Director of Nursing- EDWP

Visiting Nurse Health System is looking for an experienced and mission-driven Director of Nursing - EDWP to provide strategic leadership and oversight of community-based nursing teams, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and patient-centered care. Develops nursing policies, manages clinical and non-clinical leaders, oversees assessments, quality, regulatory compliance, and training, and partners with executive leadership and interdisciplinary teams to improve operations, productivity, safety, and continuous improvement.

This in-office position is based at our Hartsfield or Marietta office, Monday through Friday.

For more than 78 years, Visiting Nurse Health System has been a trusted leader in caring for Atlanta. As a non-profit provider of home healthcare, long-term care at home, hospice, and palliative care services, we help patients and families receive the support they need where they feel most comfortable—e, your work is more than a job; it is an opportunity to lead with purpose, make a meaningful impact, and improve lives across the communities we serve.

Our vision is to be the first choice for patients, families, payers, and healthcare providers seeking home healthcare services. We are committed to exceptional patient and employee satisfaction, strong community partnerships, coordinated care solutions, workforce development, and innovative technologies that improve affordability and access to care. We strive to be a place where healthcare professionals are proud to work, supported in their growth, and empowered to do their best work.

For more information on our organization, please visit us here.

We are looking for leaders who bring our values to life every day—in the way they support their teams, serve members, collaborate with partners, and lead through change.

• Respect & Integrity -We practice the highest ethical standards and honor our commitments. We are fair, transparent, honest, and person-centered in all our actions. We value the beliefs and opinions of our diverse community of patients and employees.
• Excellence -We are committed to delivering the best outcomes and highest quality service through the dedicated efforts of every team member. We are committed to continuous improvement in all that we do and strive to be leaders for others to emulate.
• Stewardship - We enhance the lives of those we serve through responsible planning and management of the resources entrusted to us, with each of us contributing toward a shared purpose.
• Care – We provide compassionate, person-centered care while respecting individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

The Director of Nursing for Visiting Nurse Health Systems’ (VNHS) Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program (EDWP) strategizes, leads, develops, and evaluates community-based nursing teams to ensure clinicians deliver high-quality care to vulnerable members. This role is responsible for developing and implementing nursing policies, managing both clinical and non-clinical staff, including the Team Lead for Admissions, Manager of Intake, and Manager of Assessments, maintaining regulatory compliance, and promoting a culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The Director acts as a liaison between executive leadership, interdisciplinary teams, community partners, external providers, and regulatory agencies. They also work with the Executive Director of Operations (EDO) to streamline operations and achieve productivity goals. Additional responsibilities include overseeing the assessment process, ensuring adherence to clinical standards, maintaining quality, and overseeing the training of new Nursing Associates.

This position suits someone who thinks several steps ahead and wants…