At the direction of the Associate Medical Director, the Medical Manager provides supervision, direction, and leadership to nursing staff as well as oversees and supports day-to-day operations of the Medical department, including patient triage and nursing care.

• Supervises the nursing staff in accordance with the Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic (SYTHC) organization’s policies, practice guidelines, and applicable laws.
• Ensures and communicates policies and procedures concerning OSHA, CLIA, AAAHC, and all other staff and patient safety issues.
• Ensures adequate staffing levels for the nursing staff.
• Approves timesheets, time off requests, and vacation for supervised nursing staff. Coordinates staff schedules in relation to patient care needs, in a timely and efficient manner.
• Hires, trains, develops, empowers, coaches, counsels, and conducts performance, resolves problems, provides open communication vehicles, disciplines, and recommends terminations as appropriate for nursing staff.
• Supervises the running of medical services, soliciting input from the medical department staff and the front office staff, in order to ensure patient satisfaction and efficient clinic flow.
• Orders and maintains the Medical department’s supply inventory and equipment in accordance with Medical Director’s annual budgeted allowance.
• Maintains working knowledge of all programs that are provided by the Medical Department, such as CHDP/Patient Assistance Program, Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Family PACT, Every Women Counts, VFC, etc.
• Maintains overall understanding of NextGen as it relates to the medical department.
• Participates as an active member of the Quality Improvement Committee,
• Participates in necessary team clinic meetings.
• Builds a work environment that promotes teamwork, partnership, recognition, mutual respect, collaboration, performance feedback/management, and Team Member satisfaction while role modeling the company values, behaviors, and culture of One.Team.Chumash.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or in a related field.
• Registered Nurses license valid in California.
• Current and valid CPR certification.
• Five years of experience in the medical field with progressive responsibility.
• Intermediate computer proficiency utilizing Microsoft applications, email, and internet.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret program forms, grants, and documents.
• Native American hiring preference applies.
• Organizational Awareness: Having and using knowledge of systems, situations, procedures, and culture inside the organization to identify potential problems and opportunities; perceiving the impact and the implications of decisions on other components of the organization.
• Leadership: Achieving results through people by successful objective setting, performance review, motivation, delegation, teambuilding, commitment gains, and empowerment.
• Technical Expertise and Usage: Acquiring and applying technical and functional knowledge in a technological area of specialty.
• Written Communication: Expressing ideas and opinions clearly in properly structured, well organized, and grammatically correct reports or documents; utilizing language and terminology that is understandable for the reader.
• Oral Communication: Shaping and expressing ideas and information in an effective manner.