Supervisor RN Clinic
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse Supervisor leads a clinical team of nurses and aides, setting standards for patient care and supporting clinical excellence. The role oversees regulatory compliance, staffing, and fiscal health, advocates for staff, and turns team feedback into strategies to improve staff and patient experiences. It calls for confident leadership, effective handling of difficult conversations, an educator’s approach, and strong communication. The supervisor coordinates with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director, and other staff to set clinic goals and ensure employees have the tools to meet them. The position coordinates nursing operations, supports quality and efficient service, maintains compliance with regulations and clinic standards, and ensures staff understand and follow infection-control and exposure plans. It also includes direct patient-care duties within the employee’s licensure, training, and established procedures. The role supervises employee selection, orientation, training, staffing, scheduling, and performance appraisals, and helps ensure effective implementation of HR policies and procedures. It coordinates nursing activities with practitioners and reviews, edits, and approves staff timecards each pay period.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of Registered Nursing, required upon hire.
- Registered Nurse license in Washington, required upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) recognized by the American Heart Association.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Previous supervisory or lead experience.
- Within the last five years, three years of nursing experience in a clinic setting or five years of acute hospital nursing experience.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director, and other staff to set clinic goals, communicate them to employees, and ensure employees have the tools and means to achieve them.
- Coordinate nursing operations and activities to provide efficient, quality service and maintain compliance with regulations, clinic standards, and patient-confidentiality requirements.
- Ensure staff understand and follow Infection Control/Exposure Plans.
- Evaluate patient-care needs within scope of licensure and suggest solutions to patient-care crises and complaints.
- Obtain and record vital signs and other patient information, including height, weight, drug allergies, current medications, and presenting problems.
- Anticipate patient and practitioner needs during examinations; protect patient privacy and comfort; instruct patients in sample collection and other tests.
- Administer ordered medications by oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intradermal routes; start intravenous lines and administer intravenous fluids when appropriately certified.
- Under practitioner supervision, inform patients of lab results, call prescriptions in to pharmacies, and return practitioners’ phone messages.
- Document procedures and interactions in patient medical records.
- Assist with diagnostic tests and procedures according to training and established procedures.
- Supervise employee selection, orientation, training, and staffing, and ensure effective development and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
- Coordinate nursing activities with practitioners and prepare clinical staff schedules.
- Monitor, edit, and sign off on staff timecards each pay period.
- Conduct performance appraisals for supervised staff, set individual goals, and follow up as required by policies and procedures.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
