Job Description

Join our AMAZING team at Guardian Angel Senior Services! Looking for a fabulous nurse to join our office located in downtown Braintree!
Job Description:
Self-directs home visits to maintain compliance with client assessment and care plan development, caregiver placements and supervisions.  Participates in identifying, creating, and organizing ongoing staff training and certification courses. 
Advocates for the better health through interventions, makes recommendations as opposed to providing services.  Completes required documentation. 
Ensures caregivers are following basic company protocols. 

Responsibilities:

• Participate in creating daily client visit schedule based on needs and requirements. When cancellations occur, proactively work with office managers to fill schedule gaps.
• Schedule will be set up in 1 of 2 ways:
  1. Block Time – Nurse gives office availability for a period of time (for example 9a-1p) and is paid for this block of time.  Office is responsible for filling the time, this includes time for documentation and travel.
  2. Guaranteed Hours – Nurse is paid 5-8 hour per day and shares responsibility for filling schedule with office staff.  4 visits a day for every 5 hours is the standard unless there is a visit a significant distance within the service area. 
• Participate in the ongoing training and supervision of LPN/HHA/CNA/PC staff (ie: reviewing care plans and data entry)
• Complete and turn in all documentation and paperwork within 24 business hours.   
• Document according to contract and organization policy and procedures.
• Report findings, recommendations, and concerns to care team accordingly. 
• Create, review, and update care plans for assigned clients.  Communicate updated to caregivers as needed. 
• Act as liaison between contract nurses, clients, direct care workers and management.
• Provide education, training and coaching to caregiving staff during placement and supervision visits. 
• Participate in managing companywide Inservice, training and certification courses.
• As schedule allows take on routine nursing visits as client needs dictate or managers request such as medication fills, BP checks, catheter changes etc…
• In urgent situations, be willing to provide hands on personal care for clients in need.
• Follow the same dress code as outlined for Caregivers. 
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Supervision  

1. The GA Nurse must perform an in-home review of the care plan at least every 90 days to ensure the level of service provided is reviewed, updated if needed, and is meeting the service needs of the consumer.
2. The GA Nurse Provider Nurse must perform quarterly in-home supervision of the HHA on a representative sample of consumers.
3. The GA RN will routinely supervise LPN documentation.

Education/Training: Degree:  LPN, RN, BSN
Experience:
Prior home care experience required.
Prior supervisory experience helpful.

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