Director Of Nursing

Responsibilities

• Oversee nursing scope of practice and the overall quality of nursing care.
• Oversee daily operations for all direct clinical services.
• Develop and mature the department management infrastructure to ensure comprehensive operational oversight of all direct clinical departments.
• Collaborate with the CMO to ensure consistent performance to the established standard of care by implementing and monitoring clinical workflows and processes.
• Collaborate with the CMO to develop and implement clinical workflows that promote excellent performance in quality measurements and consistently safe care.
• Collaborate with the senior team to develop and execute strategic goals and priority performance improvement projects.
• Collaborate closely with QA/QI/PI, Corporate Compliance & Risk Manager to plan, implement, evaluate, and manage QI and PI projects over short and long cycle endeavors.
• Promote and ensure best practices in clinical and consumer services are followed across CHC sites.
• Evaluate and maintain staffing patterns to ensure maximum efficiency.
• Responsible for training and orientation of all clinical, non-provider personnel.
• Counsel clinical staff on personnel issues such as career development, work problems or interpersonal conflicts.
• Ensure that medical encounters are completed and ready for billing in a timely fashion.
• Establish priorities in conjunction with CMO regarding the availability of funds to meet Health Center's needs.
• Monitor and control expenses and revenues in relation to the budget.
• Promote professional development by design and implementation of staff trainings and in-service programs.
• Develop and implement system for evaluating clinical competencies for the Nursing and Medical Assisting staff.
• Demonstrate understanding and commitment of the health center mission.
• Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards.
• Perform other related duties as needed and as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience and 3 years progressive managerial experience is required.
• Preferred experience within a primary healthcare ambulatory care setting.
• Previous experience in performance improvement, developing and implementing new models of care, leading transformational change, and clinical operations.

Educational Requirements

Graduate of accredited school of nursing and BSN required; MS preferred.

Professional Licensure and Certification Required

• Licensed as an R.N. by the MA Board of Registration.
• BLS required.
• Computer skills for accurate data entry.
• Demonstrated interpersonal relationship skills.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced medical office environment.

Supervision Exercised

Responsible for the direct supervision of all non-provider clinical personnel in the medical department.