Nurse Manager

POSITION SUMMARY
Direct day-to-day activities of RHS staff for the provision of safe, high quality, accessible and affordable abortion, options counseling services, and limited contraceptive care. Assures compliance of PPFA, PPSLR, state and local policies, procedures, regulations. Actively participates in physician and staff recruitment, training and retention. Assures training and compliance of division staff. Assures compliance with all safety, risk and quality management and infection control policies and programs. Assures compliance with PPSLR fiscal policies and procedures related to all income and expenditures. May provides public and community relations/outreach to area physicians, medical schools, hospitals, nursing and social service agencies/departments. Requires working weekends and some evenings.

RESPONDSIBILITIES

• Provides managerial leadership and vision on the surgical floor, sets challenging professional expectations for staff, actively encourages and builds effective teams
  
• Directs and insures compliance with all policies and procedures as per PPFA, PPSLR and State regulations and protocols
  
• Prepares, implements, and monitors budget.
  
• Ensures monthly billing for physicians and for contractual entities.
  
• Ensures appropriate monthly reporting to state and to funding organizations as well as internal operational reporting.
  
• Assists in recruitment of physicians for consultations and of volunteers for the center.
  
• Actively builds working relationship with the physicians and the teaching institutions with which RHS and PPSLR work
  
• Assures compliance with PPFA, PPSLR and State quality and risk management and infection control policies and programs
  
• Assures compliance with all PPSLR safety/security policies and procedures
  
• Sets patient, staff, and physician schedules, evaluates and directs daily patient care with Surgical Services Coordinator.
  
• Schedules are developed to ensure goal achievement of center.
  
• Develops and implements effective systems that provide patients with a quality medical and customer service experience
  
• With Surgical Services Coordinator and Nursing Lead directly hires, coaches, and supervises staff.
  
• Keep current on literature and issues related to provision of abortion services and reproductive health care
  
• Prepared to represent agency in public forums as necessary
  
• With other department managers, develops new programs and services
• May work on agency wide committees
  
• Other duties as delegated

RISK MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Adheres to PPSLR and department policies that ensure the provision of the highest quality and most professional services to all PPSLR clients
  
• Protects PPSLR’s assets from liability
  
• Assures for the physical safety of PPSLR clients, staff, and volunteers
  
• Protects confidentiality of all PPSLR clients, donors, Board and all areas of operations
  
• Follows HIPAA privacy and security guidelines
  

• At least three years of management experience, including management of personnel, medical systems, and fiscal oversight and accountability
• Will consider several disciplines: Master prepared candidate (preferred) in relevant fields, i.e. social work, business, health care management, etc; or LPN/RN/NP
• Strong preference for candidate with experience in an outpatient surgical setting
  
• Must be able to coordinate multiple priorities and work in a fast paced environment
• Must be able to work with multi-disciplined teams, including physicians, counseling and educators, students, and volunteers
  
• Must understand risk and quality management issues, patient safety, and compliance issues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to ensure clients quality abortion and contraceptive care services
  
• Must be able to work some evenings and Saturdays