Site Manager - Registered Nurse - Full Time

Essential Functions

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Reports directly to and meets with the Regional Nurse Manager or Director Medical Operations, and prepares reports as requested.
• Maintains a professional attitude.
• Maintains a good working relationship with correctional personnel, nursing staff, contracted providers, outside provider agencies and corporate office staff.
• Utilizes established corporate and correctional policies and procedures in making decisions but uses sound independent judgment in meeting responsibilities and performing duties of the position.
• Develops, revises, interprets, and ensures compliance with policies, procedures, aims, and philosophy of ACH and the assigned correctional facility.
• Hires, transfers, lays-off and recalls associates as staffing needs require.
• Counsels, disciplines, suspends, and/or terminates associates who violate policies established by ACH or the facility.
• Completes a yearly written evaluation on all directly supervised staff, a 30 day and a three (3) month evaluation on nursing associates who are under direct supervision.
• Ensures adequate staffing at facility.
• Fills in as needed during periods of short staffing.
• Ensures appropriate licensure on nursing and certified medical personnel, i.e., nurses, CMAs dental assistants, etc.
• Audits payroll, professional time sheets of nursing personnel, reports hours and reviews use of overtime.
• Oversees services rendered by contractors and professional staff and reports to the contractors’ supervisor as indicated.
• Supplies written job descriptions to nursing staff.
• Maintains absolute security of all medical records.
• Audits medical files to ensure that all provided services are documented using the SOAP format.
• Screens requests for records and seeks approval/disapproval from jail administration; then responds appropriately.
• Reviews, processes, and responds to records requests as directed by ACH attorneys.
• Reviews status of inmates with serious health problems ensuring necessary intervention and treatment is completed.
• Makes referrals to outside consultants for necessity of referral and communicates with jail administration for security restrictions or concerns.
• Monitors the provision of contractual medical services, i.e., radiology, lab, etc.
• Regularly evaluates the provision of medical services to prevent the inappropriate use/duplication of those services.
• Aids jail administration and ACH billing department to identify financial responsibility (inmate, correctional, ACH, insurance company, etc.) for all incurred expenses.
• Closely monitors potential catastrophic illnesses; explores and utilizes all appropriate means of limiting both ACH and corrections’ liabilities, if appropriate.
• Evaluates and recommends methods of improving operation efficiency and effectiveness.
• Makes sure staff comply with applicable pharmacy regulations, including those covering controlled substances.
• Seeks ACH approval for necessary supplies not on the routine supply list.
• Makes sure physical safety requirements are met to ensure a safe working environment.
• Makes sure an in-service program is suitable to the facility health care program when able to do so on-site.
• Makes sure to meet with designated jail administration on a monthly or as needed basis.
• Makes sure to meet with contracted agencies and jail administration as directed by the Regional Nurse Manager or Director of Medical Operations.
• Functions as liaison between ACH and other professional organizations.
• Makes sure to confirm the provision of commitments and services made to or by ACH.
• Makes sure to accept on-call status.

Qualifications

• Active nursing license in the state in which services are to be provided, in good standing.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Knowledge of the nursing scope of practice.