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Clinical Nursing Supervisor Openings
WILLCARE, a successful regional leader in the home health care industry, currently has a job opening for Clinical Nursing Supervisors in our Buffalo NY and Wellsville NY Certified Home Health Agencies. In business for over 25 years, WILLCARE operates Certified/Medicare, Long Term Care, Licensed/Private Duty, as well as non-medical services and supplemental staffing agencies. We provide qualified skilled and non-skilled services focusing on preventative, rehabilitative and therapeutic care to our clients in all applicable settings. We have branch offices in Western NY, Hudson Valley NY, Connecticut, and Ohio.
Job Title: Clinical Supervisor
Job Locations: Buffalo NY, Wellsville NY
Job Department: Certified - Clinical Supervision
Status: Full Time (Buffalo NY), TBD (Wellsville NY)
CLINICAL NURSING SUPERVISOR JOB SUMMARY
Assumes responsibility for and is accountable for the 24 hour delivery of care consistent with the philosophy, goals, policies and procedures of the Agency. Utilizes principles of management and the nursing process to achieve optimal care. Primary functions are to supervise, instruct and guide nursing and auxiliary personnel improving high quality nursing services.
CLINICAL NURSING SUPERVISOR ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Plans, develops, facilitates and evaluates the implementation of multidisciplinary service that consists of skilled nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, SLP, Medical Social Work and Home Health Aide in patient’s homes.
- Provides leadership and professional supervision to multidisciplinary groups, in particular, skilled nursing.
- Assigns, supervises, guides and instructs professional staff in providing high quality services including accurate documentation and participation in patient case conference meetings based on educational preparedness and clinical competence.
- Ensures coordination of Agency Nursing services with other services, both internal and external.
- Determines staffing necessary to accomplish stated objectives.
- Responsible for recruiting, hiring, directing, supervising and terminating staff.
- Makes recommendations to other disciplines in relation to applicable patient care concepts.
- Integrates the work efforts and goals of professional staff with other team members.
- Assists the Director of Patient Services in the development and/or revision of job descriptions, Agency policy and procedures and competency programs.
- Assists in planning and developing, along with other disciplines, those communication and coordination mechanisms which will further the delivery of health services to patients.
- Prepares reports as necessary for Administrative purposes.
- Reviews and evaluates reports and records of the professional staff to ensure clinical compliance.
- Coordinates accurate and timely submission of all documentation to ensure timely billing.
- Reviews discrepancies on timecard submissions and gives verification / authorization as justified. Completes this task in appropriate time frame.
- Plans and implements in-service education programs as needs are identified.
- Reviews finding of the Clinical Record Review and other committees with professional staff.
- Holds supervisory patient conferences with staff to discuss revisions of patient care plans or goals.
- Communicates on a regular basis, both orally and in writing, to professional staff, patients, families, case managers, administrators, physicians and others as appropriate.
- Performs on-going review of clinical records of new, active and discharged patients.
- Coordinates the assignments of cases based on educational preparedness and clinical competence. Follow up with professional staff regarding difficult to place cases.
- Assists with the orienting of new nursing staff.
- Assures Nursing Department participation in Agency committees for the purposes of planning, problem-solving and providing interagency coordination of services.
- Conducts in-home visits with nurses to direct, demonstrate and evaluate delivery of patient care. Provides direct administrative and clinical supervision.
- Provides formal and informal clinical consultation and professional guidance on Agency policies and procedures through individual case review and team conferences.
- Serves as a liaison between Agency and contracted providers, and other health and social service agencies.
- Assists in coordinating for evening, night and weekend nursing coverage.
- Accepts on-call responsibilities as per on-call schedule.
- Demonstrates mastery of State regulations and Medicare standards.
- Participates in PI initiatives and spearheads PI projects as directed by the Director of Patient Services.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or a health or human services field and two years’ experience in home care; or the following combination of education, experience and/or training: four years’ experience in home care; and six credit hours, or the equivalent, of education/training in public health and principles of management.
- Current license/registration by state of hire as a Registered Nurse
- BLS certification strongly recommended
- Specific specialty experience may be required for certain populations/areas.
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