Regional Nurse Practitioner Lead at Healing Partners in Syracuse, NY

As industry-leading wound care providers, Healing Partners propel standard Skilled Nursing Facility wound care to a completely different level. Our multifaceted approach relieves various burdens – clinical, operational, financial, and practical – from busy owners, administrators, and employees, freeing each staff member to focus optimally on his or her responsibilities and improve overall facility management.

BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH HEALING PARTNERS:

• Competitive salary/rate
• Monday-Friday day schedule
• Excellent schedule - no nights; no weekends; no on-call
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, eligible on 1^st^ day of month following start date
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Dependent Care FSA
• 401k, Short Term/Long Term disability and life insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wound Care Certification
• Malpractice insurance, 100% company paid.
• Discount Programs
• FIGS personalized lab coat provided

Regional Nurse Practitioner Lead Job Responsibilities:

This is an intensely collaborative role with the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO). Communication is a significant aspect of this role; when in doubt over-communication is better than lack there-of. This role will continue to evolve as the company grows. The regional lead clinician was developed out of a need for each clinician to have a go-to person for liaising between senior level management and the clinicians/facilities.

• Be able to perform duties of a Healing Partners provider
• Perform regular (no less than weekly) check-ins with the DDO; reports updates/concerns in a timely manner
• Perform state-survey debriefing with facilities to identify areas for improvement
• Conduct (no less than quarterly) in-person rounding at all facilities
• Attend pre-implementation meetings within region
• Serve as a support-person during implementations and re-implementations; recommend being present for the first 2-3 weeks of new facility implementations
• Ensure processes established at implementation continue; early intervention at facility level is important to maintain standards of care throughout company
• Assist with skin sweeps/ensure skin sweeps are done quarterly
• Assist in coordinating rounding schedule with Providers and Facilities (minimum twice weekly visits in every facility)
• Identify key opportunities for improvement and increased efficiency
• Utilize centralized scheduling tool (coming soon) to make available providers’ schedules to the senior management team; this is another area where more communication is better than less, especially when facility management/ownership personnel reach out directly to our CEO & COO
• Measure and report performance of providers in regional area in the following key functional areas:
  • Quality patient care and clinical effectiveness
  • Effectiveness and efficiency of clinical rounds, following appropriate care models, processes, and standardized procedures of Healing Partners
  • Quality, accuracy, and timeliness of documentation
  • Providers’ ability to manage the workflow of their assigned facilities as well as their professional representation of Healing Partners, appropriate relationship-building interactions with Healing Partners clients and staff
• Regularly identify and praise areas of positive performance
• Regularly identify areas of improvement and growth, provider feedback and coaching on these areas with measurable action and follow-up

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Be a clinical resource for providers, to include standardized company guidelines (especially those requiring immediate attention)
• Perform regular (no less than weekly) check-ins with clinicians
• Perform regular check-in's (no less than monthly) with facilities and regional nursing leadership to ensure strong and positive relationships are established and maintained on behalf of LTC Healing Partners
• Assist DDO with planning & coordination for new facility contracts and provider placement -- Strategic employment of providers throughout region should be discussed with senior management before significant changes are made due to preexisting agreements and client requests
• Ensure appropriate coverage at all facilities under regional purview – identify and report shortfalls in staffing and performance to senior management and potential corrective measures as proactively as possible
• Approve/track Provider PTO requests
• Ensure coverage is maintained for facilities during provider PTO
• Collaborative onboarding of all new orientees with DDO (hybrid model; virtual portion/scheduling to be completed with DDO
• Identification of preceptors for new providers
• Facilitate in-person orientation of new providers
• Monitor provider productivity to ensure encounter and procedure mix goals are being met

Regional Nurse Practitioner Lead Qualifications and Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and high level of compassion.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program.
• Current approval by the Board of Nursing to perform medical acts.
• Must be currently licensed as a registered nurse in the state.
• Current Active, unrestricted APRN license in the state in which the applicant has applied.
• Master’s degree of Nursing.

Physical Requirements:**

• Able to stand and walk for 4+ hours
• Able to lift 100 pounds to assist fallen residents.
• Able to lift 10 pounds for routine performance of essential functions.
• Pushing/Pulling 70+ pounds when administering patient care
• Bending/squatting/kneeling/twisting when administering patient care
• Hearing in order to perform physical assessments (aids permitted)
• Vision for performing physical assessments (glasses or contacts permitted)
• Depth perception when performing medical procedures
• Fine motor skills for grasping and controlling medical equipment, and to perform precise procedures such as sterile dressing changes

Work Environment:

• May be exposed to adverse indoor and outdoor environmental conditions, bloodborne pathogens, physical hazards (e.g., needle pricks, etc.) and chemical hazards.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $125,000 - $145,000

Bonus Plan: Eligible

Sign-On Bonus: N/A

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Work Location

Healing Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.