Clinic Supervisor RN - Brooklyn Park Clinic

Hennepin Healthcare; Brooklyn Park (MN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Hennepin Healthcare's Brooklyn Park Clinic is seeking a Nursing Leader to plan, organize, and direct ambulatory nursing and telehealth services. You will lead clinical operations, ensure patient safety, and uphold PFCC principles within the clinic.

The role requires RN licensure, 5+ years ambulatory care, and 3+ years in ambulatory leadership, with a track record in project management, staff development, and budget involvement.

Qualifications

• Nursing Degree (Associate's or Bachelor's) or Health Related Field and RN diploma or equivalent experience and intent to obtain BS/BA within 5 years.
• Five or more years of ambulatory care experience.
• Three or more years of Ambulatory Care Clinical Leadership experience.
• Evidence of project management success and team-based care development.
• Minnesota nursing license (RN) or approved equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily clinical operations in ambulatory care to ensure efficient patient flow.
• Design, implement, and maintain clinical services with staff competency.
• Oversee staffing needs, interviews, and orientation for clinical staff.
• Conduct performance reviews and monitor staff competencies.
• Collaborate to develop training plans for deficits and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Lead budgeting discussions and assist in clinical component of the budget.
• Promote safe patient care and uphold PFCC practice within the clinic.

Skills

Ambulatory care

Leadership

Project management

Staff development

Budget management

Communication

Education

Nursing degree or health-related field

RN license

Tools

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership tools

Job description

JOB DETAILS

Department: Brooklyn Park Clinic FTE: 1.0 (80 hours per pay period) Workdays: Monday - Fridays, Weekend rotation Shift(s): Days/Evenings Shift Length: 8 hours Location: In-Person Other: Bilingual Spanish/Driving Requirements

Purpose of this position: Within the context of the Hennepin County Medical Center Patient and Family - Centered Care (PFCC) Practice Model, and under general direction, performs work of considerable difficulty in planning, organizing, coordinating, evaluating, and directing nursing and clinical activities in the ambulatory clinics and telehealth nursing areas. Provides leadership, implements the vision, mission, core values, evidence-based practice, and standards of the organization specific to and nursing and clinical care done within the clinic

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for management of daily clinical operations in the ambulatory clinical care setting to include designing, implementing, and maintaining clinical services assuring competency of staff while promoting efficient patient flow

• Reviews and establishes clinical staffing needs, completes necessary staffing request forms, reviews applicant paperwork, and conducts interviews
• In conjunction with the ambulatory education coordinators consults on curriculum and conducts specific employee orientation for clinical staff
• Completes clinical staff performance reviews per organizational guidelines
• Provides on-going monitoring and verification of clinical employee competencies
• If individual or clinical competency deficits are identified connects with clinical educators to develop, implement, and evaluate a training plan to meet identified area of deficit (can be both clinic wide or individual)
• Directs/supports compliance to regulatory and best practice standards, both in the clinical specific and organizational areas
• Audits and monitors clinical competency through independent and organizational driven tools and plans
• Knowledgeable and competent in the role of the clinical staff, able to competently fill in if needed in clinical roles to maintain patient safety and clinical staffing needs on an occasional basis
• Ensures a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff and maintains compliance with all safety requirements impacting areas of responsibility
• Constantly determines and justifies daily and on-going clinical staffing needs
• Develops, leads, and maintains the clinical components of the Excellence Council to:
  • Address and resolve clinical related issues
  • Promote highest level of clinical practice for patient care and safety for all members of the clinical team within the scope of licensure (RN, MA, LPN)
• Works collaboratively with clinical staff to promote and improve and optimized, efficient, and effective clinical operations
• Promotes a congenial work environment among staff based on mutual respect
• Establishes and monitors clinical performance/quality improvement activities in the practice to comply with organizational expectations for providing effective, efficient, patient-centered care
• Engages clinical staff in monitoring clinical skills, actions, and tasks and facilitates staff selection of appropriate indicators
• Demonstrates and fosters good customer service skills to promote optimal patient satisfaction
• Maintains clinical knowledge base, monitors, evaluates, and if indicated leads clinic and organizational change to update processes and care to meet ever changing best practice guidelines
• Assists Clinic Manager in preparation of budget to ensure from a clinical perspective appropriate fiscal and human resource are allocated and appropriately used to support safe patient care within the best practice guidelines
• Assures on-going clinical compliance with accreditation, credentialing, regulatory and professional standards, as well as HHS policies and procedures impacting the clinical area
• Other functions as assigned

Communication

Maintains effective working relations through strong communication skills up, down, and across the organization

Meets with entire staff on a frequent basis, to do the following:

• Disseminates information
• Gives employees opportunity for input and problem solving
• Focuses on actions taken in such meetings
• Follows-up with e-mail, department newsletter, postings of important information
• Works closely with Medical Director and encourages and fosters participation of all physicians in running an efficient and effective clinic operation

Fiscal Management

Assists Clinic Manager in developing and managing the clinical components of the budget

Monitors staff use of overtime and develops suggested plan of correction of appropriate

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications

• Nursing Degree (Associate's or Bachelor's) or Health Related Field and RN diploma or AD with equal level of experience and ability/willingness to obtain BS/BA within 5 years of hire
• Five or more years of ambulatory care experience
• Three or more years experience in Ambulatory Care Clinical Leadership
• Demonstrated experience and success in project management with a focus on team concepts for successful development and implementation of the optimum health care team dynamics
• Minnesota nursing license (RN or APN) -OR-
• An approved equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

General Skill

• Possesses excellent clinical nursing and leadership skills
• Analytical and planning skills
• Proactive and results oriented style
• Requires minimal day-to-day guidance
• Ability to independently implement ideas and strategies based on information given at meetings
• Visible to physicians and staff

Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of best practice for ambulatory care nursing incorporating patient safety, satisfaction, access, employee engagement, and satisfaction for optimal patient outcomes
• Demonstrated understanding and facilitation of Health Team Concepts, ambulatory work flow, and designation of ambulatory roles and responsibilities in the ambulatory clinic setting