Nurse Director III pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000628
- Class code
- 32000628
- Pay group
- MH23
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Nurse Director III is $97,268 to $194,534 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000628.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
Employees in this class are responsible for the direction, administration, and supervision of all nursing services in an organization/system, including consultation organizations, whose scope is statewide, extensive and complex. Employees have complete responsibility for independently planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating the quality of nursing care delivered within the organization/system through supervising subordinate directors or assistant directors of nursing within the system. Employees in this class are usually members of the clinical executive management team. They establish priorities and expectations, staffing standards, allocate resources and develop and/or participate in the establishment of system-wide guidelines, protocols, policies and procedures. Work is performed under the general supervision of a Medical Director.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of healthcare administration concepts, practices, organizational management, Health Services budget and financial procedures. Thorough knowledge of administrative nursing theories, models and practices needed for organizations/systems with extensive and complex medical missions/services. Thorough knowledge of state and federal rules and regulations and accrediting agencies governing nursing and healthcare, N.C.
Minimum qualifications
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina and seven years of nursing experience, including five years of experience in a Nurse Supervisor capacity. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.