Registered Nurse - ACT Team

Milestone LLC•Newport News, VA

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Registered Nurse will have the responsibilities of working within the local community and lead agency structure to assure that the personal care services program is implemented in accordance with established guidelines and contract requirements. Additional responsibilities of the Registered Nurse include using principles of supervision, reflective practice, and staff development, to provide primary support and appropriate oversight to build and model a professional strengths-based program.

Requirements

Registered Nurse
Working within the local community and lead agency structure
Implement personal care services program in accordance with established guidelines and contract requirements
Use principles of supervision, reflective practice, and staff development
Provide primary support and appropriate oversight
Build and model a professional strengths-based program
Familiar with patient care
Awareness of Medicaid guidelines and revisions
Implement procedures necessary to work within the framework of the law
Assess and develop strategies to address knowledge and skill gaps
Provide adequate orientation, professional development opportunities and study time
Assign client caseloads
Monitor personal care staff ability to build and manage caseload
Provide useful developmental feedback
Confront and develop a plan with staff to address performance and resolve issues
Build confidence and skill of personal care staff
Provide supervision and evaluation of personal care staff and administrative data support staff
Actively participate in community coalition/advisory board meetings
Develop and maintain community referral sources for the program
Develop and implement external and internal systems to assure timely receipt and disposition of referrals
Assist and develop and implement strategies for using local print and electronic media to showcase the program
Work within agency and within budget and contract specifications
Ensure staff have infrastructure of space, computers, furniture, phones, etc., in place as quickly as possible
Develop and maintain appropriate materials for the community and client
Oversee the allocation and design of space for materials to be stored
Ensure that all forms and other materials are ordered in a timely manner, organized and available for use by the Personal care staff
Assist and manage organizational structure and systems adequately so that Personal care staff may stay focused on clients
Help ensure implementation of quality improvement strategies
Help develop methods for ongoing assessment of staff development needs
Compare available data to structure appropriate continuing education and guidance of staff
Evaluate implementing agency outcomes and interventions
Maintain relationships based on trust, support and growth with team colleagues and community members
Ensure that supervision of personal care staff utilizes principles and concepts of motivational interviewing, coaching and reflective practice
Develop and implement regular reflective practice supervision within the program
Conduct field visits
Provide regular case conferences and team meetings
Ensure rewards and incentives are aligned with the goals of program
Effectively assist personal care staff in analyzing complex problems and case situations

Responsibilities

Oversee the recruitment and hiring recommendations of personal care staff, and any program support staff ensuring that they can implement the philosophy and model of Patient Centered Care.
Direct activities of clinical operations to ensure that services are provided at quality levels consistent with professional standards and the goals of Milestone, LLC.
Maintain a tracking list of all nursing patients.
Update pertinent information daily and be familiar with patient care.
Maintain awareness of Medicaid guidelines and revisions and implement procedures necessary to work within the framework of the law.
Ensure that all staff attends all required education sessions as outlined in the orientation materials and contract with personal care customers.
Assess and develop strategies to address knowledge and skill gaps of Personal care and support staff.
Provide adequate orientation, professional development opportunities and study time to remediate gaps in necessary knowledge and skills.
Assign client caseloads and monitor personal care staff ability to build and manage caseload.
Provide useful developmental feedback and confront and develops a plan with staff to address performance and resolve issues.
Build confidence and skill of personal care staff.
Provide supervision and evaluation of personal care staff and administrative data support staff (including annual leave, annual review, disciplinary action, etc.).
Actively participate in community coalition/advisory board meetings.
Help develop and maintain community referral sources for the program.
Develop and implement external and internal systems to assure timely receipt and disposition of referrals.
Assist and develop and implement strategies for using local print and electronic media to showcase the program.
Work within agency and within budget and contract specifications, ensures that staff have infrastructure of space, computers, furniture, phones, etc., in place as quickly as possible.
Develop and maintain appropriate materials for the community and client.
Oversee the allocation and design of space for materials to be stored.
Ensure that all forms and other materials are ordered in a timely manner, organized and available for use by the Personal care staff.
Assist and manage organizational structure and systems adequately so that Personal care staff may stay focused on clients.
Help ensure implementation of quality improvement strategies.
Help develop methods for ongoing assessment of staff development needs, compare available data to structure appropriate continuing education and guidance of staff.
Evaluate implementing agency outcomes and interventions.
Maintain relationships based on trust, support and growth with team colleagues and community members.
Ensure that supervision of personal care staff utilizes principles and concepts of motivational interviewing, coaching and reflective practice (modeling therapeutic relationships, change theory, self-efficacy, client centered, strength based, and solution focused approaches).
Develop and implement regular reflective practice supervision within the program and conduct field visits, both with frequency.
Provide regular case conferences and team meetings as recommended.
Ensure rewards and incentives are aligned with the goals of program.
Effectively assist personal care staff in analyzing complex problems and case situations.