Nurse Manager

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY – NURSE MANAGER

DD RESIDENTIAL STAFF – COMMUNITY RESID STAFF 715

Plans, organizes, and directs all nursing activities for Developmental Disabilities (DD) Services (Community based residential and Community day services). Provides leadership to Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and medical support staff. Coordinates response to urgent and emerging medical needs. Contributes to the development of policies, sets standards and plans objectives for the DD program relating to nursing in accordance with established policies.

Develops staffing patterns for homes where LPN services are needed. Evaluates nursing standards and nurse protocols for DD programs. Interprets policies and communicates changes in regulations and procedures. Makes long-range plans and regularly reviews activities, problems and functions of nursing services being delivered. Organizes and plans a systematic and continuous quality/performance improvement program for the practice of nursing. Plans and directs the work of nursing or other professional staff and assures an adequate level of nursing care.

Provides or ensures staff development including orientation, in-service training and continuing education for all levels of DD staff as it relates to medical services. Ensures that persons served receive the best possible healthcare by providing overall monitoring of health indicators as well as identifying and advocating for healthcare needs and services. Provides consultation and direction to the support services team regarding the health concerns of people served and advises agency management on the development of internal protocols that support the best possible healthcare outcomes.

Develops and implements formal training programs that provide support service staff with the knowledge & skills required to protect the health and well-being of individuals and that comply with licensing standards & best practice.

• Oversees all aspects of the healthcare needs of service recipients in Developmental Disability Services.
• Supervises Registered Nurses (RNs), LPNs and Medical Technician (Med Tech).
• Completes all required training with new RNs, LPNs and Med Tech. Ensures that RNs, LPNs and Med Tech meet annual training and licensure renewal requirements.
• Completes monthly LPN schedule for applicable residential homes.
• Completes annual evaluations for assigned medical/nursing staff.
• Reviews medical appointment documentation (including but not limited to: urgent, emerging, routine and follow-up medical care, routine lab-work) ensuring that all recommendations and orders are communicated to the appropriate staff and ensures all orders are carried out.
• Ensures that individuals obtain an annual physical exam, periodic dental exams, as well as other routine and follow-up medical care such as routine lab-work by providing supervision and direction to the Med Tech who schedules and takes individuals on appointments.
• Directs the effort for Health Risk Screening Tool (HRST) completion by RNs, LPNs, Med Tech and Developmental Disability Professionals (DDPs) for all DeKalb CSB assigned individuals by using HRST logs, medical visit reports, incident reports and other pertinent medical information.
• Reviews and signs any HRST with a rating over 3.
• Reviews HRST tracking for any individual with a HRST over 3.
• Completes and/or ensures completion of Crisis Safety plan, when applicable. Ensures Crisis Safety plan is current, communicated and signed timely by appropriate medical personnel.
• Ensures healthcare plans and/or health risk plans, when applicable, are current, communicated and signed timely by appropriate RN.Coordinates efforts to ensure that all medical professionals who provide services to the…