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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Director (RN) Risk Management, Quality and Medical Staff

Registered NurseFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Your Experience Matters

At Memorial Medical Center, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person. As a Director (RN) joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Department/Unit Summary

Provides strategic leadership for the organization's Quality, Risk Management, and Medical Staff functions, overseeing clinical risk programs, claims management, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement initiatives.

Responsible for developing departmental goals and standards, directing operational performance, patient care quality, audits, staffing, budgeting, and compliance activities. Collaborates across the organization to ensure regulatory readiness, drive continuous improvement, foster professional development, and support excellence throughout the continuum of care.

How You’ll Contribute

You’ll make an impact by utilizing your specialized plan-of-care intervention and serving as a patient-care innovator. You will shape exceptional patient journeys every day and leverage your skills and our cutting-edge technology to directly impact patient wellbeing.

What We Offer

Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

  • Relocation assistance
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus flexible-spending and health- savings accounts
  • Competitive paid time off and extended illness bank package for full-time employees
  • Income-protection programs, such as life, accident, critical-injury insurance, short- and long-term disability, and identity theft coverage
  • Tuition reimbursement, loan assistance, and 401(k) matching
  • Employee assistance program including mental, physical, and financial wellness
  • Professional development and growth opportunities

Qualifications and Requirements

Applicants should have a current state RN license and possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited nursing school. MSN, Healthcare Administration, and MBA strongly preferred. Additional requirements include:

  • BLS certification is required within 30 days of hire.
  • Prior acute healthcare risk management experience is preferred and can substitute for the leadership experience.
  • Must have at least 5 years experience in Nursing with at least 3 years as a Director/Manager.
  • Experience working in a for-profit hospital strongly preferred. Previous Director level experience preferred.
  • Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) certification preferred upon hire and required within three years of employment.

About Our Health System

Memorial Medical Center is a 199 bed acute hospital located in Las Cruces, NM and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

“Memorial Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MMC is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.

Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.

We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Key Responsibilities

The Director provides strategic leadership for the organization's Quality, Risk Management, and Medical Staff functions, overseeing clinical programs and regulatory compliance. They are responsible for developing departmental goals, managing operational performance, and driving continuous quality improvement across the continuum of care.

Requirements

Applicants must hold a current state RN license and a bachelor's degree from an accredited nursing school, with at least 5 years of nursing experience including 3 years in a leadership role. Preferred qualifications include an MSN or MBA, prior acute healthcare risk management experience, and CPHRM certification.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical leadershipStrategic planningAuditingNursing leadershipAcute care management

Risk Management — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 72% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Registered Nurse by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedRegistered Nurse median $112k (middle half $97k–$129k)123 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingNew Mexico index 92.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Registered Nurse listings in New Mexico37 active5,987 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 40% remote · 72% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Registered Nurse pay trend+6.4% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Loan repayment
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Sign-on bonus
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
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About Lifepoint Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Gallatin, Tennessee
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Relocation assistance
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
Flexible-spending and health-savings accounts
Competitive paid time off and extended illness bank
Income-protection programs
Tuition reimbursement
Loan assistance
401(k) matching

Living in Las Cruces

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$281k
Typical market rent
$1,446/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.2
State income tax
Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Las Cruces, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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