Clinical Nurse Manager (Correctional Health Nurse IV)

Fairfax County•Fairfax (Fj23), VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is a key leadership role within the Sheriff's Office's Medical Branch, responsible for managing 24/7 nursing operations at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (ADC). The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, innovative, and proven nursing leader with expertise in acute, behavioral, and public health nursing. This role offers opportunities for leadership, advocacy, and making a significant impact on the health of vulnerable individuals within the community. The position involves coordinating nursing activities to ensure compliance with medical orders and agency policies, participating in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing services, and interpreting and teaching accrediting agency standards to staff. Responsibilities include direct management of staff, including assigning caseloads, reviewing reports, evaluating performance, training, supervision, monitoring conduct, and initiating disciplinary action. The role also involves establishing work schedules for 24/7 coverage, assessing training needs, coordinating workforce development, and developing evaluation tools. Collaboration with the medical services leadership team is crucial for investigating and responding to inmate health care complaints and grievances. The Clinical Nurse Manager will consult with internal and external providers, communicate with inmates' families when necessary, and ensure adherence to health care standards set by various governing bodies. This position serves as a resource nurse for health care team supervisors, ensuring operational goals are met and that designated staff participate in key meetings and hearings. The salary offer will be within the minimum to midpoint range of $94,934.11 to $130,534.56, not exceeding the midpoint. A $10,000 sign-on bonus is offered for fully qualified new county employees, requiring a signed payback agreement.

Requirements

Graduation from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing with a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Five years of post-licensure experience as a nurse.
At least one year of supervisory experience.
Possession of a current license or a multistate licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Completion of a criminal background check.
Completion of a polygraph exam.
Completion of a psychological exam.
Clearance from the National Practitioners Database.
Medical screening prior to starting work.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in an Emergency Room (ER) or an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Experience working as a nurse in correctional health.
National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) or other correctional accreditation experience.
Experience providing hands-on health care.
Nursing program development and implementation experience.
Critical care nursing experience.
Bilingual in English and another language.

Responsibilities

Coordinates nursing activities to ensure compliance with medical orders, and current agency policies and procedures.
Participates in planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing services.
Interprets and teaches accrediting agency standards for staff.
Directly manages assigning caseloads, reviewing reports, and evaluating performance.
Trains, evaluates and supervises nursing personnel.
Monitors conduct and behavior of nursing staff, providing counseling and recommending/initiating disciplinary action when appropriate.
Establishes and approves work schedules that provide adequate coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Assesses training, orientation needs for correctional health programs, and recommends and coordinates workforce development opportunities and develops evaluation tools.
Works in collaboration with medical services leadership team to ensure that inmate complaints and grievances relative to health care are investigated and responded to.
Consults with ADC and outside providers delivering care for inmates, communicates with inmates' family when needed and others as appropriate regarding health care services available at the ADC.
Ensures that subordinates adhere to agency operating procedures and health care standards adopted by the Virginia Board of Corrections, the American Correctional Association, the Virginia Board of Health Professionals, and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.
Coordinates with and serves as the resource nurse for health care team supervisors to ensure completion of operational goals and objectives.
Ensures designated staff representatives participate in the Institutional Classification Committee Hearings, leadership, and staff monthly meetings.
As the primary liaison with the Correctional Health Services Administrator and staff physician, dentist, psychiatrist, and nurse practitioner, coordinates Health Care Section activities to ensure compliance with current orders, procedures and policies and to ensure completion of operational goals and objectives.
As the Quality Assurance Nurse (QAN), implements, and manages effective, continuous quality improvement measures within the Adult Detention Center’s Health Care Section.
Supports best practice approaches, evaluates capacity and service effectiveness, develops measurement tools.
With the Correctional Health Services Administrator, periodically updates policies and procedures, informing staff of upcoming changes and coordinating their implementation.
Prepares documentation needed to meet the standards set by the Virginia Board of Corrections, the Virginia Board of Health Professionals, the American Correctional Association, and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.
Participates in preparing the Section's budget request for additional equipment and/or staff.
Ensures medical records are properly maintained and remain confidential.
Consults with inmates' families and attorneys regarding health care delivery and services available.
Reviews performance evaluations of lower-level staff, establishes individual action plans to improve performance and/or efficiency, and seeks training opportunities for subordinates.
Serves as the resource nurse for the Correctional Health Nurse III (shift supervisor) positions.
Makes the final decision on health care issues that can be resolved at the section level, deferring to the Correctional Health Services Administrator, physician, nurse practitioner, dentist or psychiatrist as needed.
Ensures that inmate complaints and grievances related to health care are investigated and addressed.
Reviews and revises contract specifications and vendor contracts for health care services.