Clinical Nursing Manager-PACE

Clinical Nursing Manager - PACE

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Clinical Nursing Manager to join our team at Blue Ridge Care. As a Clinical Nursing Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day delivery of nursing services within our PACE program. This is a unique opportunity to work with a diverse and dynamic team, utilizing your exceptional clinical judgment and leadership skills to provide high-quality care to our participants.

Blue Ridge Care is a mission-driven, not-for-profit healthcare system dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by aging or chronic illness. We deliver extraordinary care through our integrated services in hospice, serious illness care, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), community thrift shops, and grief support. Our goal is to reimagine how communities experience aging, serious illness, and end-of-life care through personalized, high-quality services.

• Provide direct supervision, guidance, and support to Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), Medical Assistants (MAs), and Medication Technicians.

• Maintain an active nursing caseload, with primary responsibility for newly enrolled participants and other participants as assigned.

• Conduct initial, annual, semi-annual, significant-change, and as-needed nursing assessments.

• Develop, implement, and monitor individualized care plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.

• Provide skilled nursing interventions, including assessment, medication management, wound care, injections, chronic disease monitoring, and participant education.

• Participate in IDT meetings and contribute nursing recommendations regarding participant care needs and service planning.

• Assist with oversight of nursing documentation to promote accuracy, timeliness, and regulatory compliance.

• Review nursing assessments, care plans, and clinical documentation and provide coaching when opportunities for improvement are identified.

• Support compliance with PACE regulations, CMS requirements, DMAS requirements, professional nursing standards, and organizational policies.

• Assist with onboarding, orientation, training, and ongoing professional development of nursing and CNA staff.

• Participate in competency validation and skills assessments for assigned staff.

• Provide mentoring, coaching, and clinical guidance to support professional growth and development.

• Participate in the PACE on-call rotation as assigned.

• Assist with coordination of nursing coverage during evenings, weekends, holidays, call-offs, vacancies, and other staffing needs.

• Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program required.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the Commonwealth of Virginia required.

• Current CPR certification required.

• Valid driver’s license, proof of automobile insurance, and reliable transportation required.

• Minimum of three years of nursing experience required.

• Minimum of one year of experience working with the frail or elderly population required.

• Strong clinical assessment and nursing judgment skills.

• Ability to supervise, coach, and develop nursing staff while remaining actively engaged in participant care.

• Knowledge of nursing practice standards, participant safety principles, medication administration standards, and regulatory requirements.

• Ability to prioritize competing demands and coordinate multiple clinical activities simultaneously.

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, delegation, and escalation skills.

• Effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• This position is primarily in person and works in healthcare, office, participant-home, assisted living, nursing facility, and community environments.

• The role may involve exposure to moving equipment, medicinal preparations, bodily fluids, communicable diseases, unpleasant odors, and other conditions common to healthcare settings.

• Appropriate infection-control, universal-precaution, and safety practices are required.

• Local travel within the BRIH service area and occasional evening, weekend, and after-hours work are expected.

• Physical Requirements
  - Requires standing, walking,…