Job Purpose:
Promotes and restores patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing physical and psychological support for patients, friends, and families in federally qualified healthcare center.

Duties:
* Accomplishes nursing human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.

* Meets nursing operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.

* Meets nursing financial standards by providing annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions.

* Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.

* Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.

* Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting center philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.

* Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff; following up on work results.

* Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

* Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching and counseling patient, friends, and family and reinforcing their understanding of disease, medications, and self-care skills.

* Provides information to patients and health care team by answering questions and requests.

* Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

* Maintains safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from other health care professionals.

* Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.

* Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing.

* Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records.

* Ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques..

* Maintains nursing supplies inventory by studying usage reports; identifying trends; anticipating needed supplies; approving requisitions and cost allocations.

* Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

* Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.

* Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Skills/Qualifications:
Judgment, Supervision, Informing Others, Nursing Skills, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Health Center Environment, Medical Teamwork, Listening, Pain Mana

Holds a valid Missouri RN license.