Registered Nurse (RN) Team Leader | Clinical Services | Home Care (Full-Time, Days)

About the role

This position leads and/or provides oversight to a team of clinicians and support staff in providing direct nursing services to patients. This role may include assisting in orientation of new staff, role modeling, co-visiting to evaluate or demonstrate clinical skills, participating in quality assurance activities, identifying in service needs, designing in-service programs to address identified needs and supervising staff.

Responsibilities

• Serves as resource person to agency staff in areas of clinical expertise and participates in development of special clinical programming as appropriate.
• Helps to drive the ongoing development of selected clinical staff through provision of assistance in case management or other clinical services.
• Participates in the identification, design and implementation of area in-service programs.
• Represents the agency at community meetings as appropriate.
• Oversees/guides staff in the provision and/or development of services to patients in addition to ensuring appropriate and accurate clinical documentation standards.
• Maintains high regard for member privacy in accordance with the corporate privacy policies and procedures.
• Manages and coordinates patient care, including clinically complex cases, in a manner which ensures the efficient and effective delivery of appropriate services and community supports.
• Plans, organizes and prioritizes care needs for an assigned caseload of patients to ensure their care needs are met and services are delivered according to plan of care.
• Supervises and evaluates care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses and/or home health aides in the performance of his/her patient care duties.
• Patient needs are prioritized; visits outside primary team assignment or geographical area may be required in order to meet patient need.

Requirements

• AAS in Nursing required; BSN preferred.
• Valid NYS RN license required.
• At least 1 year of experience as a RN in a certified home health agency or equivalent professional experience in a related capacity preferred.
• Demonstrate strong leadership/supervisory skills.
• Must demonstrate solid interpersonal, organizational and time management skills.
• Basic computer skills are necessary, including but not limited to the ability to navigate on a personal computer within a Windows based operating environment: the ability to access and create basic e-mail messages; and the ability to open, edit, and save basic electronic documents if necessary.
• Must have ability to travel.

Qualifications

• Education: AS: Nursing (Required)
• Licenses / Certifications: BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA), RN - Registered Nurse - New York State Education Department (NYSED)

Physical Requirements

• M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

Pay

$80,000.00 - $105,000.00