Director of Nursing Corrections
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Job Description
You Matter
- Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
- Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
- Excellent career growth opportunities
Join Us and Find a Career That Supports
- Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
- Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Autonomy in a warm team environment
- Growth and training
Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
- DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
- Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
- Company paid life insurance
- Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
- Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
- Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans
*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.
Why Us
Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.
If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.
Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.
For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How You Make a Difference
In their role, the Director of Nursing (DON) is accountable for developing and implementing nursing policies and procedures that align with best practices and meet regulatory requirements. They work closely with the Medical Director to promote high standards of care and support the professional development of nursing staff to provide quality care to patients.
Key Responsibilities
Oversees daily operations and manages budgets, policies, and procedures to align with facility goals and objectives.
Organizes service delivery, manage resources, and collaborate with other departments, facilities, persons served, families, and visitors.
Leads quality improvement activities, provides direct supervision, and serves as a resource and consultant to nursing staff.
Monitors safety issues, evaluate service delivery and staff growth, and adhere to the organization's Code of Conduct.
Demonstrates knowledge of risk management, clinical precautions, infection control, fall prevention, utilization of special procedures, environmental checks, fire disaster procedures, and alternatives to use with regards to seclusion/restraint methods.
Additional Details
- Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
- 40 hours per week
- Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
- Work hours and days may be adjusted as needed to meet operational and organizational needs
- No scheduled holiday rotation
- Maintains 24/7 accountability and availability for nursing operations, clinical issues, staffing concerns, emergencies, and organizational needs.
- Provides strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for nursing services to ensure quality care, regulatory compliance, staff engagement, and operational excellence.
- Serves as a key resource for after-hours consultation, decision-making, and resolution of urgent operational issues as needed.
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing
Experience
- 2 years of supervisory experience in an acute setting recommended
- Emergency Room, Communicable Disease, with Medical and Surgical experience preferred
Licenses/Certifications
- Have and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse within the state of employment.
- Obtain and maintain CPR certification
We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.
We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.
We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.
Requirements
Candidates must be a Registered Nurse with a degree from an accredited School of Nursing and current state licensure. At least two years of supervisory experience in an acute setting is recommended, along with CPR certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Correctional Medicine — Registered Nurse Career Context
Of the 50 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 54% have no call, 82% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Director of Nursing Corrections at Wellpath a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Nursing Leadership — ranked against 1,187 active Nursing Leadership listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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