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 Health Service Administrator (HSA) 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

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

• Assists HSA in developing, revising, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, aims, and philosophy of ACH and the assigned correctional facility

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

• Assists HSA in orienting, supervising, and evaluating performance of nursing and clerical personnel

• Assists HSA with assigning, directing, and promoting associates as a supervisory function

• Assists HSA with hiring associates as staffing needs require

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

• Assists HSA with completing 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 and adheres to the Registered Nurse job description

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

• Approves payroll, professional time sheets of nursing personnel, reports hours and reviews use of overtime as directed by HSA

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

• Supplies written job descriptions to nursing staff

• Ensures the proper flow of relevant information (policies, procedures, in-service, problems, etc.) to HSA or Regional Nurse Manager

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

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

• Maintains 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 HSA or Regional Nurse Manager

• Audits weekly logs and received billing statements/invoices and forwards them to corporate office as directed by HSA

• 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

• Assists HSA with monitoring the provision of contractual medical services, i.e., radiology, lab, etc.

• Assists HSA with regularly evaluating the provision of medical services to prevent the inappropriate use/duplication of those services

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

• Closely monitors potential 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

• Assists HSA with monitoring and promoting staff compliance with applicable pharmacy regulations, including those covering controlled substances

• Reviews/approves medical supply and pharmacy orders as assigned by HSA.

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

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

• Assists HSA with monitoring and/or providing an in-service program suitable to the facility health care program when able to do so on-site

• 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

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

• Attends facility meetings as designated by the HSA.

• May be asked to travel

• Adheres to established policies of ACH and the facility

• Any and all other duties as assigned.

• 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