Our structure is different.

Change the box text and lines. This is an example of a common structure; your hospital's official documents define the real one.

Can I chart only the nursing line?

Yes. Copy the nursing branch and add directors, unit managers and charge nurses below.

Why is this chart laid out left to right?

With many departments a top-down chart gets very wide and the text small. For a short list, change the first line to flowchart TB for the usual top-down look.

Hospital department organizational chart template

Previewed in the “Light” theme; you can switch themes in the editor

When to use it

Hospital websites, accreditation documents and staff orientation all use a department chart. This one shows three lines, medical, nursing and administration, with clinical departments and diagnostic services each opened one level. It shows structure only and contains no clinical content.

Make it yours

Rename departments and reporting lines to match your hospital; a specialty hospital replaces the clinical departments with its own services.
With many departments, list only the groups here and chart each group separately.
To name department chairs, add a line break and the name in the box.

Mermaid code

hospital-department-org-chart.mmd

flowchart LR
    D[Chief Executive Officer]
    D --- M[Chief Medical Officer]
    D --- N[Chief Nursing Officer]
    D --- G[Chief Operating Officer]
    M --- M1[Medical Staff Office]
    M --- M2[Outpatient Clinics]
    M --- M3[Clinical Departments]
    M --- M4[Diagnostic Services]
    M3 --- K1[Internal Medicine]
    M3 --- K2[Surgery]
    M3 --- K3[Obstetrics and Pediatrics]
    M4 --- J1[Laboratory]
    M4 --- J2[Radiology]
    M4 --- J3[Pharmacy]
    N --- N1[Nursing Administration]
    N1 --- N2[Unit Nurse Managers]
    G --- G1[Administration]
    G --- G2[Finance]
    G --- G3[Information Technology]
    G --- G4[Facilities]

Ask an AI for one with this structure

Send the prompt below to ChatGPT or Claude, then paste the whole reply into the editor; the code inside is detected automatically.

prompt.txt

Draw a hospital department organizational chart with Mermaid flowchart LR syntax. The chief executive officer is on the left, with the chief medical officer, chief nursing officer and chief operating officer to the right. The medical officer oversees the medical staff office, outpatient clinics, clinical departments with internal medicine, surgery, and obstetrics and pediatrics, and diagnostic services with laboratory, radiology and pharmacy. The nursing officer oversees nursing administration and unit nurse managers. The operating officer oversees administration, finance, information technology and facilities. Connect levels with --- and use no parentheses in node text. Output only the mermaid code block.

FAQ

Our structure is different.: Change the box text and lines. This is an example of a common structure; your hospital's official documents define the real one.
Can I chart only the nursing line?: Yes. Copy the nursing branch and add directors, unit managers and charge nurses below.
Why is this chart laid out left to right?: With many departments a top-down chart gets very wide and the text small. For a short list, change the first line to flowchart TB for the usual top-down look.

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Updated 2026-11-11