TITLE: Nurse Manager & Discharge Planning (Nurse Practioner)

REPORTS TO: Chief Executive Officer & Director of Nursing

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

The Nursing Manager is integral to the functioning and oversight of the clinical team and is also responsible for utilization review, quality assurance, and discharge planning. The incumbent should have solid clinical knowledge and best practices to help the agency define and refine a value-based culture in the clinical department, ensuring that team members comply with regulatory and ethical standards as they support the delivery of patient care.

The candidate must be proactive, passionate about creating and maximizing interdisciplinary relationships to support integrative care for clients, and capable of participating in and leading transformational activities in the nursing department. The candidate should be proficient in connecting with, coaching, and encouraging their team, positioning them for efficiency, productivity, and success.

RESPONSIBILITIES

General functions

Responsibilities specific to Discharge Planning include assessment, identification of specific needs, and social service intervention or referral. Awareness of services available to patients and their families is an important part of this assessment. Determining patient needs on the basis of diagnosis; prognosis and social support system/person information is included in the initial assessment process. Upon individual recognition and staff referral, the discharge planner will contact the appropriate agency to meet the patient's social and emotional needs.

Provides feedback to the CEO and Director of Nursing on trends occurring in clinical documentation, including difficulties with completing documentation, timeliness of clinical documentation and nursing visits, and any issues relating to the compliance of nursing documentation and service delivery.
Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities under the supervision of the Director of Nursing and ensures that recommended improvements and post-audit corrective action plans are implemented.
Establishes and ensures implementation and completion of any/all corrective action plans for individual client cases as necessary.
Provide oversight over charts and preside over client case conferences as required.
Conducts internal chart audits as a monitoring tool to ensure the appropriate documentation by all staff per Agency procedures and all external mandates.
Participate in the Nursing Quality Oversight Committee to assist in identifying issues, corrective actions, and implementing recommendations to improve the quality of the Nursing department function.
Reviews and modifies Nurse Incident Reporting.
Supports On-Call Nursing coverage when needed.
Supports Client field visits for Supervisions and Assesments when needed.
Other duties as assigned by the Director of Nursing and Chief Executive Officer

Job Types: Full-time

Salary: $95,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
Dental Insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Medical specialties:

Geriatrics
Home Health
Schedule:

COVID-19 considerations:

Ability to commute/relocate:

Brooklyn, NY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Education:

Masters (Required)
Experience:

Home care: 5 years (Required)
Language

Spanish, Creole, Russian (Preferred)
License/Certification:

Nurse PR actioner

Work Location: In person

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

Brooklyn, NY 11206: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

CABS Health Network

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