Nurse Manager

If you are seeking a career that puts you in a position to change the world, one life at a time, you have come to the right place. At Grace Hospice we offer professional care with a personal touch by focusing on the patients and families, not the disease, while emphasizing quality of life and dignity. We have built our nonprofit hospice agency by going back to the original roots of hospice care-rich in spiritual, emotional, and physical care for those at their end of life. We are an equal opportunity, drug free organization striving for excellence, while offering competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Salary: $100,000 to $110,000 annuallyPosition Summary: The Hospice Aide Manager position serves as a leader, providing supervision for direct care staff. This position services as a management position with management responsibility for their team and serves as a liaison between the Director of Patient Care, and the Hospice Aides on their respective team, patients and their families, and the community. This position will work closely with the leadership team on the implementation of policies and procedures while carrying out the organization’s purposes in a manner consistent with the culture, goals and established practices. Grace Culture:Successful employees will demonstrate these key values:

1. Excellence: Anticipating needs and delivering the best care by going above and beyond expectations.
2. Kindness: We distinguish ourselves by being friendly, considerate and generous as we care for patients, families and each other.
3. Team: Respectfully working together to achieve the best end of life experience for our patients and families; promoting a positive work experience

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse (RN) with a current and active state nursing license.
• Minimum of 3 years of clinical nursing experience, preferably in hospice, long term care, community health or palliative care settings.
• Must have the ability to direct and supervise staff and lead in a professional manner
• Current Minnesota Driver’s License, insurance and daily access to reliable vehicle
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent with relationship development internally and externally
• Ability to think critically
• Ability to network within the referral communities
• Strong knowledge of hospice regulations including CMS, state licensure and conditions of participation
• Ability to respect confidentiality

Job Duties:

• Supervise CNAs
• Collaborate with all departments
• Assist in the recruiting, selecting, hiring and orienting of qualified individuals
• Manage caseloads and territories of Hospice Aides
• Supervisor on-call responsibilities
• Support team through development of programs, goals and objectives consistent with those of the organization’s overall strategic plan and initiatives
• Actively participates in leadership meetings, collaborating and communicating with leadership team
• Assist and/or lead new projects as assigned
• Facilitate a cohesive team to provide excellent end of life care
• Participate in IDG meetings
• Responsible for building and maintaining employee morale, motivating employees to reach their full potential including professional development
• Uses available resources and data to guide excellent patient care
• Assist in budget process and staffing plans
• Support and participate in quality improvement
• Identify and act upon improvement opportunities for the overall success of Grace Hospice
• Assist in overseeing compliance of clinical charts
• Other duties as assigned