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Providence
Santa Monica, California · Hybrid

Director of Nursing - Cath Lab

Registered NurseIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$94.01-$148.42/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Calling All Esteemed Leaders! Are you a nursing leader who is passionate about advancing clinical excellence, operational performance, caregiver development, and patient-centered care? Do you thrive in collaborative environments where quality improvement, stewardship, communication, and strategic planning come together to support exceptional outcomes? If so, we invite you to explore this leadership opportunity with Providence.

The Role

The Director is responsible for planning, implementing and promoting the nursing standards and ensuring high quality, individualized patient care for assigned clinical areas, consistent with the philosophy and objectives of the Health Center.

What You’ll Do

  • Service
  • Promotes patient, physician and employee satisfaction by personal example, treating all contacts with respect.
  • Supports and participates in activities that foster customer service.
  • Communicates and follows the organizational chain of command for notification of patient care/service issues, when appropriate.
  • People
  • Maintains required applicable licensure, certification and education.
  • Attends and successfully completes general and department orientation, in-service programs and the annual key competencies and mandatory update requirements.
  • Participates actively in department staff meetings.
  • Demonstrates mastery of verbal and written communications.
  • Works with the department clinical supervisors to identify and establish department goals that are consistent with the Health Center's values and strategic plans; develops strategies for achieving goals; develops and implements unit policies and procedures to support the provision of high quality, individualized patient care; assures standards comply with accepted professional and regulatory requirements.
  • Accurately prepares and analyzes department capital, labor and operating budgets. Establishes both long- and short-term goals; remains within an acceptable variance of the department's budget; documents, justifies and corrects negative variances, as warranted; communicates budgetary information to the department managers; monitors FTE and operating budget variances on a daily/monthly basis to ensure optimum productivity and utilization of human and material resources; implements prudent measures to reduce operating costs while maintaining productivity and high quality of service.
  • Collaborates with the department clinical supervisors to establish and maintain high quality standards and performance expectations of all staff; demonstrates willingness to test new ideas; continuously assesses performance and identifies opportunities to improve upon the quality of care and service rendered by the departments; supports and empowers staff members to improve the quality of patient care; utilizes positive group organizational and group dynamics to facilitate the change process; demonstrates and promotes a collaborative approach with other departments to assure the smooth integration of services.
  • Serves as a patient advocate and clinical resource in the coordination and delivery of patient care; assures adherence to approved practices, procedures and standards of care; assures complete and accurate documentation of the nursing process for each patient; communicates, negotiates and resolves patient care issues appropriately and effectively with all members of the health care team.
  • Ensures the ethical management of all clinical and managerial situations, assures patient rights, confidentiality and privacy.
  • Assists the department clinical supervisors when necessary, with effectively managing the human resources of the departments. Assures adequate staffing and skill mix for provision of services; appropriately interviews, hires, reviews, promotes, transfers and separates personnel; provides disciplinary action that is fair, objective, developmental and timely; monitors performance improvement plans for staff, as needed; delegates assignments appropriately based on individual levels of competence.
  • Assures ongoing competence of all staff by monitoring their clinical performance and provides opportunities for growth activities and opportunities through training and education of unit personnel. The Director develops, implements and evaluates job specific orientation and training programs; identifies educational needs of staff; provides educational opportunities based on identified need; promotes the personal and professional development of staff and colleagues; presents and discusses changes with the hospital, with all staff members as appropriate; stimulates teamwork and fosters commitment to clinical excellence.
  • Develops, implements and evaluates quality control and improvement measures which are fiscally responsible.
  • Keeps informed of current trends and updates in practice by actively participating in the provision of educational programs.
  • Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and proper functioning of equipment, through reporting from the department managers.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of age specific care, including but not limited to identifying the need for additional safety measures, physiological normal values/readings; and assessing skin integrity, behavior, motor skills and/or activities that place patients at risk as well as communicates effectively in a clear, concise, understandable manner. Applicable for the populations Infant, Pediatric, Adult, and Geriatric.
  • Meets monthly budget targets in wage and non-wage as well as productivity standards for respective departments on an ongoing basis.
  • Directs maintenance of departmental facilities, equipment, supplies and materials in a condition to promote efficiency, health, comfort, and safety of patients and staff.
  • Maintains required unit records, reports, and statistics for administrative purposes and budget preparations.
  • Reviews trends in acuity data regularly and ensures that acuity is used in staffing.

What You’ll Bring

Education & Credentials

  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
  • Master's Degree in Nursing, or related field (preferred).
  • Required upon hire: California Registered Nurse License (Vendor Managed).
  • Required within 90 days of hire: National specialty certification.
  • Preferred upon hire: American Heart Association ACLS.
  • Preferred upon hire: American Heart Association PALS.

Experience & Expertise

  • 5 years of experience in an acute care setting.
  • 3 years of progressive management experience in the field of expertise.
  • Experience in a Magnet Designated organization in a leadership role (preferred).

Professional & Leadership Capabilities

  • Ability to deal with multiple priorities and short time frames.

Why Join Us?

  • Clinical Leadership: Lead nursing operations across assigned clinical areas while promoting high quality, individualized patient care.
  • Caregiver Development: Partner with department managers to support staff development, professional growth, performance excellence, and clinical competency.
  • Quality & Performance Improvement: Advance quality improvement, patient-centered care, patient advocacy, safety, and operational effectiveness.
  • Strategic & Financial Stewardship: Support departmental planning, budget management, staffing optimization, resource utilization, and long-term operational success.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

If you are a nursing leader committed to clinical excellence, caregiver engagement, operational stewardship, and quality patient care, we encourage you to apply and help advance exceptional care at Providence.

The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.

At Providence we believe in the importance of human connection and the impact of in-person collaboration towards team cohesion and caregiver engagement. Further, we want our leaders to live in or near the communities we serve. Therefore, leaders applying for this role will be required to work a hybrid schedule, which consists of three days onsite, two days remote and live within a reasonable commuting distance to the ministry or service area they support and lead.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected.

Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits [provid

Key Responsibilities

The Director of Nursing is responsible for planning and implementing nursing standards to ensure high-quality, individualized patient care within the Cath Lab. They oversee operational performance, manage departmental budgets, and foster staff development through clinical mentorship and performance improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and a California Registered Nurse License, with a Master's degree preferred. The role requires at least 5 years of acute care experience and 3 years of progressive management experience.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

PALS (preferred)

Key Skills

Nursing leadershipRegulatory complianceTeam managementConflict resolutionClinical documentation

Cardiology — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 40 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 48% have no call, 75% require no weekends — this position is remote.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Nursing Leadership jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score2.4 / 10 · above average in nursing leadershipranked against 1,187 Nursing Leadership listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nursing Leadership listings in California408 active5,834 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 13% remote · 48% no call · 75% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia Registered Nurse listings: 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 4% offer loan repayment408 active listings, Nov 2026
New Cardiology listings335 in the last 30 days264 the 30 days before (+27%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,187 Nursing Leadership listings), 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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  • Hybrid
  • Includes call
  • Remote
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About Providence

Hospitals and Health Care
Redondo Beach, California
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching
Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision)
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues)
Voluntary benefits
Well-being resources