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Wellpath
St Albans, Vermont

Director of Nursing

Registered NurseFull-Time

Compensation

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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
  • 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

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.

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

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

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.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing and current Registered Nurse licensure in the state of employment are required, along with maintaining CPR certification. Two years of supervisory experience in an acute setting is recommended; Emergency Room, communicable disease, medical, and surgical experience are preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Nursing LeadershipNursing Policy DevelopmentRegulatory ComplianceBudget ManagementOperations ManagementResource ManagementStaff SupervisionStaff DevelopmentEmergency PreparednessSeclusion and Restraint AlternativesPatient Care

Registered Nurse Career Context

Wellpath ranks #2 of 12 employers hiring Registered Nurse on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Nursing listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 68% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Vermont is 98.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.3% of Vermont clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Registered Nurse Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution31 jobs · 30 employers

9
<$95k
6
$95k-115k
9
$115k-135k
5
$135k-155k
2
$155k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Loan repayment
14%
Sign-on bonus
7%
CME allowance
7%
PSLF eligible
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 30% of Nursing Leadership listings

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

Living in St. Albans

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$377k
Typical market rent
$1,798/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.9
State income tax
Up to 8.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Wellpath

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Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
Paid time off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Company paid life insurance
Health Spending Accounts (HSA)