Manager of Clinic Nursing
About The Position
The Manager of Clinic Nursing provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for nursing and clinical support services across a broad, evolving ambulatory care environment. The role plans, develops, coordinates, and evaluates clinical programs to support high-quality, patient-centered care, efficient use of resources, regulatory compliance, and strong interdisciplinary operations. The manager partners with clinic leadership to advance clinical priorities, strengthen workflows, and elevate nursing practice across clinic settings. The role directly supervises clinic nursing leaders and other designated staff while fostering accountability, collaboration, professional growth, and continuous improvement. This is a full-time, 1.0 FTE position (80 hours per pay period), working days with no weekends, onsite at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or a related field.
- Current RN nursing licensure in Minnesota.
- Three to five years of clinic leadership experience.
- Current BLS certification or ability to complete it within two months of employment.
- Ability to adhere to Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital policies, procedures, mission, vision, and values.
- Ability to understand, apply, and optimize clinical and operational processes to improve workflow efficiency, quality outcomes, and team performance.
- Reliable and consistent attendance.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and daily oversight for nursing and clinical support services across ambulatory clinic areas.
- Oversee workflow design, care team operations, and clinical processes to ensure efficiency and alignment with best practices.
- Lead and monitor initiatives to improve patient experience, staff engagement, and quality outcomes.
- Participate in hiring processes, including interviewing, selection, and onboarding of frontline staff.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate clinical programs to strengthen patient care delivery.
- Evaluate clinical operations and identify opportunities to improve patient care, optimize workflows, increase efficiency, and strengthen team performance.
- Implement best practices, foster innovation, and support ongoing professional development for nursing and clinical staff.
- Use Epic/EHR knowledge to drive innovation, evaluate upgrade impacts, simplify clinical workflows, partner with supervisors to operationalize changes, identify opportunities to streamline processes, and train staff.
- Partner with department supervisors on staff performance metrics and performance.
- Lead nursing components of team meetings in partnership with nursing supervisors.
- Identify and pilot new nursing care delivery models and process improvements that enhance access, efficiency, and patient outcomes.
- Collaborate with the Nursing Staffing Coordinator to manage staffing models and labor optimization.
- Guide teams through the rollout, adoption, and evaluation of innovative practices for sustainable integration into clinic operations.
- Assist with developing, educating staff on, and implementing evidence-based practices, procedures, and policies.
- Manage clinical resources, supplies, and equipment to support effective care delivery and cost stewardship.
- Coordinate cross-departmental collaboration with providers, clinic leadership, and operational partners.
- Lead implementation of new clinical services, program expansions, and workflow changes.
- Facilitate communication across nursing, clinical teams, providers, and leadership.
- Monitor Fairview Health Services standardization initiatives, EHR updates, and system rollouts; evaluate their applicability to clinic operations and lead implementation, staff education, and change support.
- Support budget planning, monitoring, and resource utilization for clinic nursing operations.
- Promote accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Tuition reimbursement and scholarship/grant opportunities
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance beginning on the first of the month after 30 days of employment
- Generous paid time off
- Short-term disability bank
- 401(k) with employer contributions
- Short- and long-term disability
- Early access to earned wages
- Voluntary insurance options
- Resources to support financial and personal well-being
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
