Senior Companion Program Nurse Manager

Pueblo of Sandia; New Mexico; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pueblo of Sandia is seeking a Homecare Manager to oversee the homecare program serving families with frail or medically compromised members. You will lead case management, ensure policy compliance, and train staff to deliver high-quality in-home care.

Strong clinical knowledge and supervisory experience are essential. Responsibilities include coordinating staffing, medication oversight, and patient advocacy while maintaining strict attendance and program standards.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in nursing is required.
• Five years of nursing experience with at least two years in a supervisory role is required.
• Bachelor’s degree (BSN) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive case management for all patients in the homecare program.
• Develops and delivers orientation and education for all staff.
• Maintains employee files and ensures mandatory competencies are current.
• Manages policies and procedures for the homecare program and communicates changes to Tribal Council.
• Collaborates on staffing schedules with the Program Assistant.
• Handles after-hours on-call duties for medically related calls.
• Ensures patients have needed supplies and medications; oversees delivery.

Skills

Management

Communication

Organization

Clinical knowledge

Independent work

Policy implementation

Training

Education

Associates degree in nursing

Five years nursing experience with 2 years supervisory

BSN preferred

Job description

Position Summary

Manages the homecare program which provides supportive services for families of the frail, physically and/or medically compromised members of the community of the Pueblo of Sandia.

Our philosophy is built on the principles of integrity, fairness, collaboration, communication, and recognition for performance excellence. Meeting all performance standards leads to attracting and retaining a qualified workforce, provides opportunities for qualified team members, and contributes towards the ongoing success of the Pueblo of Sandia today and in the future.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive case management services for all patients served by the homecare program.
• Develops and provides comprehensive new employee orientation and education training to all staff.
• Maintains employee files and ensures that all mandatory competencies are current.
• Maintains, updates, and manages all policies and procedures for the homecare program including presenting changes/updates to the Tribal Council.
• Collaborates with the Program Assistant to develop staffing schedules for homecare attendants.
• Shares after hours on call phone calls if calls are medically related.
• Ensures that patients have supplies and medications that they need. This includes monitoring the need, ordering, and oversight of medication delivery.
• Supervises medication management: Fills weekly medication boxes as needed. Instructs Homecare Attendants about responsibilities for reminding patients to take medications. Monitors documentation for accuracy.
• Makes regular home visits to all patients to assess physical and psychological status and to evaluate the quality of in-home care.
• Provides direct care for treatments or procedures that exceed Homecare Attendant scope of practice.
• Acts as a liaison between patient and family and medical, dental and other health service providers.
• Punctual and regular attendance is an essential responsibility for all team members and are expected to report to work based upon the assigned schedule each day in accordance with the Attendance Policy for Pueblo of Sandia.

Additional Responsibilities

• Creates an environment of teamwork though strong communication, mentoring, and providing guidance, support, and appreciation for team members contributions.
• Performs special projects and other job-related duties as assigned.

Key Performance Indicators

This position has Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) identified as a measurement of success. KPI’s will be shared with all team members who work in this job title and feedback will be provided regarding the successful completion of the KPI’s as part of the performance review process.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent management skills.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to be highly organized.
• Ability to accurately assess patient status and provide direct care based on strong clinical knowledge and experience.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to learn tribal policies and procedures.
• Ability to interact effectively with the patients served, their families, and Homecare Program Assistant as well as the immediate supervisor.
• Ability to act as an advocate for patients and their families with health care and community agencies.
• Ability to revise/create application process forms, policies and procedures as rules, regulations and technology advances.
• Ability to train employees effectively.

Education and Experience

Required:

• Associates degree in nursing from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) years’ experience in nursing preferably in a homecare setting including two (2) years supervisory experience.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree (BSN) in nursing from an accredited college or university.

License/Certifications/Registrations

• Current New Mexico RN Licensure with the NM Board of Nursing.
• Current CPR and First Aid certifications
• The following immunizations and titers are required prior to employment start date:
  • Hepatitis B series or immune by titer
  • Tdap
  • MMR or immune by titer
  • Annual TB test
  • Annual Flu vaccination (seasonal)
  • COVID booster (optional but encouraged)
• Must be able to successfully pass a stringent background investigation and character investigation in compliance with PL 101.630.
• Will require a pre-employment and random drug screening.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

Physical Requirement

• BalancingMaintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• CrouchingBending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• FeelingPerceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Finger DexterityPicking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• GraspingApplying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• HearingPerceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• KneelingBending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• LiftingRaising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. (Up to 10 lbs.)
• PullingUsing upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. (Up to 10 lbs.)
• PushingUsing upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward. (Up to 10 lbs.)
• ReachingExtending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• SeeingThe ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye.
• WalkingJob requirements include, in the performance of duties, walking throughout the work area, on various work surfaces throughout internal or external locations.
• SittingParticularly for sustained periods of time.
• StandingParticularly for sustained periods of time.
• StoopingBending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• TalkingExpressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

List Working Conditions Required

1. Work is performed indoors.
2. May work extended hours and evening or weekend hours.
3. Subject to hazardous materials which may cause bodily harm: smoke, common colds, influenza, dust, odors and elevated noise levels.
4. Tasks may be performed on uneven, inclined, challenging, soft carpeted floors, cement structures, and surfaces.