
Median resident rent
$742/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.