Home Care Nurse Manager

Home Care Nurse Manager - InnovAge 

This position is located in Roanoke Valley, VA.

Job Summary
Under the supervision of the Center Director that is determined by location, the Home Care Manager is responsible for ensuring completion of initial and annual assessments of participants in their home environment to determine their individual needs and coordinate plans of care (POC). In addition to providing quality care, the Home Care Manager is responsible for the supervision of the home care staff and their functions.
Physical attendance at an InnovAge facility and/or an InnovAge participant home is essential to performing the job duties.

Essential Functions and Work Responsibilities

Functional Category: Participant Care

• Estimated Percent of time Spent – 25%
• Performs initial assessments of participants’ in their home environment to determine their individual needs and coordinates plan of care (POC) with the scheduling department, utilizing care-giving resources.
• Coordinates personal care activities of participants in the home when receiving home care services.
• Provides skilled supportive and restorative nursing care to participants as needed. Re-evaluates participants care plan and health status on an on-going basis.
• Provides health counseling to participants and their families on an individual or group basis.
• Administers medications, provides training in self-administration of all non-scheduled medications and monitors medication compliance
• Formally performs annual re-assessments of all IGCP participants to determine in-home services are appropriate.
• Conducts re-assessments in the home for all home care participants to determine skilled nursing needs, personal care and assistance, and home maker/chore services.
• Maintains participants’ medical record and ensures that agency charting and reporting requirements are met

• Estimated Percent of time Spent – 50%
• Effectively supervises and manages direct reports and provides, by example and leadership, motivation and direction to employees of the organization.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable state and federal employment laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; recognizing and rewarding employees; corrective disciplinary procedures and practices (under direction of supervisor and in partnership with Human Resources), addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Ensures annual employee performance reviews are conducted in a timely and effective manner. Evaluates performance of employees for compliance with established policies and objectives of the organization and contributions in attaining objectives.
• Helps set the tone of the department to ensure morale, team work, professionalism, and that the positive employment culture of the organization is maintained.
• Regularly schedules leadership/management, department, and staff 1:1 meetings to provide leadership, development, and a forum for communication to ensure coordination and collaboration in meeting organization and individual goals.

• Estimated Percent of time Spent – 25%
• Oversees team expenditures and payroll/overtime, ensures that team members are scheduled in an appropriate manner in order to limit the use of overtime.
• Insures that quality care is delivered by the home care team to site participants via the use of periodic participant/caregiver inquiry, intermittent review of care plans and trending of data from va
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