Clinic Head Nurse

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH); Hazard (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) seeks a Clinic Head Nurse to oversee a nursing unit, providing strong clinical leadership and ensuring adherence to policies and plans. The role includes direct patient care tasks, coordination with physicians, and staff management to maintain quality care and safety standards.

Responsibilities include supervising procedures (IVs, chemotherapy, EKGs), assisting doctors, counseling patients and families, and ensuring proper billing and insurance verification.

Qualifications

• RN preferred, LPN required.
• Minimum Of 2 Years Experience In Nursing Supervision.
• Demonstrated management and clerical skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide clinical leadership for a nursing unit.
• Perform nursing procedures (IV starts, chemotherapy, EKG) and ensure cart stock.
• Assist physicians and cover LPN duties as needed.
• Counsel patients and families about illness, treatment, and medications.
• Educate patients and verify insurance coverage and Medicaid payments.
• Secure pre-authorization for admissions and procedures to ensure proper payment.
• Schedule surgeries and ensure pre-op workups are completed.
• Interview, hire, promote, transfer, discipline, and terminate staff as needed.
• Create work schedules ensuring adequate staffing for physicians.
• Develop and maintain safety plans and comply with OSHA requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing supervision

Clinical leadership

Patient education

Education

LPN license required

RN preferred

Job description

Overview

The Clinic Head Nurse is accountable for the effective supervision and clinical leadership of a nursing unit in accordance with the Clinic philosophy, policies, procedures, plans and organization.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical nursing procedures including starting IV's, administering chemotherapy, performing electrocardiographs, and EKG's, assuring drug cart is stocked properly.


• Assist physician with various clinical procedures.


• Assumes duties of LPN as required.


• Accepts telephone calls from patients and their families and counsels them concerning their illness, condition, and medicine.


• Provides patient education as required.


• Assures that patient forms are completed and that insurance coverage is verified and that Medicaid will pay for prescription medicines.


• Secures pre-authorization prior to physician admitting patient to hospital, observation unit, and outpatient surgery to assure proper payment is received.


• Schedules patients for surgery at various ARH hospitals and assures that pre-operation work-up is completed.


• Interviews, selects, develops, promotes, transfers, disciplines and terminates personnel under his/her supervision or recommends such action.


• Develops work schedules and assignments on basis of patient needs, and assures adequate staff is available to assist physicians.


• Develops and maintains safety plans for employees and patients including fire drills and bomb threats and implements OSHA plans.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

RN preferred, LPN required.

Minimum Of 2 Years Experience In Nursing Supervision.

Demonstrated management and clerical skills.