Christian Community Health Center
Director of Nursing
Christian Community Health Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Director of Nursing
Christian Community Health Center – Chicago, IL Summary
Responsible for managing and supervising all aspects of nursing/clinical support operations, including ensuring quality patient care and regulatory compliance. Key duties include managing staff through hiring, training, and scheduling; overseeing the development and implementation of policies and procedures; and acting as a liaison between the nursing staff, physicians, and administration. Qualifications
BS degree in Nursing. Current unrestricted IL RN License. At least 5 years professional nursing and clinical leadership experience; preferably in a community health clinic setting. Experience with Patient Centered Medical Home model and concepts preferred. Knowledge of and experience with EMR and Microsoft Office systems required. Proven understanding of clinical protocols, performance measures and patient health outcomes. Experience with community health center and federally qualified health center (FQHC) services/models strongly preferred. Strong organizational, administrative and time management skills. Strong verbal, computer and communication skills. Vehicle available for travel between clinic sites and external meetings. Responsibilities
Establishes and guides Quality Improvement teams to address priorities for improvement activities; works in partnership to oversee data collection for quality management, statistics and reports for evaluating Agency performance. Ensures the clinical department complies with all local, state and federal healthcare regulations and standards. Sets and tracks departmental goals and objectives. Leads quality improvement initiatives and ensures high-quality patient care. Develops, implements, and updates policies and procedures to improve operations and patient care. Oversees assigned staff to ensure efficient clinic workflow; streamlines workflow processes, scheduling and proper coverage and effectively oversees the management of CCHC’s clinics. Designs and manages continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives. Ensures that all guidelines, regulations and standards are followed. Works closely with the Director of Risk Management and Quality Services to implement and track clinical operational efficiency with PCMH & FTCA Standards. Supervises and mentors on‑site clinical support care staff, increasing coordination of care across departments, enhancing workflows for patient care coordination, enriching nurse education visits and improving standard of care and patient satisfaction. Collaborates with the Medical Director to integrate clinical disciplines and optimize all team members to meet quality improvement goals. Develops and implements care coordination in accordance with FQHC, PCMH, Blueprint for Health and ACO standards, values and models. Leads practice transformation and improvement efforts to meet ACO goals and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams in developing plans for achieving success in ACO quality metrics. Monitors nurses respond to triage calls in person or on the nurse phone line, directing them to emergency rooms (ERs), urgent care centers or to schedule patients to their physician during office hours. Develops a positive culture to promote continuous growth and staff development, establishes best practices and the education and support systems to sustain them. Provides supervision and mentorship to Medical Assistants, LPNs and RNs in our health centers; responsibilities include but are not limited to triage, rooming, medication prescription refill management, care coordination, immunizations, infection control, employee health, preventative health education and promotion. Champions quality improvement and innovation, encourages and leads QI projects, evaluates workflows, develops innovations and participates in data reviews and learning collaboratives. Conducts clinical supervision of LPNs and MAs; ensures quality services are provided to the community and overall compliance with the State of Illinois Nurse Practice Act. Manages and coordinates the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program and private stock, including overseeing, implementing, monitoring and ensuring compliance with requirements; conducts regular (weekly/monthly) internal audits; prepares for external audits; implements/coordinates staff training; ensures proper documentation; completes timely internal/external reporting; attends VFC external training sessions with identified clinical care team members. Participates in the monthly 340B work group. Performs other duties as assigned. Employee Benefits
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance Blue Cross Blue Shield Dental and Vision Insurance Supplemental Benefits Life Insurance (Provided by the company) Pay Range
Base pay range: $105,000.00/yr – $115,000.00/yr
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Christian Community Health Center – Chicago, IL Summary
Responsible for managing and supervising all aspects of nursing/clinical support operations, including ensuring quality patient care and regulatory compliance. Key duties include managing staff through hiring, training, and scheduling; overseeing the development and implementation of policies and procedures; and acting as a liaison between the nursing staff, physicians, and administration. Qualifications
BS degree in Nursing. Current unrestricted IL RN License. At least 5 years professional nursing and clinical leadership experience; preferably in a community health clinic setting. Experience with Patient Centered Medical Home model and concepts preferred. Knowledge of and experience with EMR and Microsoft Office systems required. Proven understanding of clinical protocols, performance measures and patient health outcomes. Experience with community health center and federally qualified health center (FQHC) services/models strongly preferred. Strong organizational, administrative and time management skills. Strong verbal, computer and communication skills. Vehicle available for travel between clinic sites and external meetings. Responsibilities
Establishes and guides Quality Improvement teams to address priorities for improvement activities; works in partnership to oversee data collection for quality management, statistics and reports for evaluating Agency performance. Ensures the clinical department complies with all local, state and federal healthcare regulations and standards. Sets and tracks departmental goals and objectives. Leads quality improvement initiatives and ensures high-quality patient care. Develops, implements, and updates policies and procedures to improve operations and patient care. Oversees assigned staff to ensure efficient clinic workflow; streamlines workflow processes, scheduling and proper coverage and effectively oversees the management of CCHC’s clinics. Designs and manages continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives. Ensures that all guidelines, regulations and standards are followed. Works closely with the Director of Risk Management and Quality Services to implement and track clinical operational efficiency with PCMH & FTCA Standards. Supervises and mentors on‑site clinical support care staff, increasing coordination of care across departments, enhancing workflows for patient care coordination, enriching nurse education visits and improving standard of care and patient satisfaction. Collaborates with the Medical Director to integrate clinical disciplines and optimize all team members to meet quality improvement goals. Develops and implements care coordination in accordance with FQHC, PCMH, Blueprint for Health and ACO standards, values and models. Leads practice transformation and improvement efforts to meet ACO goals and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams in developing plans for achieving success in ACO quality metrics. Monitors nurses respond to triage calls in person or on the nurse phone line, directing them to emergency rooms (ERs), urgent care centers or to schedule patients to their physician during office hours. Develops a positive culture to promote continuous growth and staff development, establishes best practices and the education and support systems to sustain them. Provides supervision and mentorship to Medical Assistants, LPNs and RNs in our health centers; responsibilities include but are not limited to triage, rooming, medication prescription refill management, care coordination, immunizations, infection control, employee health, preventative health education and promotion. Champions quality improvement and innovation, encourages and leads QI projects, evaluates workflows, develops innovations and participates in data reviews and learning collaboratives. Conducts clinical supervision of LPNs and MAs; ensures quality services are provided to the community and overall compliance with the State of Illinois Nurse Practice Act. Manages and coordinates the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program and private stock, including overseeing, implementing, monitoring and ensuring compliance with requirements; conducts regular (weekly/monthly) internal audits; prepares for external audits; implements/coordinates staff training; ensures proper documentation; completes timely internal/external reporting; attends VFC external training sessions with identified clinical care team members. Participates in the monthly 340B work group. Performs other duties as assigned. Employee Benefits
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance Blue Cross Blue Shield Dental and Vision Insurance Supplemental Benefits Life Insurance (Provided by the company) Pay Range
Base pay range: $105,000.00/yr – $115,000.00/yr
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