IPU Team Leader

Joliet Area Community Hospice; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Pet Insurance

Personal Time Off

Holiday Paid

Job summary

Joliet Area Community Hospice, founded in 1982, seeks an IPU Team Leader to provide clinical and operational leadership for RNs, social workers, CNAs, and chaplains. The role partners with the Director of Inpatient Unit to ensure safe, efficient care and alignment with budget goals.

The position requires a flexible schedule with 5 eight-hour shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, serving patients in home, facility, or inpatient settings as needed.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the State.
• Minimum of two years' experience in public health, home care, or hospice nursing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day clinical and operational leadership for RNs, social workers, CNAs, and chaplains in partnership with the Director of Inpatient Unit.
• Coordinate staffing, patient flow, clinical quality, medication stewardship, staff accountability, and education to meet budget and utilization goals.
• Direct report for CNA and Clerk staff including payroll, scheduling, attendance, discipline, development and education.
• Monitor care quality through chart reviews, rounds, IDT attendance, and feedback from physicians.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Staff scheduling

Team management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Registered Nurse license (IL)

Tools

MatrixCare

Job description

Founded in 1982 as Joliet Area Community Hospice, Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care is an independent, nonprofit healthcare provider licensed in 11 counties in northwest Illinois. We provide exceptional serious illness care, hospice care and grief support for adults and children.

The majority of our direct patient care is in the field with Lightways team members providing care in the home, nursing facility or assisted living facility. We also have a 24-bed inpatient unit in Joliet. Non-clinical staff are based out of our Joliet administrative offices.

IPU Team Leader

• The IPU Team Leader provides day-to-day clinical and operational leadership for registered nurses, social workers, CNAs, and chaplains in partnership with the Director of Inpatient Unit. The Team Leader coordinates staffing, patient flow, clinical quality, medication stewardship, staff accountability, and education to support safe, efficient care; achievement of budget and utilization goals; and timely implementation of unit priorities. Must have flexible schedule to allow 5 days a week 8-hour shifts, including a presence on nights, weekends, and holidays.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support clinical staff taking by taking a case load of patients if needed and performing other supportive tasks when necessary
• Direct report for CNA and Clerk staff- Payroll, scheduling, attendance, discipline, development, education, evaluations.
• Prepare timely documentation for attendance, conduct, competencies, and other staffing issues. Ensure CNA performance concerns are documented and escalated promptly, and coordinate follow-up with leadership including the Director and Human Resources.
• Monitor the quality of care provided to the patients and families through chart reviews, rounds, attending IDT, direct observation of staff and feedback from physicians.

• Partner with the Director to increase appropriate general inpatient utilization to the budgeted target by monitoring referrals, bed requests, eligibility, level-of-care documentation, barriers to admission, and opportunities for timely transition to the IPU.
• Review census, acuity, staffing levels, overtime, agency use, and productivity with the Director. Adjust schedules and assignments and support achievement of budgeted staffing and utilization costs.
• Support establishment and maintenance of a high-acuity program by identifying interventions, workflows, equipment, competencies, and escalation criteria appropriate for the IPU.
• Support the Director of IPU in conducting and documenting weekly Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings in MatrixCare, leading medication review and collaborating with physicians and nurses to reconcile medications and correct orders for accuracy.

• Guide new employees through hospice orientation and education, and conduct timely 30-day performance check-ins.

Education/Experience:

• Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the State.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Hospice experience preferred.
• Previous management skills preferred.
• Minimum of two years' experience, at least one of which is in the area of public health, home care, or hospice nursing is preferred.

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Personal Time Off
• Holiday Paid