Nurse Manager - Primary Care

Nurse Manager (Direct Hire / Permanent)
Primary Care within Community Health Center
Lynn Massachusetts 01901 (Onsite parking $50/month)
Monday-Friday 7:30am-6:30pm (10 hour shifts) or M-F 7:30am-4:30pm (8 hour shifts) depending on preference
Salary Range depending on experience $85,000.00 - $95,000.00

Job Description
The Primary Care Nurse Manager will be overseeing a staff of roughly 10 people (potentially will grow) which consists of RNs and MAs. The role will be 50% admin/management and 50% clinical.

In this role you will:
Supervise, evaluate, and discipline nursing, clinical assisting and team medical secretary and collaborate on orientation of staff temporarily or permanently assigned to the team.
Review Phone messages, Tickler Files and/or EHR/ EPM for follow up care and missed appointments.
Attend Ops, Managers, Nurses', Infection Control, TJC and Team Meetings and share information with team staff. Meet daily with Clinical Staff.
Assure that standards of care and policies/procedures are consistently followed.
Render professional nursing care for the well-being of patients. Take patient vital signs; provide wound care; administer prescribed medications and vaccines by proper route; provide health teaching to patients and families related to medical conditions, treatments, and medications, maximizing the patient's self-care potential.
Triage phone calls identifying most appropriate intervention for patient i.e., future appointment with PCP, same day appointment, urgent care, referral to hospital etc.
Participate in the development of site goals, objectives, protocols, and procedures. Identify operating problems; recommend appropriate corrective action; implement approved plans as recommended.

Skills/Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Nursing required
2-3 years of Registered Nursing and Management Experience preferred
Leadership Skills and desire to lead/manage
Passion for Community Health and their mission