Nurse Manager Outpatient

Responsibilities

1. Clinical Responsibilities:

• Directs the clinical nursing services provided at Accordia Pediatrics and Pediatric Psychiatry and Accordia Health & Wellness
• Identifies problems, evaluates alternatives and implements effective solutions.
• Monitors program contracts, budgets, staff productivity as directed.
• Ensures compliance with DMH, FQHC, Joint Commission, and Medicaid standards.
• Ensures compliance with HRSA and UDS data requirements.
• Communicates effectively with the physician regarding the consumer’s physical and mental condition as needed.
• Interfaces with the multi-disciplinary team and actively and cooperatively participates in development of the interdisciplinary treatment plan as needed
• Administers medications, observing the Seven Rights of medication administration.
• Contacts laboratory, requests and monitor results, and reports all abnormal findings to the physician.
• Provides emergency care as needed (CPR, MindSet, PRN Medications), per AltaPointe Policy & Procedures as needed.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation as needed.
• Adheres to professional code of ethics.
• Effectively demonstrates the application of child/adolescent and adult specific competencies.
• Monitor and manage stock medications.
• Monitor, manage, and maintain storage and handling of private and VFC vaccine inventory.
• Attend VFC audit and IQIP meetings.
• Attend interdisciplinary meetings such as practice management and staff meetings.
• Ensure Performance Improvement goals and standards are met.
• Maintains current state license and requirements for renewals (i.e. CEU's) and attends the required in services and workshops. 

•  2. Administers appropriate personnel functions:

• Interviews and screens nursing applicants when necessary and completes appropriate forms as outlined by Personnel Policy and Procedures
• Provides staff training in the general orientation of the facility, policies and procedures, program operations and specific skill areas.
• Is knowledgeable and applies personnel policies and procedures on a consistent basis.
• Objectively completes employee performance evaluations on program staff and routes to Personnel department on a timely basis.
• Promotes concept of treatment teams. Acts as a member of treatment team.
• Provides positive and effective leadership.
• Provides staff with consultation and supervision as needed, individually or through regular group staff meetings.
• Ensures competence of program nursing staff
• Completes API function bi-weekly within set timeframe given by payroll department 
• Assess and assign staffing. 

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   3. Supervision and Consultation:

• Seeks clinical supervision and consultation needs.
• Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement.
• Actively works to enhance clinical skills.

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  4. Clinical Record Keeping

• Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy.
• Documents in a clear, concise manner, types of consumers problems, treatment goals and services provided
• Ensures documentation shows that forms, notes, logs, and other applicable written information is completed promptly, accurately and updated when appropriate
• Documents legibly

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  5. Courteous and respectful attitudes towards consumers, visitors and co-workers:

• Treats consumers with care, dignity and compassion
• Respects consumer’s privacy and confidentiality
• Is pleasant and cooperative with others
• Assists consumers and visitors as needed
• Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others
• Is sensitive to the consumer’s needs, expectations and individual differences
• Is gentle and calm with consumers and families

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  6.Administrative and Other related duties as Assigned:

• Actively participates in Performance Improvement activities
• Actively participates in MMHC committees as required
• Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner
• Accesses appropriate community resources according to consumer needs
• Follows MMHC Policy & Procedures
• Maintains current state license and requirements for renewals (i.e. CEU’s), and attends the required in-services and workshops

• Physical Requirements of the Job: 

  • Squatting and/or lunging frequently to stock supplies and retrieve needed supplies/inventory
  • Strong grasp is needed to handle large items related to inventory and lighter grasp is needed for stocking supplies which requires a force exertion of up to 10 pounds.
  • Pushing and/or pulling force up to 1-5 pounds force, horizontally, to open file cabinets and place binders on book shelves.
  • Lifting various ranges from the floor to overhead with weights up to 1-5 pounds frequently.
  • Must lift 40-50lbs floor to waist occasionally to frequent.
  • Any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

  Qualifications

  Possesses current RN’s license to practice in the state of Alabama. Knowledge in child/adolescent and adult specialty, outlined below, to be attained within (6) six months of employment:

   

  • Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the child/adolescent and adult population
  • Knowledge of general and psychiatric nursing care
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Familiarity of psychopharmacology and the use of psychotropic medications with the child/adolescent and adult population
  • Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and, interventions common to acute psychotic consumers as well as to non-violent crisis intervention practice
  • Knowledge of the principles of growth and development
  • Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to children/adolescents with severe and persistent psychiatric disorder
  • Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to adults and children specific to medial and psychiatric conditions 
  • Knowledge of cultural diversity
  • Knowledge of DMH, HRSA, Medicaid and Joint Commission standards
  • Knowledge of utilizing electronic health record
  • Knowledge of private insurance reimbursement
  • Knowledge of Trauma Informed Care Principles