Supervisory Nurse (Medical-Surgical) Inpatient

About the role

This position is located at the Zuni Comprehensive Community Center, Division of Nursing, Department of Medical‑Surgical (Inpatient), Zuni, New Mexico. It provides technical and administrative supervision to the inpatient nursing staff and delivers nursing care services. The incumbent reports to the Chief Nurse Executive. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

Responsibilities

• Serves as the nurse supervisor for the inpatient nursing unit and performs nursing care services.
• Supervises and manages nursing personnel, provides direction, instruction and training to staff, assigns work to nursing staff based on priorities.
• Implements employee performance evaluations, develops work improvement processes, schedules and approves leave requests.
• Gives advice, counsel or instruction to employees on work and administrative matters.
• Conducts meetings and conferences with subordinates.
• Hears and resolves informal employee complaints.
• Effects minor disciplinary measures and recommends more serious disciplinary action to higher management.
• Conducts interviews with nursing candidates.
• Evaluates nursing operations and services provided.
• Develops new unit policies and incorporates evidence‑based information into existing policies.
• Evaluates outcomes of unit programs and investigates problems, irregularities and violations of standards, taking appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensures nursing care is consistent with IHS standards, national standards of care and Joint Commission (JC) requirements.
• Serves as a resource to staff, interpreting philosophy, goals, standards, policies and procedures.
• Actively participates in nursing department decisions and objectives.
• Attends supervisor meetings.
• Prepares and submits reports and records required of the unit.
• Provides comprehensive clinical nursing care to patients of all ages, documenting all patient care in an electronic health record.

Requirements

• Selectee may be subject to a probationary period.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101‑630, requiring contact or control over Indian children; the agency must ensure that persons hired have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes.
• A one‑year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required upon selection/placement.
• IHS Selectees who work in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy related to vaccine‑preventable diseases; vaccine