Nurse Manager Outpatient, Pediatrics (Foley) *SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE*

Primary Job Functions

• Direct nursing operations for all assigned CCBHC, FQHC, outpatient, pediatric, and substance use programs.
• Provide leadership that promotes quality, safety, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement nursing goals, policies, procedures, and evidence-based practices aligned with organizational priorities.
• Lead nursing initiatives, operational improvements, and program development activities.
• Participate in strategic planning, organizational committees, and leadership initiatives.

Nursing Administration

• Recruit, hire, supervise, coach, and evaluate nursing staff.
• Ensure staff maintain required licensure, certifications, competencies, and continuing education.
• Cook up staffing schedules, clinic coverage, productivity, and workforce development.
• Foster employee engagement and mentor future nursing leaders.

Nursing Operations

• Oversee daily nursing operations to ensure efficient, high-quality patient care.
• Standardize nursing workflows and clinical protocols across assigned clinics.
• Provide oversight of nursing assessments, medication administration, immunizations, laboratory services, triage, nurse visits, care coordination, patient education, chronic disease management, crisis intervention, emergency response, and behavioral health nursing services.
• Provide direct clinical care when operational needs require.
• Collaborate with medical, behavioral health, pharmacy, quality, compliance, and administrative teams to improve patient outcomes and integrated care delivery.

Quality & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all applicable CCBHC, FQHC, HRSA, Joint Commission, Alabama Board of Nursing, OSHA, HIPAA, CDC, Vaccines for Children (VFC), and organizational standards.
• Monitor quality measures, patient safety, infection prevention, medication management, and documentation standards.
• Lead preparation for audits, accreditation surveys, and regulatory reviews while implementing corrective action plans as needed.

Clinic & Resource Management

• Oversee clinic workflows, medical equipment, inventory, supplies, medications, and vaccine management.
• Aid with departmental budgeting, purchasing, staffing resources, and operational efficiency.
• Support implementation of new services, grants, and clinical initiatives.

Collaboration & Patient Care

• Promote integrated behavioral health and primary care through interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment planning and care coordination.
• Maintain professional nursing standards while providing compassionate, respectful, and culturally competent care to patients and families.

Risk Management

• Promote a culture of patient safety through incident review, infection prevention, emergency preparedness, and risk mitigation activities.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures that maintain a safe clinical environment.