Director, Regulatory & Accreditation
Job Description
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
The Director of Regulatory & Accreditation is a key leadership role responsible for driving regulatory compliance and accreditation excellence across the organization. This leader will oversee strategy, readiness, and execution to ensure City of Hope consistently meets and exceeds federal, state, and accrediting body requirements—supporting our mission of delivering high-quality, safe patient care.
As a successful candidate, you will:
Lead enterprise-wide regulatory compliance and accreditation initiatives across clinical and operational areas
Serve as the subject matter expert on regulatory standards (Joint Commission, CMS, CDPH, and others)
Drive accreditation strategy, survey readiness, and continuous improvement efforts
Oversee preparation for external surveys, including mock surveys and corrective action planning
Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and documentation to ensure audit readiness
Monitor regulatory changes and translate requirements into actionable organizational strategies
Build dashboards, metrics, and reporting tools to track performance and compliance trends
Partner with clinical, legal, and operational leaders to ensure alignment across the organization
Provide leadership education and training on regulatory and accreditation requirements
Present regulatory updates and compliance insights to senior leadership and governing bodies
Your qualifications should include:
Advanced degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Nursing, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
3+ years of experience in clinical nursing, quality, risk, or regulatory functions
5+ years of progressive leadership experience
Strong knowledge of regulatory and accrediting organizations (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS)
Proven experience with accreditation readiness, audits, and compliance programs
Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills
Experience with data analysis, performance improvement, and process optimization preferred
Certification such as CPHQ or HACP preferred
Additional Information:
Job Status: Full time, exempt
Salary range $171,513 - 286,427
City of Hope employees’ pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.
Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $82.46 - $137.71 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.


