Nurse Manager

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Surprise, AZ, US

Location
:
Surprise, AZ

Full-Time/Part-Time
:
Full-time

FLSA Status
:
Non-Exempt/Hourly

Travel Requirement
:
No

Teleworking
:
No

Pay
: $67.80/hr. ($62.71/hr. base rate + $5.09 H&W)

* Pay rates listed reflect the full rate for this position, including both the base pay and health and welfare benefits in accordance with applicable requirements. Pay is based on numerous factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

* Note:

We are currently building a pipeline for this role, with an expected start date of later this year

Position Overview:In this role, you will oversee the administration, coordination, supervision, and evaluation of nursing services within a GWFS operated government detention facility while ensuring residents receive safe, ethical, evidence-based, culturally competent, and legally compliant healthcare services in accordance with government detention standards and policies, ACA standards, federal regulations, state Nurse Practice Acts, and accepted correctional nursing practices. You will provide clinical leadership for nursing operations, emergency response, chronic care services, infection prevention, intake screening, and ambulatory healthcare programs while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams, detention leadership, and outside agencies.

This position requires strong clinical leadership, sound judgment, professionalism, and the ability to manage complex healthcare operations within a secure correctional environment while maintaining nursing independence from custody and security functions.

• Direct, supervise, and evaluate nursing operations within government detention and staging facilities while ensuring healthcare services comply with government standards, ACA standards, government policies, PREA requirements, CDC guidance, and applicable federal and state regulations.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Director (CD), Health Services Administrator (HSA), behavioral health personnel, and multidisciplinary healthcare teams to develop, implement, and evaluate patient care programs and nursing practice standards.
• Provide clinical leadership for medical, mental health, emergency response, chronic care, intake screening, infection prevention, ambulatory care, and resident wellness services throughout the facility.
• Monitor nursing documentation, medication administration activities, clinical outcomes, infection prevention measures, quality improvement indicators, and resident healthcare services to ensure operational compliance and patient safety.
• Participate in mortality reviews, root cause analyses, peer reviews, quality management initiatives, performance improvement programs, and healthcare operational assessments.
• Assist with accreditation activities, audits, inspections, corrective action plans, compliance monitoring, and implementation of operational improvements related to healthcare services and nursing operations.
• Supervise nursing personnel while providing leadership, coaching, mentoring, scheduling oversight, performance management, orientation, annual training coordination, and competency validation activities.
• Coordinate staff education and operational training related to correctional nursing, suicide prevention, PREA compliance, emergency response, infection prevention, chronic disease management, and resident special needs populations.
• Oversee intake screenings, triage services, sick call operations, emergency medical response, chronic care clinics, specialty referrals, hospitalizations, discharge planning, and continuity of care activities.
• Ensure timely identification, monitoring, and management of residents with mental health conditions, communicable diseases, disabilities, pregnancy-related conditions, substance withdrawal concerns, suicide risks, and other special medical needs.
• Participate in emergency preparedness planning, mass casualty response activities, and operational readiness initiatives while ensuring nursing staff maintain competency in CPR, emergency protocols, and emergency equipment use.
• Maintain professionalism, cultural competence, ethical nursing practices, strong communication, sound clinical judgment, and operational leadership while supporting safe, compliant, and efficient healthcare operations within the detention facility.

• Must possess a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Must possess a current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in Arizona.
• Must possess a minimum of six (6) years of professional nursing experience.
• Must possess a minimum of two (2) years of supervisory nursing experience.
• Must possess a current CPR/BLS certification and maintain any professional credentials/certification…