How to hire a community health nursing director

How to hire a community health nursing director, step by step

Here's a step-by-step community health nursing director hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a community health nursing director job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new community health nursing director
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The community health nursing director hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   A community health nursing director's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, community health nursing directors from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   The following list breaks down different types of community health nursing directors and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Community Health Nursing Director	Description	Hourly rate
   Community Health Nursing Director	Medical and health services managers, also called healthcare executives or healthcare administrators, plan, direct, and coordinate medical and health services. They might manage an entire facility, a specific clinical area or department, or a medical practice for a group of physicians... Show more	$22-62
   Pharmacist Manager	A pharmacist manager is responsible for monitoring the daily operations of a pharmacy, ensuring that all pharmacy personnel provides the right medication to the customers based on the prescription. Pharmacist managers assist in advising the customers for the instructions of their medications, including its dosage and instructions of intake... Show more	$27-73
   Practice Manager	A practice manager is responsible for supervising daily operations, especially on the side of the medical industry. Practice managers monitor staffing needs, train new employees, and evaluate the employees' productivity and performance... Show more	$31-84

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Home Health
   • Patient Care
   • Community Health
   • Primary Care
   • TB
   • Strategic Plan
   • Family Planning
   • School Health
   • Public Health
   • Diabetes
   • Quality Care

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage multiple patients, assessing ability to continue living independently or moving to higher acuity care.
   • Provide clinical exercise physiology services and health/wellness counseling for family practice/sports medicine/orthopedics medical group effecting positive lifestyle changes in patients serve.
   • Meet with interdepartmental supervisors to discuss changes or recommendations for improvements within ACHD.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your community health nursing director job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A community health nursing director salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, community health nursing directors' average salary in mississippi is 43% less than in new hampshire.
   • Seniority. Entry-level community health nursing directors earn 64% less than senior-level community health nursing directors.
   • Certifications. A community health nursing director with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a community health nursing director's salary.

   Average community health nursing director salary

   $79,137yearly

   $38.05 hourly rate

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   Entry-level community health nursing director salary

   $47,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 23, 2026

4. Writing a community health nursing director job description

   A community health nursing director job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a community health nursing director job description:

   Community health nursing director job description example

   Today, SCA Health has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.
   
   As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment, Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge:
   
   + We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of Optum and with our new Specialty Management Solutions business.
   
   + We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care.
   
   + We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, that provides easy predictable billing to patients.
   
   + We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines.
   
   The new SCA Health represents who we are today and where we are going—and the growing career opportunities for YOU.
   Responsibilities
   The Director of Nursing is responsible for all aspects of nursing care delivery in the facility. They will assume responsibility as a department lead of the OR, Preop, and PACU. The Director of Nursing is also responsible for overseeing the facilities quality improvement, risk management, infection control, and education of the teammates. As a Registered Nurse, the Director of Nursing is responsible to work in patient care. The Director of Nursing is also responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and coordinating patient care from admission to discharge.
   + Provides leadership oversight to ensure patient needs are met in accordance with instructions of physician and facility’s policies & procedures.
   + Demonstrates respect for co-workers & leadership and develops positive working relationships within departments.
   + Communicates with courtesy when interacting with patients, physicians, procedure schedulers, vendors and the public – in person, on the telephone, or by email.
   + Analyzes and correlates clinical data with patient’s medical and nursing care.
   + Provides direction to others that is clear, concise and promotes efficiency throughout the clinical areas of the facility
   + Recognizes legal policy limits and individual practice.
   Qualifications
   + Associates degree in nursing required, a bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred
   + Current RN licensure
   + 2 years Nursing Management experience preferred.
   + Successful completion of BLS Course within 90 days of employment or documentation of current BLS certification.
   + Successful completion of ACLS Course within 90 days of employment or documentation of current ACLS certification

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5. Post your job

   To find the right community health nursing director for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with community health nursing directors they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit community health nursing directors who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your community health nursing director job on Zippia to find and recruit community health nursing director candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit community health nursing directors, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new community health nursing director

   Once you've found the community health nursing director candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new community health nursing director. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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