Nurse Manager RN (Brain Injury Services)

About the role

Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization providing community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Founded in 1977, Vinfen offers a comprehensive range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services across Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance in the hiring of staff (C.N.A.s, LPNs) appropriate to the position.
• Utilizes staff appropriately with the goal of optimizing effort and providing necessary medical/nursing care.
• Manages staff clinical performance.
• In conjunction with the PD, provides direction, training, and coaching; implements recognition and rewards programs; conducts performance planning and review sessions; provides guidance on career development.
• Responsible for counseling and corrective action programs, as necessary.
• Delegates care assignments with an understanding of staff roles, knowledge, and capabilities.
• Ensures that the intake of prospective persons served is completed in a timely and professional manner; arranges and performs intake procedures, conducts initial assessment of persons' served appropriateness for program.
• Provides ongoing comprehensive assessment, care planning, interventions, and coordination of care for individuals served.
• Provides supervision and direction to program staff regarding medical needs.
• Participates in various internal and external meetings regarding treatment/support planning.
• Provides outreach and creates environments in which family, friends, and established relationships of the person served can be fostered.
• Communicates with individuals and families in a manner that conveys respect, caring, and sensitivity.
• Provides problem resolution for staff and persons served.
• Fosters teamwork and leadership in work groups.
• Serves as preceptor, role model, and change agent.
• Responsible for the quality and timely completion of all clinical paperwork.
• Serves as a resource for program staff, family and friends of persons served, neighbors, public officials, and other providers.
• Manages adverse events (such as medication occurrences, and other critical medical incidents).
• Ensures program quality and achievement of goals and objectives, as well as managing quality improvements.
• Provides on-call backup and on-site support and intervention, when necessary.
• Stores, administers, documents, and disposes of medication for persons served consistent with Massachusetts Nursing Practice ACT and MAP requirements, funding source regulations, and Company policy.
• Ensures program compliance with Vinfen MAP protocols.
• Maintains and enhances staff’s knowledge of human services issues, trends, and techniques.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Nursing is required; BSN preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years' nursing experience in acute or chronic care setting.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Demonstrated theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing practice, leadership abilities, and effective communication skills required.
• Prioritization and multitasking skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of human services relative to current assignment.
• Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues.
• Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques.
• Knowledge and use of different communication and learning styles.
• Knowledge of organizational, strategic, participatory, collaborative skills.
• Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources.
• Knowledge of available equipment, therapies, and service providers.
• Knowledge of empowerment and self-advocacy techniques.
• Knowledge of formal and informal assessment practices.
• Knowledge of participatory planning techniques.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.
• Knowledge of decision-making processes and ability to communicate same.
• Ability to provide leadership and team management to staff.
• Ability to balance many competing priorities.
• Ability to make independent judgments and decisions.
• Ability to work in a professional and confidential capacity.
• Knowledge of personal computer applications and equipment.

Skills

• Knowledge of human services relative to current assignment.
• Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues.
• Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques.
• Knowledge and use of different communication and learning styles.
• Knowledge of organizational, strategic, participatory, collaborative skills.
• Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources.
• Knowledge of available equipment, therapies, and service providers.
• Knowledge of empowerment and self-advocacy techniques.
• Knowledge of formal and informal assessment practices.
• Knowledge of participatory planning techniques.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.
• Knowledge of decision-making processes and ability to communicate same.
• Ability to provide leadership and team management to staff.
• Ability to balance many competing priorities.
• Ability to make independent judgments and decisions.
• Ability to work in a professional and confidential capacity.
• Knowledge of personal computer applications and equipment.

Benefits

Vinfen offers a comprehensive and generous benefits package including:

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan.
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open to all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more.
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!).
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance.
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care).
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance.
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week): 15 days of Vacation per year, 11 Paid Holidays, 10 Sick Days per year, 3 Personal Days per year.
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs.
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
• Discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!

Pay

USD $95,448.00 - USD $95,448.00 /Yr.