RN Nurse Supervisor - Home Health

Join a forward-thinking healthcare team as an RN Nurse Supervisor in the vibrant community of Greenwich. This role is designed for a compassionate and skilled nursing leader who is eager to inspire and manage a team of dedicated nurses in the home health sector.

*Reports to Nurse Manager

Job Summary:

Responsible for day-to-day supervision of direct patient care, management of 3^rd party payer authorizations, managing the weekly schedules of clinicians, taking the referral intakes, oversight of the clinical record reviews and participating in the monthly QA activities.

Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

• Intake & assignment of patient to field staff.
• Follows up on referrals by contacting patients and takes doctors’ orders (day-to-day patient care management).
• Documents telephone and in-office conferences with physicians, patients/family, nursing staff, and significant others.
• Takes and reports to doctor all test results of lab. Etc., performed by agency staff.
• Manages the case conference process.
• Coordinates all services provided to patients.
• Manages the HR needs of the clinical department, notifying the Nurse Manager when new hires are needed to stay proactive with growth plan/
• Assists with interviews and hires select home healthcare personnel.
• Orients professional staff to clinical policies and procedures of our agency. Consults with physicians when necessary to ensure and maintain safe, efficient, quality patient care.
• Supervises all professional and non-professional staff to ensure quality performance standards.
• Establishes mutual goal setting and achievement standards.
• Projects a concerned, professional appearance toward departmental personnel.
• Maintains high visibility and availability via telephone.
• Works to develop a positive rapport/relationship with all staff members.
• Performs tasks as delegated by Nurse Manager.
• Shares on-call responsibility on an equitable basis with other nursing staff.
• Actively develops and pursues referral sources, as well as facilitates on-going relationships with community resources affiliated with home care services.
• Participates in agency QA programs.
• Participates in in-service programs.
• Monitor utilization, productivity, and tracks patient outcomes.
• Ensures compliance with Agency’s policy and procedures.
• Participates in on-call rotation.
• Provides coding and OASIS support to admitting clinicians.
• Provides direct patient care as staffing requires.
• Assesses the ability of the caregiver to meet patient’s immediate needs upon admission and throughout care.
• Completes daily chart audits.
• Perform OASIS and 485 Review.
• Ensures timely submission of visit notes and Oasis.
• Perform field supervision.
• Ensure consistency of 5-star ratings in CMS Compare.
• Other duties as assigned.