Lead Registered Nurse

Caregiver is a leading Texas-based provider of services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that supports clients with the design, delivery, and management of personalized treatment plans in order to help them lead their best lives.

We are looking for a Lead RN to join our team!

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Everyone at Caregiver, Inc. Company is committed to a common goal - creating a world-class experience for our individuals. We are passionate about what we do while making a difference. We work with integrity, accountability, transparency, and compassion in everything we do because we understand those, we serve have a choice in providers. Our company provides care to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead their unique lives independently.

Provides clinical supervision to all Caregiver RNs, LVNs, Contract Nurses, and other Nursing staff within their assigned area(s) or territories. Provides ongoing training and support to the nurses assigned to their area(s), to ensure routine, and emergency nursing care is being provided to maintain the optimal health status of the individuals and continuity of nursing care. Works in coordination with Regional RN Director when implementing company wide nursing systems, policies and procedures, and is accountable for ensuring these systems are being followed accurately by nursing staff.

• Monitors consumers' health conditions through medical chart reviews and audits.
  • Identifying delays in service.
  • Ensuring state guidelines are being followed through the delivery of nursing services.
  • Ensuring compliance with Caregiver Policy and Procedure.
  • Ensuring adequate and appropriate follow up to potential citations.
• Monitors the health data information of the individuals served, in coordination with the Area Directors & Regional Directors by ensuring nursing staff is completing following:
  • Immediately reports to supervisor any significant changes in an individual's health status including, but not limited to, acute illness, adverse reactions to medication, sudden and/or unexplained changes in vital signs, increase seizure activity, etc.
  • Immediately reports to supervisor any problems related to individual safety, staff problems, and/or facility problems.
  • Delegation as required and in compliance with Board of Nurse Examiners criteria.
  • Comprehensive Nursing Assessments or RNAs and Annual Review of RNAs on each individual as required and in compliance with Caregiver Policy, Tx BON & DADS criteria.
  • Provides on call nursing services for individuals served, thus providing telephone triage as assigned by Supervisor.
  • Ensures that all medical consultations and laboratory reports are documented in the consumer's records in a timely manner
  • Attends and participates in Annual Recertification surveys, and intermittent surveys, investigations as indicated, and follow up to those as indicated. Provide intervention to potential medical concerns during those and provides strategies for achieving success.

Attends meetings with corporate directors as assigned.

• Participation in development and implementation of nursing system restructures as assigned.
• Attends industry driven conferences as assigned.
• Serves as member of agency wide committees as assigned.
• Completes specific assignments and submits written reports within designated time frames.

• Provides ongoing and clinical supervision, and support to nursing staff as the need arises through face to face meetings, email, text messages, or phone calls. Assist Nursing staff when indicated in obtaining appropriate medical services for the individuals.
• Reviews daily on call nursing reports, and follows up to critical issues, providing justifications to Regional Directors & Area Directors. Monitor and evaluate the individuals that receive emergency medical services.
• Maintain accurate documentation of those chart reviews and audits, and works in coordination with the Area RNs, Lead RNs (if applicable) and Area Director to ensure appropriate follow up has occurred.
• Responsible for communication with administration staff for all open nursing positions within assigned region.
• Responsible for hiring and training the Area RNs, & Lead RNs (if applicable), and LVN if need be, within assigned region.
• Provide initial OJT training and EHR training to all nursing personnel within assigned region.
• Responsible for coordinating nursing assignments and caseloads to nurses within region while staying within company budget restraints.
• Responsible for retraining of nursing staff in need, and corrective actions in coordination with the Area Directors and Regional Directors.
• Monitors nurse billing rates for the nurses within their assigned regions, train and mentor nurses to achieve the minimal billing standards while ensuring quality nursing care is being provided and accurately documented to stay in compliance with state…