Benefits:- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Exciting Opportunity to join a growing Interventional Pain Management Practic in Wichita!
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Clinic Nurse Manager to join our growing I
nterventional Pain Management practice in Wichita.
The Clinic Nurse Manager provides clinical leadership and operational oversight for the nursing and clinical support teams. This position is responsible for maintaining safe, efficient, patient-centered clinical operations; ensuring staff competency and accountability; supporting providers; coordinating patient care; and promoting compliance with applicable clinical, regulatory, and organizational standards.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on registered nurse leader who can balance direct clinical support with staff supervision, workflow management, quality improvement, and patient service.
Clinical Leadership and Patient Care
- Oversee daily nursing and clinical support operations, including patient intake, triage, medication reconciliation, procedure preparation, recovery, and follow-up care.
- Ensure patients receive safe, timely, compassionate, and clinically appropriate care.
- Serve as a clinical resource for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, medical assistants, and other clinical support staff.
- Review and respond to clinical concerns, changes in patient condition, and urgent patient communications within the scope of nursing practice.
- Promote consistent use of evidence-based clinical standards, provider protocols, and organizational policies.
- Coordinate care among physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing staff, pharmacies, laboratories, imaging facilities, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and referring providers.
Staff Management and Development
- Participate in recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, training, supervising, and evaluating clinical employees.
- Establish clear performance, conduct, attendance, documentation, and patient-service expectations.
- Develop and maintain orientation plans, competency assessments, and ongoing education for clinical staff.
- Monitor staff schedules, timekeeping, overtime, leave requests, and daily clinical coverage.
- Delegate responsibilities according to employee qualifications, demonstrated competency, and applicable scope-of-practice requirements.
- Provide coaching and timely feedback and address performance or conduct concerns in coordination with Human Resources and practice leadership.
- Conduct clinical staff meetings, safety huddles, and educational sessions.
- Promote teamwork, professionalism, accountability, effective communication, and a positive workplace culture.
Clinic and Procedure Operations
- Coordinate clinical staffing and workflows to support efficient clinic and procedure schedules.
- Ensure providers have the trained staff, supplies, medications, equipment, and clinical information needed to deliver care.
- Monitor patient flow, room utilization, wait times, and clinical schedule readiness.
- Ensure required medical records, imaging, laboratory results, medication clearances, authorizations, and pre-procedure documentation are available before visits and procedures.
- Oversee pre-procedure screening, patient education, consent readiness, discharge instructions, and post-procedure follow-up processes.
- Identify workflow barriers and implement improvements that support patient safety, staff efficiency, and provider productivity.
- Escalate significant clinical, operational, personnel, or compliance concerns to practice leadership.
Pain Management Operations
- Oversee nursing workflows for pain management evaluations, medication-management visits, injections, and interventional procedures.
- Support compliance with controlled-substance policies, prescription-monitoring requirements, urine drug-testing protocols, medication agreements, and related documentation standards.
- Ensure staff follow established processes for medication refills, patient messages, abnormal results, and escalation of clinical concerns.
- Coordinate anticoagulant clearances, medication holds, allergy reviews, infection screening, and other pre-procedure requirements.
- Monitor procedure cancellations, clinical delays, and incomplete pre-procedure requirements.
- Ensure emergency supplies, medications, and equipment are available, properly maintained, and routinely inspected.
Required Qualifications
- Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of Kansas or eligibility to obtain licensure before beginning employment.
- Associate degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program.
- Current Basic Life Support certification.
- At least three years of clinical nursing experience.
- Previous nursing leadership, charge nurse, supervisory, or clinic-management experience.
- Working knowledge of clinical workflows, patient triage, medication safety, infection prevention, documentation standards, and healthcare regulations.
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems, practice-management software, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to perform the essential clinical and administrative responsibilities of the position.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Three or more years of nursing leadership or healthcare supervisory experience.
- Experience in a physician practice, specialty clinic, ambulatory surgery center, or procedure-based setting.
- Experience in pain management, orthopedics, neurology, spine care, surgery, or another procedural specialty.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
- Experience with prior authorizations, clinical quality programs, regulatory surveys, and revenue-cycle processes.
Required Competencies
- Strong clinical judgment and patient-safety awareness
- Effective leadership, coaching, and employee-management skills
- Clear and professional written and verbal communication
- Sound decision-making and problem-solving ability
- Conflict-management and service-recovery skills
- Strong organization, attention to detail, and follow-through
- Ability to delegate appropriately and hold staff accountable
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced clinical environment
- Discretion when handling confidential patient, employee, and business information
- Commitment to ethical, compassionate, and patient-centered care
Additional Expectations
This position may perform other duties based on the needs of the practice. Responsibilities may change as the organization, providers, locations, and service lines evolve.
Employment is subject to applicable organizational requirements, which may include verification of professional licensure and certifications, a background check, and compliance with health and safety policies.