Clinical Supervisor - Home Care jobs in Tennessee

We are looking to add a Clinical Nurse Supervisor to our company Quality Home Health Services. This person will be responsible for supervising and case management of skilled nursing services.

Supervisor to assist in program development and deliver of new services as assigned and assures compliance with all applicable standards.

Qualifications for the Nursing Supervisor are:

• Must be a licensed registered nurse in the state of Tennessee, in good standing with the State Board of Nursing.
• Has a minimum of 2 years of experience as a registered nurse working in home care/community health as a field nurse and/or in administration.
• Has at least one year of medical-surgical nursing experience
• Knowledge of State and Federal rules and regulations for home care
• Intimate knowledge of medical procedures and terminology
• Excellent communication skills, detail oriented and good organizational skills
• Self starter with the ability to problem solve

Duties for the Clinical Visit Nurse Supervisor:

• Supervises and directs professional and paraprofessional service
• Provides on-call supervision in absence of Director of Nurses
• Participates in assigning field staff to patients based on patient needs
• Develop and maintains patient care record
• Consults with physicians, nurse practitioners and other members of the patients medical team in order to provide and maintain safe and effective patient care and to review patient progress
• Interviews potential nurses for hire and performs skills checks and training per agency policy
• Will do 30 and 60 day supervisory visits and case conferences
• Interviews for potential new cases with state agencies and hospital as referred in the absence of the Director of Nursing
• Opens new cases per agency protocol
• Case manages each case they are assigned
• Complies with regulations mandated by the TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION/Bureau of TennCare, HCBS, Area Agencies on Aging and Disability pertaining to case management and supervisory duties in licensed home care agency
• Cooperates with Director of Nursing
• Follows instructions, is punctual and attendance is acceptable
• Is self-reliant and plans appropriately
• Performs other duties to assist as needed and assigned by Director of Nursing

Essential Functions needed for the Clinical Visit Nurse Supervisor are:

• Must be able to communicate one on one and with groups, both verbally and in writing
• Must be able to hear and speak in manner understood by most people
• Must be able to lift and stoop effectively so as to perform the above listed job responsibilities
• Able to operate all standard equipment used in office and have good computer skills