Nurse Manager (RN) for Home Care

Wellstar Health System, Inc.; Woodstock (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System, Inc. is seeking an experienced RN with leadership background to guide the Home Health team in Georgia. The role emphasizes supervision, staff development, and delivering compliant, high-quality patient care.

Day shift available in the Woodstock area. You will collaborate with clinicians, HR, and leadership to ensure staffing, productivity, and patient outcomes align with Wellstar’s standards and values.

Qualifications

• Minimum nursing degree with active RN licensure in Georgia.

Responsibilities

• Supervise direct reports and manage productivity expectations.
• Interview and hire applicants within area of responsibility.
• Drive employee engagement and manage retention.
• Perform on-site visits with field clinicians and supervise staff development.
• Complete mid-year and annual evaluations of direct reports.
• Collaborate with HR to address corrective actions and resolve issues.
• Ensure regulatory/accreditation standards are met.
• Coordinate with QA to ensure SOCs and recerts are timely.
• Monitor patient scheduling and ensure visits and notes are complete.
• Support cost control initiatives and budget growth.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Change management

Communication skills

Healthcare operations

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Tools

SuccessFactors

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary

RN with minimum 1yr of Home Health Leadership.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• People* Supervise direct reports and ensure productivity management expectations are met
• Interview and evaluate applicants for open positions within area of responsibility
• Responsible for employee engagement, department retention, and turnover
• Perform on-site visits with field clinicians , ensure training and development of staff is complete
• Complete mid-year and yearly evaluations on direct reports
• Work with HR and Director provide corrective actions and resolve complex issues timely
• Manage Employee HR information through Success FactorsQuality and Patient Safety
• Maintains clinical knowledge and skills by keeping current of trends, procedures and techniques
• Review daily active patients to ensure all patients were scheduled and notes complete
• Work in conjunction with the QA team to ensure accurate and timely SOCs and recerts
• Conference with project assistant daily to ensure productivity is being met, visits and SOCs are scheduled, new patients have visits
• Accountable for compliance with regulatory and/or accreditation standards as appropriate
• Develop and conduct weekly team conferences to provide clinical education and patient review
• Review all written POCs, review and process all PIOs & LPN orders, obtain orders from MDs
• Ensure patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes through HHCAHPS reports
• Serve on Committees as assigned
• Review all new admissions to ensure appropriate referrals with needed supplies and ordersCustomer Service
• Serves as a communication resource between Wellstar Home Health, patients, physicians, and other entities
• Ensures effective communication with other Wellstar departments and team members
• Serves as resource to perform any service recovery as necessaryFinancial
• Works in conjunction with the scheduling team to ensure continuity of care and established productivity expectations are being met
• Monitors the volume of patients daily to determine productivity management and the need for additional resources
• Ensure Discharges are completed timely
• Works with the Home Health Director is ensure cost control initiatives are being met
• Review Drop ship supplies to ensure cost savings and appropriatenessSuccessful Growth
• Works in conjunction with Home Health Director and Executive Director regarding strategic planning and process improvement
• Support the Home Health targeted growth budget
• Recommends and implements any new programs or services for departmentPerforms other duties as assignedComplies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Bachelor's Degree

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• GADL - Georgia Driver's License or VSDL - Valid State Driver's License
• PVI - Private Vehicle insurance

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 1 year in the Medical Required orsurgical (Nursing), Clinical setting Required andMinimum 1 year of successful supervisory/management and Homecare Experience Required

Required Minimum Skills

Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building; a knowledge of the health care environment; leadership that includes such skills as successfully implementing and managing a change process ability to use systems thinking- and inspire, coach others to be successful; model the way for professional practice; professionalism and teamwork/collaboration for self/department/medical staff; and possess necessary business skills to manage human and material resources.Must be a continuous learner who understands health care financing; strategy and operations for running a business unit(s); and effectively employ data and technology to support work processes and make decisions.Supports shared governance or shared decision making; manage the design and delivery of care that in based on evidence and focused on quality and safety.Knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements assuring that these are upheld while advancing industry standards through the achievement of goals by effective management and measurement of outcomes.

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