Travel Nurse RN - Nurse Manager in Sitka, AK

Leadership/Management

• Provide day to day leadership and mentoring to the clinic staff to proactively reduce all barriers to access, standardize consistent processes and improve the patient experience.
• Identify and correct any staff and clinic flow or system issues. 
• Mentor staff and constantly seek feedback from nursing and other clinic staff and providers.
• Hold regular clinic meetings to promote staff engagement, consistency, and improve clinic quality, safety, efficiency and patient experience. 
• Act as an overall clinic leader to improve specialty & surgery clinic services.

Staffing

• Recruit, orient, and mentor staff.  
• Provide for professional growth and development of nursing and clinic staff.
• Orient personnel concerning all new policies, procedures, routines and operating new equipment.
• Address employee relations issues timely with the help of the Specialty Director, as needed.
• Direct and supervise nursing and clinic staff where indicated in assessment, evaluation, and treatment of patients to assure the highest quality of patient care is being provided. 
• Oversee annual competencies for all nursing and clinic staff. 
• Responsible for the maintenance of certifications and licenses, and systematic evaluation of Nursing Services QI/QA activities. 
• Assure daily clinic staffing is adequate.
• Promote outstanding quality customer service through teamwork and communication.

Other

• Establish and maintain supplies for clinic.
• Recommend purchase of new or replacement equipment.
• Maintain constant Joint Commission readiness for relevant areas including making sure policies, processes and the care environment are in compliance. 
• Maintain annual competencies including safety and infection control requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned, including special projects deemed necessary to provide comprehensive health services.