Chicago
Job Description Title: Nurse Manager Location: 5 residential sites Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM with required flexibility for evenings/weekends. Participates in a rotating 9 PM – 9 AM on-call schedule to triage after-hours concerns within two hours. Summary: Make a difference in the lives of youth through compassionate health leadership. We are seeking a Nurse Manager to join our Health Services team and provide oversight of nursing care for youth in our residential program. Reporting to the Associate Director of Health Services, you’ll ensure compliance with funder and regulatory requirements while championing medical best practices and high-quality care. In this role, you’ll: • Provide leadership and direction to nursing and non-nursing staff., • Oversee medication administration and care documentation across all residential sites., • Deliver training and support to staff to strengthen health service delivery., • Collaborate with the Medical Director to ensure policies and standards are met. If you’re ready to lead with compassion, set high standards, and guide a team that impacts lives every day, we’d love to meet you. Why Join Us? • Make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals seeking education and career pathways., • Collaborate with a diverse and passionate team dedicated to the mission and vision of our organization., • Providing flexibility and work-life balance., • Medical insurance. BCBS PPO, EPO, and HSA Plans, • Dental insurance., • Vision insurance., • 401(k) 3% Employer Contribution., • Paid maternity leave., • Paid paternity leave., • Commuter benefits., • Professional Development Assistance., • Disability insurance, • FSA Spending Account, • Life Insurance, • Employee Assistance Program Duties & Responsibilities • Develops, implements, and monitors performance relative to efficiency, productivity, and quality service delivery to program participants., • Manages staff scheduling and ensures appropriate coverage. Plans staffing patterns to optimize productivity., • Solves problems and handles daily residents’ issues of concern to ensure optimal care., • Develops and implements training programs for new and existing staff., • Interviews, hires, evaluates, disciplines, terminates and is responsible for relevant employment transactions., • Serves as a clinical resource for staff members in their daily activities and facilitates appropriate staff meetings., • Develops and implements clinical policy and procedures related to nursing and other pertinent areas of clinical quality management., • Develops and maintains professional relationships with appropriate professional groups and organizations., • Participates with other members of the management staff in the development of long-range plans, service delivery models and other significant strategies and/or systems., • Assumes responsibility for the accuracy, substance and timeliness of reports, projects, schedules and other relevant work products, as assigned., • Adheres to professional standards as outlined by governmental bodies, ANA and DCFS licensing, • Standards. Assists the development of organization plans/policies related to professional standards., • Provides evaluative reviews and provides training to ensure that staff understands and continues to adhere to such standards., • Participates in the after-hours on-call schedule on a rotating basis that provides 24/7, 365 days a year support for all non-emergency medical concerns to be triaged by a licensed health care professional within 2 hours of report., • One PT Nurse, • One Resource Pool Nurse To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education and/or Experience: • Bachelor's degree, Illinois license and five years’ of experience as a registered nurse, including three years of nursing management experience., • Bilingual ability is preferred; Spanish is a preferred language., • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints., • Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style., • Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors., • Access to regular, dependable and timely transportation., • Ability and comfortability working with people of varying socioeconomic backgrounds., • Excellent communication skills. Strong networker, convener, relationship builder and communicator with experience collaborating with diverse work teams and stakeholders., • Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information possessing skills to handle situations in a professional and diplomatic manner., • A high degree of collaboration and emotional intelligence, self-motivation, and analytical ability., • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange; Windows operating systems; and other software routinely used by Heartland Human Care Services., • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists., • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form., • Ability to work independently and remain self-motivated with minimal direct supervision. This role is required to work on-site and may require travel to more than one site during a day. In person meetings and training courses may be required on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, etc.). Work Environment: • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions., • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate., • Each program site operates on a 24/7 basis, 365 days per year. To meet both the needs of our participants and contractual obligations, employees are required to be flexible in regard to scheduling and work location., • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear., • The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk., • The employee must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crawl., • The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms., • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds., • The employee must have unrestricted ability to provide physical restraint. Heartland Human Care Services makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.
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