Associate Nursing Director

Department: University Life

Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On-Site Required

Salary: Salary starts low 100k commensurate with education and experience

Restricted: No

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Works with Minors check: Yes

About the Department:

Student Health Services (SHS) provides health care services at George Mason University. SHS provides primary care services and health promotion to eligible students at Mason, including but not limited to initial and follow-up assessment, history taking, physical exam of patients, utilization of differential diagnosis, appropriate interventions, consultations and referrals as indicated, and basic emergency treatment and stabilization. Staff provides services to faculty, staff, and visitors on an as-needed basis. SHS operates its main clinic on the Mason Fairfax Campus and smaller clinics on the Mason Square (Arlington) and SciTech Campuses (Prince William).

About the Position:

The Associate Nursing Director provides supervision and leadership to the nursing team at SHS, oversight to clinical operations at all SHS clinics, clinical oversight to the immunization compliance process, and serves with Executive Director and other Associate Directors on the SHS Leadership team to provide clinical care to patients as needed. Provide leadership to SHS when Exec Director and Associate Medical Director are unavailable.

Responsibilities:

• Provides supervision and leadership to the nursing team and clinical oversight to the immunization compliance process;
• Develops policies, procedures, and practice guidelines encompassing evidence-based care for core nursing skills, case management, and nurse triage;
• Develops and maintains the nursing section of the AAAHC accreditation manual for SHS accreditation;
• Provides oversight to clinical operations at all SHS clinics;
• Maintains an in-person presence in the Fairfax clinic to oversee clinical flow, service recovery, and patient experience;
• Works closely with key members of SHS operations team including Lead Nurse, Office Manager, Associate Admin Director, and Associate Medical Director to ensure adequate staffing to volume ratios and exceptional clinical care and safety;
• Provides clinical care for students as needed to support staffing;
• Serves with Exec Director and other Associate Directors on the SHS Leadership team developing and implementing SHS goals that enhance student health and well-being and align with the University's strategic direction;
• Provides leadership to SHS when Exec. director and Associate Medical Director are unavailable;
• Supports procedures that expedite immunization compliance verification while adhering to University regulations and Virginia State code;
• Supports workflows that encourage timely immunization compliance verification and excellent student experience;
• Coordinates clinical education for the nursing team, medical assistants, and immunization team;
• Leads weekly clinical team meetings;
• Participates in University-wide and UL events representing SHS; and
• Coordinates the clinical preceptorship program between SHS and George Mason Nursing School.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in related field;
• Demonstrated experience typically obtained in 2+ years in nursing clinical experience post-training;
• Experience nursing in an ambulatory healthcare setting;
• Ability to provide ambulatory nursing care to college students;
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills;
• VA RN license or valid Multi-state license at time of hire; and
• Healthcare BLS certification required, or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience typically obtained in 5+ years in nursing experience post-training;
• Nursing experience typically obtained in 1 year in an ambulatory healthcare setting in a college health setting;
• Demonstrated nursing experience with a multidisciplinary team that includes behavioral health services;
• Demonstrated experience typically obtained in 2 years in a leadership/oversight role;
• Demonstrated ability to supervise nurses;
• Demonstrated ability to oversee clinical operations in an ambulatory health center; and
• Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze data to make data based decisions.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Associate Nursing Director at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent and Resume for review.

Posting Open Date: October 2, 2024

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  October 16, 2024

Open Until Filled:  Yes