Clinical Supervisor - Home Care
Childrens National Medical Center
- Landover, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
BSN (Required)Minimum Work Experience
5 years Nursing experience, (Required) And
3 years Pediatrics experience. (Required) And
1 year Experience as a Charge Nurse, Supervisor, or Management position. (Required)Required Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse in District of Columbia Upon Hire (Required)Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Current CPR or PALS certification. (Required)
Certification in Pediatric Nursing, Rehab Nursing and/or Nursing Administration preferred. (Preferred)Job Functions
- Reviews available patient information related to case, including discipline required, to determine home care needs. Assist in assigning and supervising appropriate clinicians to provide client care.
- Reviews and evaluates each patient's chart by reviewing the services provided by clinicians, holding conferences including 1:1 education staff, reviewing records, instructing and guiding clinicians to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality home care services.
- Reviews and assist in reviewing patient's clinical diagnoses, medications, procedures, clinical course or care and services and communicates with physicians as needed.
- Assist clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term therapeutic goals, in setting priorities, and in developing plans of care. Coordinates services with all disciplines.
- Attends case conference meetings with organization personnel to facilitate assessment and coordination of care for patients.
- Conducts quarterly record review and communicates findings and recommendations to Clinical Management.
- Assist in the orientation of new organization personnel.
- Assist Clinical Management in the planning, implementation and evaluation of in- services and continuing education programs.
- Assists in the formulation, revision, implementation, and evaluation of policies and procedures, as well as strategic goals and objectives.
- Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy. Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available and appropriately utilize.
- Complies with accepted professional standards and principles.
- Participates in public relation and community activities that promote the Organization's role as an effective member of the health care delivery system.
- Participates in credentialing and survey process.
- Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
- Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs with clinical staff change.
- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
- Reviews and/or assist in the development of a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventative, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
- Imitates appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures, strategies, interventions. Reviews, supervises or administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs. Provides health care instructions to the patient's staff as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
- Reviews, identifies and or communicates discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
- Acts as Case Manager Care coordination when assigned by Clinical Management and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care and service that are client family oriented.
- Functions as a part of high performance team, goal oriented, outcomes based.
- Assumes responsibility and accountable for assigned tasks and projects.
- Prepares clinical notes and updates for the payors, and primary physician when necessary and at least every 60 days.
- Always attends mandatory in-services and meetings or makes arrangements with the appropriate supervisor for satisfactory compliance.
- Maintains current knowledge in present areas of responsibility (i.e. attends ongoing educational programs).
- Other job duties:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Employee Excellence
All In
Action Oriented Supervisory Responsibilities
- The incumbent will be responsible for the general direction of staff members.
- Category I: Job usually involves contact with patients or patient specimens. Exposure to blood, body fluids, non-intact skin or tissue specimens, is possible.
- Level IV - Full Access Incumbents in this job may access any protected health information associated to a customer's needs, the service(s) rendered and the position's functions.
- This position operates in home and community environments.
- Medium Work: Lifting 50 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
- Shift varies. Travel is required.