Nurse Manager
Sea Mar
Nurse Manager
Sea Mar
Nonprofit community health & housing services
Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:
Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization
As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally-aware services.
Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:
As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.
Position Summary
The Nurse Manager is a leadership position within Sea Mar’s medical clinics, working collaboratively with the Clinic Manager and Medical Director. The Nurse Manager is responsible for ensuring all Nursing Department operations are implemented as per organizational policies and procedures, and in compliance with all required rules and regulations. In this key leadership position, the Nurse Manager is responsible for ensuring that all nursing department staff provide exceptional service to every person, every time. The Nurse Manager supervises clinical care team staff including nurses and medical assistants. The Nurse Manager is responsible for ensuring operations are implemented to meet Clinical Quality Measures and assisting providers to manage 18-21 patients per day. The Nurse Manager will also be responsible for providing and ensuring exceptional service to our patients.
Duties and Responsibilities
The primary role of the Nurse Manager is to coordinate nursing roles and responsibilities to ensure effective patient care is being provided. In doing so, each patients will receive quality, patient-centered care following clinical guidelines for both preventive care and chronic disease management.
The Nurse Manager is considered a leader of the local operations team and works collaboratively with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director and other departments to ensure all performance measures are met, which include but are not limited to clinical quality measures, provider productivity and resource management. Additionally, outreach may need to be performed for patients who have care gaps or who have yet to be seen. The Nurse Manager is responsible for the implementation of evidence-based practices and ensures nursing care practices are consistent with standards of care and practice regulations. The Nurse Manager is responsible for evaluating clinic operations and performances, and continually evaluates programs, processes and procedures, and implements and sustains changes in cohesion with Sea Mar practices.
As a licensed professional, the Nurse Manager holds a leadership position in the organization and within the clinic. She/he implements changes as necessary to maintain quality care and competent staff. The Nurse Manager provides clinical and administrative supervision of all clinical care team personnel in the clinic, including registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and medical assistants (MAs), and functions as the site supervisor for other ancillary staff such as care coordinators, integration specialists, health educators, health advocates and others as directed. The Nurse Manager is responsible for ensuring all employees adhere to the AIDET model of service with the expectation that every employee provides exceptional service to every person, every time.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
Personnel and Performance Metrics
Will support a team to see an average of 21 patients per provider (MD) or an average of 18 patients per provider (ARNP/PA).
Will ensure all patients are being seen in a safe and timely manner.
Will ensure medication administration, storage, maintenance and dispensation and waster logs are maintained in accordance with Sea Mar policies and procedures.
Track, perform and complete Clinical Quality Measures for their teams.
Collect, screen and perform clinical quality measures for every patient roomed, ensuring quality controls are performed and documented daily.
Will provide highest customer service at each patient visit including escorting each patient to and from the treatment rooms.
All referral calls referred to you requiring additional follow-up will be resolved within one (1) business day.
Desired Qualities and Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, and Medical Screening
Additional Requirements
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The Nurse Manager may be required to share workspace with other staff members.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. There is potential for exposure to communicable diseases and blood-borne pathogens.
Supervision
The Nurse Manager may supervise the following employees:
What We Offer:
Sea Mar offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing community health organization. Working at Sea Mar Community Health Centers is more than just a job, it’s a fulfilling career with opportunity for advancement. The fringe benefits surpass most companies. For example, Full-time employees working 30 hours or more, receive an excellent benefit package of:
Sea Mar is an equal opportunity employer.
Please visit our website to learn more about us at www.seamar.org. You may also apply thru our Career page at this link.
Sea Mar is a nonprofit community health system based in Washington state, operating more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics across the state. It also provides affordable housing, community education, and social services, serving all residents regardless of ability to pay or immigration status. What sets Sea Mar apart is its focus on Latino and other diverse communities through bilingual, sliding-fee-scale care. The goal is to expand access to comprehensive, affordable health and human services statewide.
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