Assistant Nurse Manager - Monroe Residential Campus

$5,000 SIGN ON BONUS!

Job Summary

The Assistant Nurse Manager supports the delivery of quality health services to youth at a site or in a particular service and assists the Nurse Manager with administrative management of the health care services team. This role is also responsible for providing health care oversight and medical care management for an identified caseload of youth and includes performing all clinical functions of a Registered Nurse (RN). 

This is a full-time (40 hours) position, on a Monday-Friday, 7:00am-4:00pm schedule, with flexibility to be on an on-call rotation.

Essential Job Functions

• Understand and adhere to all federal, state, and local statutes, regulatory agency standards and Hillside policies including but not limited to Office of Mental Health (OMH), Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), New York State Education Department NYSED), and Council on Accreditation (COA).
• Attend admissions pre-placements to obtain medical/psychiatric history, establish health care needs, and complete prior authorization for medications or medical necessity based on recommendation from medical and psychiatric team.
• Advocate on behalf of patients to establish appropriate health care. 
• Consult and coordinate with treatment team providers such as the treating physician, nurse practitioner, and clinician, as well as others to assess, plan, implement, and/or evaluate patient care plans while assuring continuity and quality of care.
• Develop and deliver coordinated health services in accordance with professional practice as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Schedule staff and ensure staffing is maintained at all times to ensure medical needs of youth are met.
• Provide nursing services, such as case finding, health teaching, health counseling, and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being to youth admitted to assigned programs.
• Review health care recommendations from youth’s physician with the treatment team and family to encourage family participation and implement follow-up care recommendations. 
• Provide information and education for treatment, residential, program coordinators, case management other agency staff, and youth for health service follow-up.
• Document in each patient’s electronic clinical record all diagnostic assessments, individual plans of treatment, and treatment notes regarding recommended services and appropriate treatment, compliant with all regulatory mandates.
• Monitor and respond to patient movement, including referral, admissions, health care and discharge and provide discharge summary establishing health care follow-up.
• Maintain and adhere to ethics of confidentiality. Discuss confidential matters in an appropriate manner in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Function regularly as a preceptor for new staff and contract nursing staff as assigned. 
• Support process improvement initiatives in collaboration with leadership.
• Provide direct administrative and clinical supervision to all assigned staff.
• May support special projects or assume responsibility for an assigned role on the team (e.g., VFC, Connections, EMR Champion), as assigned. 
• Support and complete work as assigned as a member of the Health Care Services Management team.
• Assume remote on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis as per facility guidelines, as assigned.
• While this job description covers many aspects of the role, employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

LEADERSHIP DUTIES 

• Leadership: Communicates, supports and links Hillside mission, vision, values, goals, and strategies to everyday work and establishes clear, meaningful, challenging, and attainable objectives and expectations that are aligned with those of the organization.
• Management: Aligns the right work with the right people; delegates tasks according to people’s strengths and interests. Ensures staff has the skills and resources to be successful. Provide staff with coaching, training and opportunities for growth to improve their skills. Treats staff fairly and consistently. Shares accountability when delegating and involves staff in setting their performance goals.
• Governance: Ensures Hillside policies, procedures and all applicable governmental laws/regulations/guidelines are followed. Makes decisions and has authority to implement decisions in conjunction with the leadership structure of the given area of responsibility. 

Education & Experience

• Successful completion of an accredited Associate or Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Program required. 
• Minimum 2 years of experi