Nursing Manager

Health Services Coordinator

This is the sixth of seven levels in the Health Series. Incumbents coordinate and administer health services for assigned populations. Responsibilities may include administering medications, first aid, medical tests and vaccines; scheduling medical tests and procedures; maintaining records and reports; educating patients and staff on health-related topics; ordering supplies; completing reports; and ensuring compliance with applicable standards, rules and regulations. Incumbents report to medical management team.

Examples Of Duties

• Direct medical care of patients, ranging from simple to complex, which includes providing emergency first aid, treating illnesses and injuries, administering vaccines, scheduling medical tests and procedures, performing urine screens, and dispensing medications within assigned medical facility.
• Supervise the delivery of medical and mental health care.
• Ensure that all medication rounds are conducted within the designated facility as assigned and all sick call slips are picked up and addressed promptly.
• Maintain accurate medical records in compliance with HIPAA and correctional health standards.
• Ensure compliance with standard nursing practices, correctional health protocols, and state/federal regulations.
• Management of nursing practices, nursing education, staff professional development, and nurse administration.
• Promote the delivery of quality healthcare services, in collaboration with the Medical Director and Nurse Practitioner to ensure the patients' medical needs are addressed.
• Direct, assign, and supervise the work of nursing staff, including overseeing staff scheduling to ensure adequate 24/7 coverage.
• Prepare, file and/or retrieve a variety of records, reports, and/or related documentation including patient information, paperwork, court papers, certifications, and/or other related documents.

Supervisory responsibilities include maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Requirements

Education and experience: Bachelor's degree in Nursing or medically related field and five years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

Licensing requirements: Valid Driver's License as per State law or requirement License in Nursing

Qualifications: To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge: Demonstrate nursing leadership and supervisory skills. Nursing principles and practices. Medical terminology. Medical treatment protocols and practices. Medications. Illnesses and diseases. Training principles and practices. Ability to train nurses in the proper procedures. Good communication skills. The ability to deal effectively with nurses, patients, staff, doctors, pharmacists. Comprehend, interpret, and administer policy. Institute and maintain a professional atmosphere in a medical facility. Recordkeeping principles. Inventory management principles.

Skills: Maintaining confidentiality. Significant problem-solving skills. Providing health care services. Starting I.V.s and administering I.V. fluids and/or medications under supervision of Medical Director or Nurse Practitioner. Performing injections. Administering first aid. Preparing medical case files and histories. Assessing injuries and illnesses. Scheduling and performing medical testing. Using computers and related software applications. Filing and maintaining records. Preparing reports. Providing customer service. Facilitating workshops and training sessions. Speaking in public. Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Supplemental Information

Physical requirements: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Positions in this class typically require reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Incumbents may be subjected to blood and other bodily fluids.

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The employee is regularly exposed to blood borne pathogens. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Uniform: An employee in this position will be supplied with a uniform, provided by the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury. The employee is responsible for abiding by the Police Jury's Uniform Agreement.

Note: The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department.