Clinical Director - FT - Day - LIFE Bordentown NJ
About The Position
Under the supervision of and partnership with Executive Director, manages flow of the clinic. Provides supervision of PACE clinical services, ensuring high quality standards. Assists Medical Director as requested in duties related to clinical and operational issues and special projects as may be required. Coordinates services with primary care team and acts as a primary liaison between clinical support and other members of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT). Effectively collaborates with PACE Primary Care Providers to ensure clinical support processes are thorough and reliable. Ensures proper staffing to meet clinical care needs of PACE participants both within clinic and partner facilities. Provides skilled nursing care to participants; implements physician and nurse practitioner orders; develops appropriate plans of care; provides education and training to participant, caregiver, family, and staff; and communicates participant’s condition to caregivers, primary care, and interdisciplinary team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required, Masters preferred
- Five years of clinical long-term care experience, including one year with frail elderly population, and five years of supervisory experience.
- AHA BLS.
- Non-Licensed must obtain before end of orientation period, Drivers License, Registered Nurse – NJ or Registered Nurse – NLC multi-state
Responsibilities
- Manages and oversees nursing and clinical support staff (i.e. clinic RNs, Home Care RNs, MAs Schedulers, Med Room RN, Medical Records/HIM) including coaching, leading, managing, clinical education, training/ observations, reporting requirements, and competency evaluation.
- Coordinates and supervises daily administrative needs of clinical support team; including care plan organization, training, direction, and collaboration.
- Provides clinical support decision making and direction as needed.
- Conducts audits, works with regulatory agencies and Quality Manager to gain insight on trends.
- Maintains regular attendance at, and participates in, all interdisciplinary team meetings, communicating participant changes, collaborating on care planning decisions and coordination of 24-hour care delivery.
- Supports nurse and clinical support employees by providing coaching and mentoring, ensure that clinic staff works within their scope of practice, implements team building, and provides feedback and redirection as needed.
- Ensures that job responsibilities, authorities, and accountability of direct reports are defined and understood. Performance evaluations of clinical team, corrective action oversight.
- Communicates effectively with Center Director and Medical Director to keep them abreast of any issues or concerns and to assure consistency with practices across the organization.
- Evaluates overall effectiveness of the clinic, implementing change and quality improvement as needed. Delegates process improvement and other tasks as needed.
- Ensures effective and efficient flow of the clinic; monitors needs and utilization of clinic appointments. Assists PACE team triage and determine acute needs as necessary. Acts as designee to communicate with IDT and community agencies as needed to support efforts of clinical team.
- Oversees and supports nursing and clinical support staff in ensuring signing of orders, ordering medications from pharmacy, and disseminating orders and instructions to appropriate personnel.
- Supports clinical team as needed by coordinating participant care with outside contracted service providers – nursing homes, assisted living, lab, oxygen, etc. Communicates with weekend and after hour staff, following up appropriately; Maintains clinical nurse on call coverage calendar.
- Assumes role of clinic nurse and provide direct patient care and management when needed to meet clinical operation's needs. Performs role of Clinic RN if needed. May need to assist team in providing assessments off site (facilities/home) depending on staffing needs and participant needs.
- Leads clinical team in identifying emergency or advanced care situations; collaborates with Center Director to set expectations for clinical team and ensures all decisions support participant needs and provides adequate care management. Assigns duties or tasks as needed. Adjusts clinic workflows based on acuity needs, census needs, and emergency/acute situations.
- Partners with Center Director to make fiscally responsible decisions for supplies and equipment purchases. Partners with Executive Director to forecast staffing needs related to annual budget.
- Participates in continuing education classes and any required staff and training meetings. Acts within the scope of their authority to practice.
Benefits
- Medical Plan
- Prescription drug coverage & In-House Employee Pharmacy
- Dental Plan
- Vision Plan
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - Healthcare FSA - Dependent Care FSA
- Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
- Basic Group Term Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Supplemental Group Term Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Disability Benefits – Long Term Disability (LTD)
- Disability Benefits – Short Term Disability (STD)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter Transit
- Commuter Parking
- Supplemental Life Insurance - Voluntary Life Spouse - Voluntary Life Employee - Voluntary Life Child
- Voluntary Legal Services
- Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Voluntary Identity Theft Insurance
- Voluntary Pet Insurance
- Paid Time-Off Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
