Nurse Care Coordinator
To provide high-quality support to the children in the CCC Program in direct relation to improving medication management and administration in order to promote the well-being and safety of the children in care.
Department
CCC Program
Employment Type
Full Time
Responsible To
Program Director
Essential Functions:
- The Nurse Care Coordinator acts as a liaison between patients and health care providers to ensure patients are receiving services.
- Complete monthly health assessments of all youth in their homes.
- Complete admission assessments and placement change assessments within 24 hours
- Prepare for the biweekly clinic and assist the PCP and APRN during the clinic:
- Prepare schedule and medication lists
- Complete vital signs
- Obtain labs as needed
- Document and implement medication changes as needed
- Run Kaspers as needed for APRN
- Responsible for ensuring medication management procedures are adhered to and adjusted as needed for all 7 CCC Group Homes.
- Maintain medical files, logs, and documentation related to the medical care of CCC youth.
- Create and maintain the youth’s Medical Passport if one does not accompany the youth to placement.
- Coordinate medical services for youth; communicate medical appointments to Operations Managers and the Scheduling Coordinator.
- Communicate and collaborate with DCBS regarding medication changes, medication errors, and significant events.
- Collaborate with schools regarding school hour medications, paperwork, and medical concerns.
- Track medical appointments on an Excel spreadsheet to ensure compliance with DCBS regulations.
- Coordinate and attend all medical appointments as required or deemed necessary.
- Collaborate with CCC Leadership Team members on the medical needs of youth.
- Complete MCO documentation and provide input for treatment plans.
- Ensure EMR documentation is completed in a timely manner and according to set standards.
- Ensure youth have the necessary medication in a timely manner:
- Calling in medications;
- Picking up medications from the pharmacy, and
- Distributing medications to Group Homes.
- Creation and maintenance of MARs (Medication Administration Records) for all youth in the CCC program.
- Update medication lists on all youth to ensure medical providers have accurate information.
- Complete medication counts of all CCC youth two times per month.
- Create and post signs for all medication changes and medical alerts in all CCC group homes.
- Conduct audits of group homes in regards to medication management as deemed necessary and complete monthly audits of medication timers.
- Complete the monthly menu and disseminate it to the group home staff.
- Conduct monthly training of Medication Administration Training (5 hours) in the evening.
- Conduct monthly CPR training (5 hours) in the evening.
- Attend all required agency meetings.
- Attend all trainings and meetings in regards to the youth on the case load.
- Serve after hours on-call per schedule (additional pay provided).
Department
CCC Program
Employment Type
Full Time
Responsible To
Program Director
Additional Duties:
- Attend training and development deemed necessary for this position.
- Ensure that Health and Safety is observed in the course of employment.
- Ensure compliance with the Equal Opportunities Policy and Procedure in all employment.
- May be required to assume other duties as may be requested by the Program Director/Treatment Director that are commensurate with the level of responsibility and skills.
- Comply with Corporate Compliance.
- Comply with all Key Assets policies and procedures.
Required Skills & Competencies:
- Organized and resourceful self-starter with and strong ability to work in a team.
- Effective written and oral communication skills and listening skills.
- Maintains composure in highly stressful or adverse situations.
- Proficient Interpersonal skills to include friendliness, a welcoming demeanor, professionalism, and cooperation.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word.
- High level of focus on safety, adhering to all workplace and safety regulations and practices.
Qualifications:
- RN or greater clinical licensure. BSN is preferred.
- A minimum of 5-7 years of experience is preferred.
- Experience in psychiatric, residential, and/or adolescent care is strongly preferred.
- Experience with psychotropic medications is strongly preferred.
Work Environment:
This job primarily operates from the Lexington Office. The Nurse Care Coordinator will be required to travel to the group home settings as deemed necessary in order to carry out all job duties effectively. Employee must be able to travel to our three group home locations: Lexington, Nicholasville, or Georgetown. A work cell phone and laptop will be issued for this role.
Physical Demands:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- The incumbent may be required to stand and/or walk for long periods of time and occasionally climb or balance; stoop, kneel, and crouch. The incumbent must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.