Job Description:
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IndependenceFirst is looking for Bilingual RNs to join our team!
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A Registered Nurse with at least one year of supervisory experience
Looking for an Excellent Benefits Package
Passionate About Helping Others
Bilingual in English and Spanish
RN Care Coordinator Benefits include:
- 12 sick days, 18 vacation days and an additional 10 paid holidays
a year
- Employer paid Dental, Life Insurance (twice annual salary),
AD&D, Short and Long Term
Disability
- Health Insurance Benefits (partially employer paid, depending on coverage)
- Low-cost Vision Insurance
- Employer-matched 403(b) Retirement Account
- Fitness Center On-site
- Annual Health Risk Assessment
- Annual Flu Shot
- Comprehensive Wellness Program
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
I.
Position: Bilingual Registered Nurse (RN) Care Coordinator
II.
Status: Full Time, Salaried
III.
Reports to: Personal Assistance Services Program
Manager or Operations Manager
IV.
Position Summary: Responsible for the supervision of
personal care workers and the delivery of personal care services to
consumers. Work duties include home visits, consumer assessments,
development of appropriate plans of care, and supervision of and
performance evaluation of personal care workers.
V.
Position Expected Hours of Work: Typical hours are
full time 40 hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM through 4:30PM,
however there may be some variability in the weekly schedule due to
consumer need driven by compliance as well as by agency need. Must
also be available for on-call services on a rotating, as-needed basis.
VI.
Essential Functions of the Position:
- Review, comprehend, and adhere to IndependenceFirst’s
policies including those on quality and performance as well as to
State of Wisconsin Statutes s. DHS 105.17 (Personal Care Providers)
and s. DHS 107.112 (Personal Care Services) as well as to WI
Administrative Code Chapter N, specifically Standards of Practice
for Registered Nurses N 6.03.
- Evaluate the need for service. Refer consumers to other services
as appropriate. Assessment to include consumer’s environment (social
and physical), functional level and pertinent cultural factors and
community supports as well as nursing diagnosis.
- Obtain written orders from consumer’s physician. These orders are
to be renewed once every 3 months unless the physician specifies
that orders annually are appropriate or when consumer’s needs
change, whichever occurs first.
- Develop plan of care for consumer, giving full consideration to
consumer’s preferences for service arrangements and choice of
personal care workers. Interpret the plan to the personal care
workers and include a copy of the plan in the client’s health
record. The plan of care shall be based on the RN Care Coordinator’s
visit to the consumer’s home and shall include: 1- review and
interpretation of the physician’s orders; 2- frequency and
anticipated duration of service; 3- evaluation of the consumer’s
needs and preferences; and 4- assessment of the consumer’s social
and physical environment, including family involvement, living
conditions, the consumer’s level of functioning, and any pertinent
cultural factors such as language.
- Review of the plan of care, evaluation of the consumer’s
condition, and supervisory review of the personal care worker shall
be made by the RN Care Coordinator at least every 60 days. The
review shall include a visit to the consumer’s home, review of the
personal care worker’s daily written record in advance of the visit,
and discussion with the physician of any necessary changes in the
plan of care.
- Promptly notify consumer’s physician, other appropriate medical
personnel, and/or legal representative of any significant changes
observed or reported in the client’s condition.
- Maintain proper medical and service records and complete timely
documentation in accordance with policies, laws, and guidelines.
This documentation includes notation of all phone calls, in-person
visits including nursing supervisory visits, assessments, quality
assurance visits, plans of care, physician orders, personal care
worker assignments, coordination of care, discharges, and other
pertinent items of record. Discharge paperwork must be completed
within 30 days of discharge.
- Supervise personal care workers according to written plans of
care. At least every 50-60 days provide supervisory review of
personal care worker services in the consumer’s home and provide
ongoing training needs and evaluation of competencies of personal
care workers. Supervision includes intermittent face-to-face contact
between supervisor and personal care worker and regular review of
personal care worker’s work - including review of daily timesheets,
annual performance evaluations, and documentation of training of
delegated tasks including medically oriented tasks - by RN Care
Coordinator. Give the personal care worker written instructions
about the services to be performed and arrange for an appropriate
person to demonstrate to the personal care worker how to perform the
services. Evaluate the competency of the person care worker to
perform the services.
- Maintain documentation related to supervision of personal care
workers. Monitor time and service reporting mechanisms for personal
care workers and instruct the workers on their use.
- Comply with, train personal care workers in, and enforce all
infection control and prevention policies and procedures.
- Provide payment source with necessary documentation within
specified deadlines to approve and maintain service.
- With RN Training and Assessment Coordinators, assist with training
of new RN Care Coordinators which may include having them shadow
work for a day.
- Attend training sessions, conferences, and outreach activities as required.
- Coordinate schedules and services for consumers in accordance with
Independent Living Philosophy of consumer-controlled care with
support staff in PAS department. Provide advocacy and support for
the Independent Living Philosophy to all PAS staff and consumers.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor or department director.
I.
Work Environment:
- Work environment is generally performed in an office setting with
minimal to moderate noise level as well as in consumers’ home environments.
- The work environment characteristics described here are
representative of those an employee encounters while performing the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
Disclaimer:
The above statements reflect the general details necessary to
describe the principle functions of the occupation described and
shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work
requirements that may be inherent in the occupation.
As an Independent Living Center, it is required that 51% of
IndependenceFirst’s staff have a disability. IndependenceFirst is an
equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people with
disabilities to apply for this position.