RN Registered Nurse Director of Nursing and Clinical Services

Join a well respected community health center with multiple locations south of Boston.


The Director of Nursing and Clinical Services will have primary responsibility for overseeing and coordinating the clinical staff and functions across multi service delivery sites. Facilitate the design, implementation and delivery of patient care, recommending strategies to improve services, reaching established goals, maintaining satisfactory outcomes and creating a clinical and operational environment that fosters teamwork, collaboration and service excellence. Will be required to provide hands on nursing coverage as needed.


Core Responsibilities


• Recommends, implements and problem solves activities regarding department and site clinical operational issues in close collaboration with the CMO and site physician leads.


• Provides direct oversight and supervision to nursing and medical support including, Nurses, Medical Assistants and Care Managers.


• Establishes, and maintains nursing and medical support staff schedules to ensure adequate staffing levels are met and align with clinic and patient needs.


• Orients staff, providing necessary training and education to ensure optimal levels of performance and quality standards are met.


• Collaborate with the CMO, COO, Lead Physicians and site specific Lead Nurses to provide safe and quality patient care.


• Designs, develops and implements training programs to ensure service excellence at all clinic sites. Lead the development and implementation of departmental orientation and competency-based trainings for nursing and medical support staff.


• Ensures that patient-care, clinical, operational and staffing standards are met.


• Develops patient-care programs, manages nursing budgets, and plans new patient services.


• Prepares policies and procedures, participates in cross-departmental decision making, conduct performance improvement activities and represent point of service/care at requisite meetings as appropriate.


• Will be required to provide hands-on nursing coverage as needed.


• Ensuring that nursing standards and support are upheld


• Maintaining regulatory and compliance approvals and accreditations


• Ensuring that operations comply with established standards and regulations


• Preparing and overseeing business reports, including annual budgets


• Directing personnel functions, including recruiting, hiring and retention of staff, and handling disciplinary actions in conjunction and partnership with the Director, Human Resources.


Requirements


1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree-Required. Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree-Preferred


2. Requires a minimum of 8-10 years clinical nursing experience plus a minimum of 5 years' experience in relevant leadership/management


Salary $ 150,000 plus an excellent Benefit package offering a great work life balance.