Description

SUMMARY:

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Reports directly to and meets with the Regional Nurse Manager or Director Medical Operations, and prepares reports as requested 

• Always maintains a professional attitude 

• Maintains a good working relationship with correctional personnel, nursing staff, contracted providers, outside provider agencies and corporate office staff 

• Is always tactful and diplomatic and functions as a role model for staff 

• Utilizes established corporate and correctional policies and procedures in making decisions but uses sound independent judgment in meeting responsibilities and performing duties of the position 

• Develops, revises, interprets, and ensures compliance with policies, procedures, aims, and philosophy of ACH and the assigned correctional facility 

• Recruits, orients, supervises, and evaluates performance of nursing and clerical personnel 

• Assigns, directs, and promotes associates as a supervisory function 

• Hires, transfers, lays-off and recalls associates as staffing needs require 

• Counsels, disciplines, suspends, and/or terminates associates who violate policies established by ACH or the facility 

• Completes a yearly written evaluation on all directly supervised staff, a 30 day and a three (3) month evaluation on nursing associates who are under direct supervision 

• Ensures adequate staffing at facility 

• Fills in as needed during periods of short staffing 

• Ensures appropriate licensure on nursing and certified medical personnel, i.e., nurses, CMAs dental assistants, etc. 

• Audits payroll, professional time sheets of nursing personnel, reports hours and reviews use of overtime 

• Oversees services rendered by contractors and professional staff and reports to the contractors’ supervisor as indicated

• Supplies written job descriptions to nursing staff

• Ensures the proper flow of relevant information (policies, procedures, in-service, problems, etc.) to supervisors and supervised personnel 

• Completes and submits monthly statistical, narrative, summary and/or operation reports as requested by facility administration 

• Conducts peer reviews for nursing personnel of equal or lesser educational level 

• Maintaining a current copy of the facility’s medical policies and procedures and ensures they are readily accessible to nursing staff 

• Participates in CQI meetings conducted by the Regional Nurse Manager or Director of Medical Operations 

• Audits weekly logs and received billing statements/invoices, and forwards them to corporate office 

• Maintains absolute security of all medical records 

• Audits medical files to ensure that all provided services are documented using the SOAP format 

• Screens requests for records and seeks approval/disapproval from jail administration; then responds appropriately 

• Reviews, processes, and responds to records requests as directed by ACH attorneys 

• Reviews status of inmates with serious health problems ensuring necessary intervention and treatment is completed 

• Monitors inpatient hospitalizations and works with jail administration for early release whenever appropriate. 

• Reviews referrals to outside consultants for necessity of referral and communicates with jail administration for security restrictions or concerns 

• Monitors the provision of contractual medical services, i.e., radiology, lab, etc. 

• Regularly evaluates the provision of medical services to prevent the inappropriate use/duplication of those services 

• Assists jail administration and ACH billing department to identify financial responsibility (inmate, correctional, ACH, insurance company, etc.) for all incurred expenses 

• Closely monitors potential catastrophic illnesses; explores and utilizes all appropriate means of limiting both ACH and corrections’ liabilities, if appropriate 

• Evaluates and recommends methods of improving operation efficiency and effectiveness 

• Monitors and promotes staff compliance with applicable pharmacy regulations, including those covering controlled substances 

• Reviews/approves medical supply and pharmacy orders 

• Seeks ACH approval for necessary supplies not on the routine supply list 

• Monitors and evaluates physical safety requirements to ensure safe working environment 

• Monitors and/or provides an in-service program suitable to the facility health care program when able to do so on-site 

• Meets with designated jail administration on a monthly or as needed basis 

• Meets with contracted agencies and jail administration as directed by the Regional Nurse Manager or Director of Medical Operations 

• Functions as liaison between ACH and other professional organizations 

• Monitors to confirm the provision of commitments and services made to or by ACH 

• Accepts on-call status 

• Must be able to perform CPR when needed 

• Attends seminars, workshops, conference, etc. as required by (and at the expense of) Advanced Correctional Healthcare 

• May be asked to travel 

• May be asked to train new hires and coworkers 

• Adheres to established policies of ACH and the facility 

• Any and all other duties as assigned 

Qualifications

• Active nursing license in the state in which services are to be provided, in good standing 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training 

• Excellent documentation skills 

• Knowledge of the nursing scope of practice