Maternal Child Health Supervisor

Northern Counties Health Care • Saint Johnsbury, VT

119d

About The Position

Join our dedicated team as a Maternal Child Health Supervisor and make a lasting impact on families in our community. In this leadership role, you'll guide and support a passionate team of nurses and care providers, ensuring high-quality, compassionate care for mothers, infants, and children. You'll have the opportunity to shape programs, mentor staff, and collaborate with community partners to promote healthy beginnings and strong family foundations. If you are a skilled clinician and inspiring leader with a heart for maternal and child health, we invite you to bring your expertise and vision to our mission of helping every family thrive.

Requirements

• Registered nurse currently licensed in the State of Vermont.
• Two years of management or supervisory experience in a healthcare setting, preferably home care. BSN preferred.
• Complies with accepted professional standards and practice.
• Complies with and maintains current CPR certification.
• Demonstrates excellent observation, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of state and federal home care and hospice regulations.
• Requires knowledge of potential exposure to communicable diseases and bodily fluids.
• Requires working under stress in emergency situations during irregular hours.
• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting clients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for prolonged periods of time.
• May occasionally be in a position to lift and/or carry an item weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Requires normal visual acuity and hearing.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and a reliable vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for direct supervision of Maternal Child Health Nurse Home Visitors, including reviewing and approving daily activity records, making supervisory visits and performing yearly evaluations.
• Supports Maternal Child Health Nurse Home Visitors in the effective delivery of services, case management and professional development.
• Actively creates an environment of open two-way communication. Provides on-going coaching to staff to ensure compliance with accepted standards of practice.
• Proactively takes action to address deficiencies in practice in a timely manner.
• Fosters professional, respectful relationships through coaching, supervision, active listening, giving and receiving feedback, etc.
• Checks daily referrals, assigns cases to staff, and schedules client visits in accordance with state and federal regulations, and agency policies and procedures.
• Reviews and evaluates client cases by reviewing the services provided by Maternal Child Health Nurse Home Visitors through conference and record review.
• Discusses and verifies impressions, instructs and guides Maternal Child Health Nurse Home Visitors to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality services.
• Available at all times during operating hours to assist Maternal Child Health Nurse Home Visitors as appropriate.
• Reviews patient's clinical diagnosis, medications, procedures and clinical course.
• Assists clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term therapeutic goals, in setting priorities, and in developing plan of care.
• Pro-actively advocates for client care issues to ensure that overall quality and type of care is sensitive to each specific patient/family's needs.
• Assists in the screening and interviewing process of new organization personnel and makes recommendations for employment of individuals.
• Assists in the orientation of new organization personnel.
• Assists in the planning, implementation and evaluation of in-service and continuing education programs.
• Assists in the formulation, revision, implementation, and evaluation of policies and procedures, as well as strategic goals and objectives.
• Actively evaluates staff productivity levels and takes action to ensure that staff meets Agency productivity requirements.
• Tracks program activities and prepares reports for all programs in accordance with program requirements.
• Ensures that all programs are operating within expected (or changing) guidelines.
• Serves on a variety of committees in support of clinical and Agency initiatives and operations.
• Presents a positive and enthusiastic persona when serving.
• Analyzes a wide range of operational data and produces reports, including, but not limited to, productivity, time and travel trends, visit trends, etc.
• Takes action and initiative to ensure that information is accurate.
• Makes recommendations to Home Care Director on findings in a timely manner.
• Actively and positively participates in a variety of agency initiatives including, but not limited to, Management Team meetings, strategic planning, etc.
• Proactively develops orientation agendas, including but not limited to, documentation, preceptor pairings, staff development schedules, etc.
• Keeps in contact with new employee and preceptor to ensure that staff is developing in an appropriate manner.
• Provides Human Resources department with on-going performance documentation in accordance with department policies and procedures.
• Complies with accepted professional standards and principles.
• Participates in public relation and community activities that promote the agency's role as an effective member of the health care delivery system.
• Promotes customer service with all organization personnel.
• Performs other duties and activities as delegated.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees