Registered Nurse Case Manager

About us

Symba Center is a faith based, non-profit organization providing medical, mental health, recuperative care, case management, housing navigation, substance use disorder counseling, and other wraparound services. Our mission is to implement and inspire innovative solutions designed to meet the health and wellness needs of low income, homeless and uninsured individuals in our community. We aim to build partnerships that bridge gaps in health access for this population. Symba Center is systematically seeking to understand the needs of the community, identifying the best approaches to address the issues, and advancing efforts to promote the broader social good. Help us in making our community a healthier and happier place. Here at Symba Center, we are one community with one mission.

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse Case Manager is an integral part of the health care team, providing care in an interdisciplinary team model including physicians, pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Behavioral Health providers, case managers, and substance use disorder counselors by assessing and planning care for homeless clients with mental health conditions. The selected candidate will be responsible for leading the development of an integrated nursing team approach and work directly with the Executive Director in development of nursing staff including education, competencies, evaluation, performance correction, patient safety and customer service-related issues. The Registered Nurse Case Manager will assist nursing and care staff in the following areas: medical clinic, recuperative care unit, and the outreach street medicine team in reaching their full potential at each stage of their professional development. The focus will be on developing and enhancing clinical knowledge, technical skills, clinical decision-making skills, professional performance standards and inter-personal skills that nursing and care staff use to provide quality services.

Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical advice and supervision to nursing and patient care staff
• Support and advise the Executive Director on efficient clinical practice of nursing and patient care staff, ensuring appropriate skill mix to promote the highest standard of service
• Assist patients obtaining services to evaluate their health outcomes and adjust nursing and patient care staff practices to ensure optimum co-coordination and delivery of care
• Review and recommend changes to nursing and patient care staff clinical protocols according to most recent guidelines.
• Review nursing documentation and maintain standards with regards to policy on documentation including, educating nursing and patient care staff on documentation standards
• Identify the training needs of nursing and patient care staff, and facilitate how to appropriately meet those needs
• Regularly assess the clinical competence of nursing and patient care staff and determine need for improvement to meet minimum required competency levels
• Develop ongoing learning strategies including tutorials, instructional sessions, and supervised practice sessions, regarding the use of medical and patient care equipment or best clinical care skills
• Foster an atmosphere conducive to learning for all nursing and patient care
• Interact as needed with local schools, colleges and universities requesting training sites for students

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing at the Bachelor’s level and have an unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in CA
• MUST have own malpractice insurance
• Demonstrate the ability to work in partnership with persons experiencing homeless, discrimination, and economic hardship
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills, including active listening, to influence others build constructive relationships and achieve outcomes
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problem solving in conjunction with higher level staff and the Executive Director
• Ability to accept and delegate responsibility, make sound judgments, and accurately assess when to refer issues to higher level staff and the Executive Director
• Manages own workload effectively while being flexible to new demands
• Demonstrates a high level of oral and written communication
• Demonstrates effective computer skills
• Has the ability to integrate well with, and contribute to, a multidisciplinary team
• Preferred: 2-3 years of experience in a supervisory capacity, including as a lead nurse, unit manager, or nursing director, leading and developing clinical practice within a person–centered framework
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional certification
• MUST pass a background check

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $55.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Work setting:

• Clinic

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience with underserved populations facing socioeconomic barriers to health care?
• Are you a graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing at the Bachelor’s level and have an unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in CA?

Experience:

• Supervisory: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $55