Regional Nurse Practitioner Lead

Healing Partners•Gainesville, FL

6d•$125,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

As industry-leading wound care providers, Healing Partners propel standard Skilled Nursing Facility wound care to a completely different level. Our multifaceted approach relieves various burdens – clinical, operational, financial, and practical – from busy owners, administrators, and employees, freeing each staff member to focus optimally on his or her responsibilities and improve overall facility management. This is an intensely collaborative role with the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO). Communication is a significant aspect of this role; when in doubt over-communication is better than lack there-of. This role will continue to evolve as the company grows. The regional lead clinician was developed out of a need for each clinician to have a go-to person for liaising between senior level management and the clinicians/facilities.

Requirements

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills and high level of compassion.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to prioritize tasks.
Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program.
Current approval by the Board of Nursing to perform medical acts.
Must be currently licensed as a registered nurse in the state.
Current Active, unrestricted APRN license in the state in which the applicant has applied.
Master’s degree of Nursing.

Nice To Haves

Wound Care Certification

Responsibilities

Be able to perform duties of a Healing Partners provider
Perform regular (no less than weekly) check-ins with the DDO; reports updates/concerns in a timely manner
Perform state-survey debriefing with facilities to identify areas for improvement
Conduct (no less than quarterly) in-person rounding at all facilities
Attend pre-implementation meetings within region
Serve as a support-person during implementations and re-implementations; recommend being present for the first 2-3 weeks of new facility implementations
Ensure processes established at implementation continue; early intervention at facility level is important to maintain standards of care throughout company
Assist with skin sweeps/ensure skin sweeps are done quarterly
Assist in coordinating rounding schedule with Providers and Facilities (minimum twice weekly visits in every facility)
Identify key opportunities for improvement and increased efficiency
Utilize centralized scheduling tool (coming soon) to make available providers’ schedules to the senior management team; this is another area where more communication is better than less, especially when facility management/ownership personnel reach out directly to our CEO & COO
Measure and report performance of providers in regional area in the following key functional areas: Quality patient care and clinical effectiveness, Effectiveness and efficiency of clinical rounds, following appropriate care models, processes, and standardized procedures of Healing Partners, Quality, accuracy, and timeliness of documentation, Providers’ ability to manage the workflow of their assigned facilities as well as their professional representation of Healing Partners, appropriate relationship-building interactions with Healing Partners clients and staff
Regularly identify and praise areas of positive performance
Regularly identify areas of improvement and growth, provider feedback and coaching on these areas with measurable action and follow-up
Be a clinical resource for providers, to include standardized company guidelines (especially those requiring immediate attention)
Perform regular (no less than weekly) check-ins with clinicians
Perform regular check-in's (no less than monthly) with facilities and regional nursing leadership to ensure strong and positive relationships are established and maintained on behalf of LTC Healing Partners
Assist DDO with planning & coordination for new facility contracts and provider placement -- Strategic employment of providers throughout region should be discussed with senior management before significant changes are made due to preexisting agreements and client requests
Ensure appropriate coverage at all facilities under regional purview – identify and report shortfalls in staffing and performance to senior management and potential corrective measures as proactively as possible
Approve/track Provider PTO requests
Ensure coverage is maintained for facilities during provider PTO
Collaborative onboarding of all new orientees with DDO (hybrid model; virtual portion/scheduling to be completed with DDO
Identification of preceptors for new providers
Facilitate in-person orientation of new providers
Monitor provider productivity to ensure encounter and procedure mix goals are being met