Registered Nurse (RN) Team Leader Clinical Services - Home Care (Part-Time, Weekends)

RN, Team Leader

This position leads and/or provides oversight to a team of clinicians and support staff in providing direct nursing services to patients. This role may include assisting in orientation of new staff, role modeling, co-visiting to evaluate or demonstrate clinical skills, participating in quality assurance activities, identifying in service needs, designing in-service programs to address identified needs and supervising staff.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that referrals for services are appropriately assigned in a timely manner.
• Leading the orientation of new staff by conducting orientation classes, providing observation and co-visits, and assisting with case management as appropriate.
• Serving as resource person to agency staff in areas of clinical expertise and participating in development of special clinical programming as appropriate.
• Helping to drive the ongoing development of selected clinical staff through provision of assistance in case management or other clinical services.
• Participating in the identification, design and implementation of area in-service programs.
• Practicing according to Agency and community standards.
• Representing the agency at community meetings as appropriate.
• Overseeing/guiding staff in the provision and/or development of services to patients in addition to ensuring appropriate and accurate clinical documentation standards.
• Monitoring and evaluating individual staff performance.
• Consistently demonstrating high standards of integrity by supporting the Rochester Regional Health mission and values and adhering to the Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Maintaining high regard for member privacy in accordance with the corporate privacy policies and procedures.
• Maintaining knowledge of all relevant legislative and regulatory mandates and ensuring that all activities are in compliance with these requirements.
• Conducting periodic staff meetings to include timely distribution and education related to departmental and Ethics/Compliance information.
• With training provided, must demonstrate the ability to learn and utilize new systems, computer applications and operating environments as necessary.
• Regular and reliable attendance is expected and required.
• Performing other functions as assigned by management.
• Managing and coordinating patient care, including clinically complex cases, in a manner which ensures the efficient and effective delivery of appropriate services and community supports.
• Planning, organizing and prioritizing care needs for an assigned caseload of patients to ensure their care needs are met and services are delivered according to plan of care.
• Supervising and evaluating care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses and/or home health aides in the performance of his/her patient care duties.
• Patient needs are prioritized; visits outside primary team assignment or geographical area may be required in order to meet patient need.

Required qualifications include:

• AAS in Nursing required; BSN preferred.
• Valid NYS RN license required

Preferred qualifications include:

• At least 1 year of experience as a RN in a certified home health agency or equivalent professional experience in a related capacity preferred.
• Knowledge of current community health nursing practices
• Demonstrate strong leadership/supervisory skills.
• Must demonstrate solid interpersonal, organizational and time management skills.
• Basic computer skills are necessary, including but not limited to the ability to navigate on a personal computer within a Windows based operating environment: the ability to access and create basic e-mail messages; and the ability to open, edit, and save basic electronic documents if necessary.
• Must have ability to travel.

Physical requirements include:

M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

Pay range: $80,000.00 - $105,000.00

Location: Rochester