The Associate Supervisory Nurse serves in the Medical Surgical Department at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico. The position provides nursing leadership and oversight through administrative coordination, staff education, clinical supervision, and promotion of safe, effective, high-quality patient care across medical, surgical, and specialty services. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).
Supervisory Responsibilities: Ensures professional nursing practice aligns with ethical standards, policies, protocols, and patient-centered care principles while maintaining confidentiality and addressing physical, emotional, spiritual, and sociocultural needs. Coordinates and supervises nursing services, staffing, resource utilization, and patient care operations to ensure quality outcomes, effective employee utilization, and compliance with organizational objectives.
Investigates and resolves complex patient-care issues, manages crisis situations, communicates effectively during challenging or disciplinary situations, and advocates for patients while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and the community.
Administrative Responsibilities: Supervises staff and support personnel, coordinates scheduling and leave, evaluates performance, addresses employee concerns and disciplinary matters, implements personnel and training procedures, and communicates management policies, career development opportunities, and workplace expectations.
Non-Supervisory Nursing Assignments: Reviews and updates policies, procedures, and standards using evidence-based practice; ensures accurate documentation, safe equipment operation, quality improvement, and compliance while collaborating with nursing, medical, and administrative teams.
Provides comprehensive nursing care to patients of all ages with complex conditions, using the nursing process, sound clinical judgment, medication and treatment administration, emergency interventions, appropriate delegation, and timely communication of patient changes or concerns. Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Registered Nurse Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)
This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
dori.sombrero@ihs.gov · 928-697-4391
This position is with Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $98244 – $127725/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-22.
This position is open under the 'Native' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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