Nurse Manager

Overview

The Nurse Manager provides, oversees and ensures normalized, therapeutic and preventative nursing and health/psychiatric care to individuals in the Community Living Arrangement (CLA) 6400 and the Life Sharing (6500) programs at Brian’s House Inc. The position requires that the nurse embody nursing leadership, direct care and executive roles as well as assesses and oversee the need for nursing interventions and the development of health management needs for the individuals served.

The Nurse Manager will work with the nursing staff, the Brian’s House Inc. interdisciplinary team and community providers to ensure that the optimum quality of care is delivered.

Responsible for the health/psychiatric care management of individuals includes the assurance of corporate compliance with the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing Professional Nurse Act, Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Program 6400 and 6500 regulations, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, American Disabilities Act (ADA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Insurance and Portability Act (HIPAA), applicable county health departments and Brian’s House Incorporated policies and procedures.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to areas of: human resources, ensuring individual health/psychiatric standard of care, finances, vendor contracts and relationships as well as aligning nursing’s interests and resources with organizational goals and regulatory requirements and administrative duties.

• Accountable for hiring, directing, supervising, evaluating, terminating, counseling, and staff development of a team of Medical Administrative Assistants and Program Nurses
• Responsible for direction, supervision and evaluation of individual care performed by nursing personnel
• Counsel and evaluate all nursing personnel for optimum performance
• Implementation of disciplinary policy for assigned employees with Human Resources
• Practice by mentoring, encouraging, supporting, coaching and by engaging teamwork, collaboration and communication with all nursing staff
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation

• Devise training material and train individuals, direct care and professional staff
• Ensure and oversee all professional staff required nursing training requirements
• Schedule and lead routine nursing and department meetings
• Oversee scheduling of nursing to include coverage at all times, including holidays and on call coverage
• Attend or ensure nursing attendance at pertinent health appointments, evaluations and ISPs (upon request)
• Promoting and scheduling the professional development of all team members
• Payroll, review and approval of recorded hours worked for all assigned employees

• Oversee and ensure that the nursing team upholds the highest level of standard of care
• Ensure quality and safety improvement measures
• Ensure that care delivered is individually focused
• Advocate for individuals and constantly work to provide improved care and anticipate the health care needs of individuals served
• Understand and ensure individual and family centered care, while upholding regulatory as well as federal/local government requirements and Brian’s House Inc. policies and procedures
• Acting point of contact between individuals, families, providers, and the health care team in addressing and preventing concerns
• Proficient knowledge of professional and regulatory guidelines that govern patient care
• Ensure that all team members are educated on such standards of care, regulations, policies and procedures
• Continual assessment of compliance of such standards and expectations
• Hospital and Nursing Home Liaison
• Promote and restore individual’s health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of care
• Direct and develop nursing staff by offering advice, responding to health/clinical related questions and problem solving on an individual as well as in organizational situations
• Directing plans for data collected and reporting by team including but not limited to LPN staff
• Collaborate with…