Associate Nursing Director

George Mason University • Fairfax, VA

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About The Position

The Associate Nursing Director at George Mason University provides leadership and supervision to the nursing team within Student Health Services (SHS). This role involves overseeing clinical operations across multiple SHS clinics, ensuring compliance with immunization processes, and participating in the SHS Leadership team to enhance student health and well-being. The position requires maintaining a strong presence in the Fairfax clinic to manage clinical flow and patient experience, as well as providing direct clinical care when necessary.

Requirements

• Master's degree in related field
• Demonstrated experience typically obtained in 2+ years in nursing clinical experience post-training
• Experience nursing in an ambulatory healthcare setting
• Ability to provide ambulatory nursing care to college students
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
• VA RN license or valid Multi-state license at time of hire
• Healthcare BLS certification required, or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire

Nice To Haves

• Experience typically obtained in 5+ years in nursing experience post-training
• Nursing experience typically obtained in 1 year in an ambulatory healthcare setting in a college health setting
• Demonstrated nursing experience with a multidisciplinary team that includes behavioral health services
• Demonstrated experience typically obtained in 2 years in a leadership/oversight role
• Demonstrated ability to supervise nurses
• Demonstrated ability to oversee clinical operations in an ambulatory health center
• Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze data to make data based decisions

Responsibilities

• Provides supervision and leadership to the nursing team and clinical oversight to the immunization compliance process
• Develops policies, procedures, and practice guidelines encompassing evidence-based care for core nursing skills, case management, and nurse triage
• Develops and maintains the nursing section of the AAAHC accreditation manual for SHS accreditation
• Provides oversight to clinical operations at all SHS clinics
• Maintains an in-person presence in the Fairfax clinic to oversee clinical flow, service recovery, and patient experience
• Works closely with key members of SHS operations team to ensure adequate staffing to volume ratios and exceptional clinical care and safety
• Provides clinical care for students as needed to support staffing
• Serves with Exec Director and other Associate Directors on the SHS Leadership team developing and implementing SHS goals
• Provides leadership to SHS when Exec. director and Associate Medical Director are unavailable
• Supports procedures that expedite immunization compliance verification
• Supports workflows that encourage timely immunization compliance verification and excellent student experience
• Coordinates clinical education for the nursing team, medical assistants, and immunization team
• Leads weekly clinical team meetings
• Participates in University-wide and UL events representing SHS
• Coordinates the clinical preceptorship program between SHS and George Mason Nursing School

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Master's degree