RN Supervisor - Primary and Specialty Care, San Luis Obispo

Anacalifornia; San Luis Obispo (CA); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is seeking an RN Supervisor for the San Luis Obispo Primary and Specialty Care clinic. The role blends direct patient care with administrative nursing responsibilities, guiding the clinical team and ensuring efficient back-office operations.

The supervisor will lead and train staff, triage with physicians, and work with the Practice Manager to optimize workflows, staffing, and quality processes in a world‑class health system.

Qualifications

• California RN License required.
• BSN degree required; MSN if BSN not in Nursing.
• At least 3 years ambulatory clinical care experience; urgent care/ED preferred.
• Demonstrates leadership, calm demeanor, and team-building.
• BLS certification required; PALS/ACLS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on patient care in a clinical/urgent care setting.
• Supervise and train clinic nursing staff.
• Collaborate with physicians to manage patient care and triage messages.
• Coordinate with Practice Manager and Clinical Director to ensure smooth operations.
• Plan and adjust staffing to meet operational needs.
• Oversee Quality Assurance and audit processes and manage supplies.

Skills

California RN License

Ambulatory care experience

Leadership / supervisory experience

Clinical assessment

Staff coaching

Effective communication

BLS certification

PALS

ACLS

Education

BSN (Baccalaureate degree in Nursing)

MSN (if BSN not held)

Job description

RN Supervisor - Primary and Specialty Care, San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

(on-site)

Posted 1 day ago

Job Type

Full-Time

Min Education

None

Required Travel

None

Sector

RN

Description

Take on a key clinical leadership role within a world-class, award-winning health system. Take your career in an exciting new direction. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health. As RN Supervisor, you will be responsible for assisting with clinical management and administrative coordination for the Primary and Specialty Care clinic. The position is a combination of clinical (direct patient care) and administrative nursing responsibilities. We're seeking an experienced RN with supervisory experience to lead and support our clinical team. In this vital role, you'll provide hands‑on patient care while ensuring an efficient workflow of our back‑office team at the San Luis Obispo Primary and Specialty Care clinic. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performing patient assessment, care, and education to pediatric and adult patients in a clinical/urgent care setting
• Supervising and training clinic nursing staff
• Working closely with physicians to manage patient care; triage phone and in‑basket messages for providers
• Collaborate with the Practice Manager and Clinical Director to ensure seamless clinical operations
• Planning and adjusting staffing to meet operational needs efficiently
• Responsible for the management of the Quality Assurance and audit process; responsible for ordering clinic supplies and medications

Pay Rate: $132,300.00 to $307,100.00 annually.

Qualifications

Required:

• Current California RN License
• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing. If the Baccalaureate degree is not in Nursing, a Master's degree in Nursing is required
• 3 years of recent ambulatory clinical care experience*, preferably in an urgent care or emergency department setting (staff nurse/charge nurse/manager).
• Behaviors, actions, and language reflect conscious commitment to supporting unit, department, and hospital vision
• Projects a calm, reassuring and confident manner and promotes a cohesive team environment
• Consistently achieves high standards in clinical duties and holds self to same standards as others are held to
• Makes decisions in the best interest of the patient
• Effectively listens and communicates to peers both positive and constructive feedback
• Able to admit fault and acknowledge others' position without becoming defensive
• Consistently uses good judgment in making decisions
• Consistently identifies opportunities to improve unit performance and takes action to implement ideas
• Develops rapport with patients and patients' families
• Able to recognize (or bring attention to) peers' accomplishments
• Maintains positive attitude towards unit and work, helping to build unit's positive reputation
• Consistently models right behaviors
• Skills in coaching and assisting staff in:
• developing a plan of care including setting goals, monitoring and documenting progress
• implementing interventions that are pertinent to goals established in the plan of care
• evaluating the effective of interventions toward the attainment of established goals and
• recognizing the need to reassess or reset goal parameter
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Preferred:

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from American Heart Association or American Red Cross

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award‑winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.