Nurse Manager

Description

Reports To: Medical Director

Employee Status: Exempt (Regarding Overtime)

Position Summary: Under general supervision, but in line with established PC&HC policies and procedures, evaluating the performance of nurses, providing feedback and mentoring, contributing to staff professional development, interviewing and hiring nurses and developing departmental budgets.

Essential Functions

• Represent PC&HC to patients/visitors in a caring, courteous, and professional manner.
• Provide prompt, efficient and accurate patient care.
• Oversee daily workflow, staffing, training, hiring and development of nursing staff
• Complete annual performance evaluation for self and employees and implement plans of correction when needed Prepare monthly nurse schedule and manage time off requests. (reworded)
• Utilize EMR (eclinical) software for patient records.
• Maintain quality monitoring logs; i.e.; refrigerator, lab test, immunizations, lab inventory and stocking of supplies.
• Check equipment functionality and controls.
• Assure all lab specimens have been picked up at day end.
• Ensure the infection control standards and OSHA standards are followed and hazardous waste is properly disposed.
• Improve the patient experience and health care processes and help assure the provision of high quality health care, as well as an ongoing process of performance improvement.
• Ensures departmental compliance and actions on Compliance Work Plan for assigned department.
• Responsible for the clinical training and delineation of privileges for nursing staff annually.
• Plan and organize work load to maintain efficient patient operations in the Health Center.
• Maintain a strong patient focus while working collaboratively within the teams multiple demands and patient needs.
• Treat all patient information confidentially and in accordance with established guidelines.

Marginal Functions

• Required to work as a staff nurse, as needed, to ensure staffing coverage of department, as needed.
• Travel between work sites as needed.
• Perform all other duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must have a High School diploma or higher
• Must have Certification, be Registered or Licensed.
• Must have 3-5 or more years’ experience as a RN
• Must have at least 3 or more years’ experience of leadership or management
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Must be able to lift 30 pounds/ walk and/or stand for up to ten hour shifts-bend or stoop throughout shift
• Must have computer skills
• Must follow all HIPAA and OSHA requirements.
• Must be supportive of our mission in order to provide healthcare to the underinsured and uninsured.