Director of Nursing, Emergency Services

Piedmont Fayette, located in Fayetteville Georgia, is seeking a dynamic and hands-on Director of Nursing, Emergency Services, to help lead to their exceptional team!

Piedmont Fayette is seeking an experienced, collaborative nursing leader to serve as its next Director of Nursing, Emergency Services. This leader will oversee a high-volume emergency department, strengthen team culture, improve operational performance, and enhance the patient and staff experience.
Reporting to the Vice President of Nursing, the Director will oversee a 63-bed Emergency Department supported by approximately 165 FTEs. The Director will lead nursing operations, workforce management, quality improvement, financial performance, and clinical outcomes in partnership with nursing and physician leadership.
A key priority will be improving throughput and patient access in a capacity-constrained environment. The Director will build on existing initiatives to reduce time to provider, improve left-without-being-seen rates, and address emergency department boarding and inpatient holding demands. Using Epic and performance data, this leader will identify opportunities to improve efficiency while maintaining high standards of patient safety and care quality.
The Director will also focus on staff engagement, workforce stability, and leadership development. Through visible leadership, open communication, and meaningful staff involvement in decision-making, this individual will foster a culture of trust, professional growth, and accountability while building a cohesive team aligned with Piedmont’s mission and values.
Strong physician partnership will be essential to success. Working closely with SEP Healthcare and the Emergency Department Medical Director, the Director will strengthen communication, support shared decision-making, and align nursing and physician leaders around departmental priorities and improved care delivery.
The department also serves a growing behavioral health population, with designated spaces within a multipurpose pod. The Director will support safe and coordinated care while helping to identify opportunities to strengthen practices as patient needs evolve. Existing safety resources include on-site security, weapons detection at public entrances, and strong partnerships with local law enforcement.
The ideal candidate will bring director-level emergency nursing experience, strong operational acumen, and a collaborative approach to change management. This leader will balance relationship-building with accountability, develop frontline leaders, and engage staff and physicians in creating a more effective, connected, and patient-centered emergency department.

BSN is required;
Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
Active GA and/or compact RN license is required.
A minimum of seven years of nursing experience, including a minimum of three years of progressive management experience is required.

Founded in 1905, Piedmont Healthcare is a private, not-for-profit organization with over 44,000 employees caring for 3.7 million patients across 1,400 locations and serving communities that comprise 80 percent of Georgia’s population.
The system provides safe, compassionate, convenient, and high-quality care across 23 hospitals, 72 Piedmont Urgent Care centers, 25 Quick Care locations, 1,875 Piedmont Clinic physician practice locations, and more than 3,100 Piedmont Clinic members.
Piedmont Fayette, opened since 1997, is located in Fayetteville, Georgia, and is a 31-bed acute care community hospital that serves Fayette County and surrounding communities with quality patient care.
The facility offers a wide array of care specialties including cancer care, heart care, orthopedic care,…