Director of Nursing - Addiction Medicine - Ashland, KY

Registered Nurse Top 25% in Registered Nurse rolesNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

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Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
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Job Description

Crossroads Treatment Centers is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Since 2005, Crossroads has been at the forefront of treating patients with opioid use disorder. Crossroads is a family of professionals dedicated to providing the most accessible, highest quality, evidence-based medication assisted treatment (MAT) options to combat the growing opioid epidemic and helping people with opioid use disorder start their path to recovery. This comprehensive approach to treatment, the gold standard in care for opioid use disorder, has been shown to prevent more deaths from overdose and lead to long-term recovery. We are committed to bringing critical services to communities across the U. S. to improve access to treatment for over 26,500 patients. Our clinics are all outpatient and office-based, with clinics in Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees and patients.

Day in the Life of a Director of Nursing

Monitor dosing area for accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with controlled medication.

Maintain nursing schedule and inventory for dosing area.

Provide training and education to new and existing nursing team members while conducting regular nursing staff meetings.

  • Know all functions and roles of the Dosing Nurse position and be able to fill in when needed.
  • Track and conduct patient annual physicals according to state regulations.
  • Assist the medical provider with new patient intakes.
  • Participate in the interviewing and hiring process of new nurses coming into the team.

Education and Experience requirements

Registered Nurse license issued in the state in which they will be practicing or a multi-state compact status license.

License should be in good standing, unencumbered, and active. If applicable, disciplinary actions documented on any license will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

  • 3+ years of supervisory or managerial experience at minimum in nursing is preferred.
  • Strong phlebotomy skills, experience drawing blood on collapsed veins is a plus.
  • Active and current CPR or BLS certification is preferred.

Schedule

On call for emergency purposes.

  • Monday-Friday; 5:00am-1:00pm
  • Rotating Saturday; 7:00am-8:30am
  • Position Benefits

Consistent schedule. Early in time and out time, no 12 hour shifts, and never on call (unless there is a true emergency).

Small nursing team. Depending on patient census, teams can range anywhere from 2-12.

  • Regular patient care activities, less paperwork.
  • Excellent training if you are new to this field.
  • Opportunity to save lives everyday!

Benefits Package

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • PTO
  • Variety of 401K options including a match program with no vesture period
  • Annual Continuing Education Allowance (in related field)
  • Life Insurance
  • Short/Long Term Disability
  • Paid maternity/paternity leave
  • Mental Health day
  • Calm subscription for all employees

Loan Forgiveness Program

Crossroads is a STAR (Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery) approved organization. This means our clinicians will have access to help pay off federal student loans so they can focus on what they do best: patient care! ​

Please see the website at https://bhw.hrsa.gov/funding/apply-loan-repayment/star-lrp

Apply to the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program | Bureau of Health Workforce

Key Responsibilities

Oversee the dosing area to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and controlled-medication compliance, while managing nursing schedules and inventory. Train and support nursing staff, cover dosing nurse duties as needed, coordinate annual patient physicals and new-patient intakes, and participate in nurse hiring.

Requirements

An active, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the state of practice or a multistate compact license is required. At least three years of nursing supervisory or managerial experience is preferred; strong phlebotomy skills and current CPR or BLS certification are also preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS (preferred)

Key Skills

Nursing LeadershipStaff SchedulingInventory ManagementNursing Staff TrainingTeam MeetingsPatient Intake SupportBlood DrawsBasic Life Support

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Director of Nursing - Addiction Medicine - Ashland, KY at Crossroads Treatment Centers a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Registered Nurse roles — ranked against 5,396 active Registered Nurse roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Addiction Medicine — Registered Nurse Career Context

Crossroads Treatment Centers holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 49 active listings.

Of the 50 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 70% have no call, 86% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

6.6/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Registered Nurse roles

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Ashland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$150k
Median resident rent
$872/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.4
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Crossroads Treatment Centers

Medical Practices
Greenville, South Carolina
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
PTO
401K with match program and no vesting period
Annual Continuing Education Allowance
Life Insurance
Short/Long Term Disability
Paid maternity/paternity leave
Mental Health day