<p>Join the Healing Center as our Manager of Nursing and make a lasting impact on patients and staff. You'll shape care through policies, training, and workflows while supporting your team with hiring, mentoring, and scheduling. Alongside direct patient care, you'll partner with the Dakota community to integrate cultural traditions and advocate for Native American patients. This is more than a leadership role-it's a chance to lead with purpose, and transform healing. Enjoy weekly pay, on-site clinics, and health benefits. Whatever your career goals may be, let SMSC help get you there!</p> <p>Job Overview: The Manager of Nursing at the Healing Center will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality healthcare to patients of our mental health and addictions residential treatment program, which will be dedicated to serving Native Americans from the four Dakota tribes in Minnesota. This position initially involves working with Health IT and existing outpatient nursing leadership to learn, develop, and train Healing Center clinical staff on facility-based documentation and workflows. Once the Healing Center is operational, the role will include overseeing nursing staff, coordinating/providing nursing care, and integrating traditional healing practices with evidence-based medical care to ensure a holistic approach to wellness.</p> <p>Create Lasting Change: The Impact You'll Have:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Leadership Duties:</p> </li><li> <p>Learn the existing EHR platform, work with existing resources in Health IT and Leadership to develop facility-based documentation, workflows, and training for patient care staff.</p> </li><li> <p>Create and maintain nursing specific policies, procedures and workflows for the Healing Center.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure adherence to clinical standards, policies, and procedures for the nursing service at the Healing Center to maintain regulatory and accreditation compliance.</p> </li><li> <p>Identify regular training and development opportunities for nursing and other clinical staff, including protocols for managing psychiatric and substance-related crises, de-escalation, and medical emergencies.</p> </li><li> <p>Manage nursing scheduling, ensure nursing supplies are adequate, and provide budgetary support.</p> </li><li> <p>Interviews, selects, hires and promotes employees, including training, development, performance management and building strong teams.</p> </li><li> <p>Patient Care Duties:</p> </li><li> <p>Coordinate and collaborate with the clinical team and other healthcare professionals to deliver comprehensive, trauma-informed care.</p> </li><li> <p>Conduct initial and ongoing nursing assessments on patients.</p> </li><li> <p>Administer medications, treatments, and other healthcare interventions as prescribed.</p> </li><li> <p>Conduct nursing groups for patients in the Healing Center.</p> </li><li> <p>Cultural Competence:</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure care is culturally aligned with the values, traditions, and needs of the Dakota community.</p> </li><li> <p>Work closely with tribal leaders, elders, and cultural advisors to integrate traditional healing practices.</p> </li><li> <p>Advocate for the health and well-being of Native American patients, recognizing the unique challenges they may face.</p> </li></ul> <p>Job Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>Licensure: Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Minnesota. </li><li>Certifications: BLS </li><li>Experience: Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience in mental health and addiction treatment, preferably in a residential or inpatient setting. </li><li>Cultural Competence: Strong understanding of and sensitivity to the cultural, spiritual, and healthcare needs of Native American communities, particularly the Dakota tribes. </li><li>Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) required; Master's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration preferred. </li><li>Skills: Demonstrated aptitude for EHR development in partnership with Health IT. Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment. </li><li>Other: Familiarity with traditional Native American healing practices and experience working in a tribal healthcare setting is highly desirable. </li><li>Capacity to handle and lift up to 30lbs. as needed. </li><li>Has the physical abilities to perform the required job duties with or without accommodations, including on feet 80% of time </li></ul> <p>Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities. Generous benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms, free uniform cleaning and tuition reimbursement.</p> <p>Who We Are: The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer at events. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org</p>