LPN Manager - full-time - 1 shift - Mon-Fri

Essential Responsibilities

• Maintains working relationships with primary and specialty care providers including inpatient facilities.
• Makes sure primary care performance is monitored and reported, ensuring outcomes and deliverables are met and leading to improvement efforts.
• Supervises agency medical assistants.
• Participates in Monthly Nursing Meetings with all agency nursing staff to provide feedback and guidance on agency needs.
• Organizes and facilitates agency medical clinics (Flu Clinic, PPD Clinic, wellness activities).
• Provides nurse care management services to a caseload of clients as required, particularly in situations involving staff vacancies and vacations.
• Conducts medical/health/wellness assessments on clients to identify health care needs; develops health care goals/objectives as part of the treatment plan.
• Works with clinicians to develop initial treatment plans and ensure achievement of health/wellness goals and objectives for AOP clients.
• Consults with BHH Specialists and other agency case managers about identified health conditions.
• Collaborates with case managers to coordinate care with medical providers, health care agencies, specialty providers and hospitals for admission and discharge.
• Trains clients and staff on medical diseases, treatments, and medications, as needed.
• Conducts medication reconciliation between psychotropic and medical medications, particularly after patient hospitalizations.
• Attends and provides consultation at team meetings.
• Facilitates the ordering of toxicology collection supplies (POC cups, Oral Swabs, Test strips) for the organization.
• Liaises with key laboratory contacts at Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp as well as onsite medical providers and Community Health Center.

Target Outcomes

• Improves primary care performance through monitoring and reporting.
• Enhances collaboration among internal and external healthcare providers.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory guidelines via CLIA Waiver for specimen collection.
• Supports the development and delivery of wellness, health promotion, and health education initiatives.
• Improves overall health and wellness of clients through care management services.
• Facilitates effective communication and coordination among various healthcare stakeholders.