Description

Director, Patient Care Services
(Transplant Clinic, Outreach Clinics and Post Transplant Care)

The University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics (UI Health) is seeking a full-time Director, Patient Care Services (Transplant Clinic, Outreach Clinics and Post Transplant Care). Reporting to the ACOO of Transplant Services, the Director, Patient Care Services (Transplant Clinic, Post Transplant Care and Outreach) plans, directs, organizes, and evaluates all clinical and operational activities within the UI Health transplant clinics and post-transplant care. The Director is responsible for the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care; oversight of nursing practice, staffing, quality, safety, supplies, and resource utilization; and ensuring efficient clinic operations and continuity of care across the transplant continuum. The role provides leadership for personnel management, staff development, regulatory compliance, performance improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration, while driving patient outcomes and achieving departmental and organizational goals.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide coordination of care and services through the management team of providers caring for unit patients.
• Develops a therapeutic relationship with patients, family members, visitors, and colleagues to provide care coordination utilizing evidence-based practice.
• Interprets and directs the implementation of nursing philosophy and objectives, departmental policies, and procedures, and applies recognized standards of nursing care and practice.
• Plans, selects, and devises nursing operations, work methods, procedures, workflow and standards for quality and quantity of work, including staffing standards.
• Plans and develops patient safety innovations and practice improvement.
• Establishes, implements, and evaluates quality of care to monitor and evaluate operations for compliance with licensure, accreditation, and regulatory standards.
• Integrate shared leadership and foster collaboration across multi-disciplinary disciplines to arrive at decisions affecting the unit.
• Assigns, directs, and reviews the work of subordinate supervisors/other nursing personnel.
• Prepares formal answers to, and recommends the adjustment of, grievances and disciplinary matters.
• Prepares budget for assigned area or program and is responsible for adherence to approved budget and goals.
• Plans, assigns and reviews work of staff to ensure that group objectives are met.
• Hires, trains, develops, and manages staff to ensure that qualified staff exists to meet group objectives.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters of Science in Nursing or Doctorate in Nursing Practice degree required.
• Advanced Practice Nursing, Registered Professional Nurse and Certified Nurse Midwife licenses required.
• Currently licensed or eligible for Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) licenses required.
• Sound knowledge of physiology, pathology and principles of safe patient management.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Current Valid American Heart Association BLS/CPR certification.

Salary & Benefits:

Salary: The previously determined salary range for this position was $171,737 to $229,441.

Final salary offered will be determined by a thorough assessment of available market data, internal salary equity, candidate experience and qualifications, and budget constraints. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the full range for a position.

Benefits: This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Status: Full-Time

To Apply:

Applications will be accepted until the close date of September 11, 2026.

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The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.