Nurse Manager

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Education: 

Current Iowa Registered Nurse License
BSN or equivalent preferred.
Certified Registered Nurse Hospice designation preferred

Experience:

Minimum of five (5) years in acute care, long term care, home health, care of terminal patients and/or others with life limiting illness or hospice experience

Performance:

• Ability to plan, organize and utilize teaching principles in working with patients, families and other community resources.
• Ability to market and deal tactfully with customers and the community.
• Demonstrate ability to supervise and direct nursing personnel.
• Has excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of hospice care regulations and conditions of participation.
• Demonstrate ability to execute an effective, supportive, sensitive approach in response to the needs patient, family and staff.
• Ability to represent the organization professionally upholding the mission and values.
• Demonstrate ability to manage all aspects of terminal care including death, crisis intervention, family and patient counseling and supportive skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assures compliance with all federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding licensure and certification.
• Provides management of the day to day operations of patient care and services.
• Provides consultation to admissions/referral nurse regarding referred patients regarding eligibility, payment source or other concerns. Consults with attending physician and other healthcare providers as needed
• Assists with admissions and referrals as needed.
• Oversees supervision of staff, performs performance evaluations and assures staff maintain professional standards according to policy.
• Maintains responsibility for supervised staff schedules.
• Develops, implements and evaluates the orientation program for new nursing personnel.
• Plans and implements in-service and continuing education programs to meet education and training needs of nursing personnel.
• Audits inpatient charts for appropriate assessments and charting.
• Organizes and directs staff meetings
• Provides and/or participates in education in-services.
• Monitor room and board payments and collect accordingly.
• Monitor insurance source and obtain authorizations and update insurance information as needed.
• Orders supplies for Iowa River Hospice and assign staff to monitor supply quantities.
• Manages Hospice Aides yearly competencies and report to state agency bi-yearly.
• Participate in the hiring, orientation, evaluation and termination of staff.
• Supervises the planning, coordination and delivery of the Inter Disciplinary Team (IDT) interventions.
• Implements and monitors compliance in coordination with the Quality Improvement Coordinator
• Supervises the maintenance of medical records accuracy, completeness and compliance with licensing regulations, certification standards, conditions of participation and legal and ethical standards.
• Oversees supervision of staff and performs performance evaluations
• Maintains responsibility for supervised staff work hours and on-call schedule. Assist with call rotation in case of an emergency.
• Participate and provide leadership on the IDT meetings, the development, review and revision of the patient/family plan of care and delivery of team support.
• All other duties as assigned.