Registered Nurse Gainesville, GA (1487)

Job Description

ABOUT FLOURNOY HEALTH SYSTEMS:

Primecare Home Care Services, LLC. (PHCS), powered by Flournoy Health Systems, LLC (FHS), is a people-first home care organization dedicated to helping individuals live safely, comfortably, and independently in their own homes. We provide personalized, compassionate care to seniors, individuals living with chronic conditions, and those requiring in-home support, building trusted relationships with the individuals, families, and communities we serve.

PHCS is supported by the leadership, infrastructure, and resources of FHS, a healthcare management organization focused on strengthening the organizations that serve individuals in their homes and communities. FHS is also home to other healthcare and affiliated businesses, including Primecare Hospice & Palliative, Inc. and Primecare Real Estate, LLC.

Together, PHCSand FHS are committed to the highest standards of excellence, compassion, integrity, and compliance in everything we do.

Position Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides clinical oversight and coordination of care for clients receiving home and community-based services within their assigned area. The RN is responsible for completing initial assessments and reassessments, developing individualized care plans, overseeing clinical documentation and compliance, managing physician plans of treatment, and supporting the clinical needs of clients and caregivers.

Operating within the area-based pod model, the RN serves as a clinical resource to LPNs, PRN nurses, caregivers, and operational teams, providing guidance, collaboration, and escalation support as needed. While the role primarily focuses on clinical oversight, care coordination, and administrative responsibilities, the RN maintains flexibility to provide field-based services and coverage when operationally necessary to ensure continuity of care and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete initial assessments and reassessments and maintain individualized Plans of Care for clients receiving SFC, Personal Support Services, GAPP, and other applicable services.
• Provide clinical supervision and guidance to LPNs and caregivers, including completion and validation of required caregiver skills competencies.
• Coordinate with the assigned operational team to establish and maintain supervisory and IDT visit schedules and ensure required visits are completed timely.
• Conduct required supervisory visits for skilled clients and additional complaint, follow-up, or unannounced visits when clinically appropriate.
• Review and sign off on clinical and care-delivery documentation to ensure services and tasks align with the established Plan of Care.
• Manage physician Plans of Treatment (POT), including obtaining, reviewing, updating, and coordinating required clinical orders and documentation.
• Monitor complex medical conditions, identify changes in condition, safety concerns, and unmet care needs, and coordinate appropriate clinical interventions.
• Communicate with physicians, case managers, families, LPNs, caregivers,operational teams and other providers to support continuity and coordination of care.
• Provide client and caregiver education regarding diagnoses, disease processes, medications, treatments, safety, and care needs.
• Ensure clinical services and documentation comply with applicable Medicaid, program, regulatory, HIPAA, and agency requirements.
• Provide direct, in-field nursing support and coverage as needed to address staffing shortages, maintain continuity of care, and meet client service needs, consistent with licensure, clinical competencies, and the established Plan of Care.

Qualifications:

• Current, active, and unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license to practice in the State of Georgia.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Demonstrated clinical competency in assessing and caring for medically fragile and/or complex-care individuals.
• Ability to complete comprehensive client assessments, identify changes in condition, and develop and maintain individualized Plans of Care.
• Ability to provide clinical supervision, direction, and education to LPNs, caregivers, clients, and families.
• Working knowledge of applicable home and community-based service programs, including SFC, Personal Support Services, GAPP, and other assigned programs.
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and automobile insurance meeting applicable state and company requirements.
• Current TB screening.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous home health, home care, or community-based nursing experience.
• Experience with Medicaid-funded home and community-based services.
• Previous experience providing clinical supervision or oversight of field-based nursing and caregiver services.

Measures of Success

• Required client, supervisory, IDT, and GAPP visits are completed timely and according to established requirements.
• Clinical documentation is accurate, complete, and submitted within required timeframes.
• Changes in client condition, safety concerns, and other clinical issues are identified and escalated appropriately and timely.
• Nursing services are delivered in accordance with the Plan of Care, scope of practice, and applicable agency and payer requirements.
• Maintains required licensure, certifications, competencies, and training throughout employment.

Other Qualifications

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret regulations and other documents.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively and tactfully present information to, and communicate with, co-workers, employees, and others.
Possess exceptional English written and verbal communication skills, including accurate grammar and business correspondence knowledge.
Ability to read and write memos, reports, and correspondence that conform to prescribed style and format.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Other Skills and Abilities:

Able to establish and maintain cooperative and positive working relationships.
Organized, detail-oriented, courteous, proactive, self-motivated, dependable, and customer service driven.
Even-tempered and able to balance multiple tasks in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work sensitively and effectively with individuals of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

General Job Performance Requirements

Meets/exceeds established performance goals. Additional performance requirements may be communicated.
Alignment with Company Goals & Objectives – Supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values and holds self-accountability for applying these principles daily and personally living them when working with coworkers, participants, clients, and all other business contacts.

Adherence to Company Policy – Follows and enforces guidelines as established by policies. Conforms to company and job standards and requirements. Shows respect for others. Acts in the best interests of the company at all times. Serves as an example for others. Conducts business in an ethical fashion.

Job Knowledge – Demonstrates a thorough understanding of his/her job processes and procedures. Integrates knowledge to efficiently accomplish job requirements. Efficiently uses resources (including staff and management) to obtain additional knowledge.

Cooperativeness – Consistently supports management decisions as demonstrated by his/her actions. Demonstrates a “can do” attitude by responding positively to instructions. Follows instructions and works harmoniously with others to complete the job or task.

Commitment – Commits to his/her job and to the success of the company. Continuously puts forth the effort to achieve goals and continuous quality improvement. Degree to which employee goes the extra step to ensure job/task completion. Takes initiative to offer ideas to improve processes or results.

Customer Service - Embraces the organization's commitment to internal and external customer service and demonstrates a customer-centric approach when interacting with co-workers, participants, clients, and all other business contacts.

Safety – Maintains a safe workplace. Reports all unsafe work conditions to supervisor and/or Safety & Loss Control Manager and works in conjunction with supervisor, Safety & Loss Control Manager, and staff to correct unsafe work conditions. Follows and enforces all safety policies.

Quantity of Work / Productivity – Produces at a high volume. Always puts forth the effort to maximize productivity. Meets or exceeds established work deadlines. Engage in a productive work effort whenever possible. Meets goals and objectives.

Quality of Work – Produces work that is accurate and reliable. Accomplishes work quickly and efficiently. Works in a thorough and organized manner while minimizing downtime. Results are consistently within acceptable quality standards.

Reliability – Completes responsibilities with minimal direct supervision. Follows through with assigned jobs and tasks all the way through completion. Puts forth the effort to achieve goals and objectives under varying circumstances.

Attendance – Meets or exceeds punctuality and attendance expectations/requirements. Faithfully reports to work and conforms to scheduled work hours. When necessitated, follows call-in procedures, and informs others of absences.

Communication – Exhibits good interpersonal skills. Develops and fosters professional relationships with co-workers, participants, clients, and vendors. Keeps others informed as directed by operational demands and need-to-know. Keeps self-informed of announcements made via established company venues.

Confidentiality – Maintains confidentiality of employee, participant, and client data/information, and any other sensitive organization information as appropriate.

Physical Demands
Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements

Employees are frequently required to sit. Employees are frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and occasionally stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Requires manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
Requires the ability to use department equipment, such as telephones, personal computers, adding machines, copiers, fax machines, etc. The position requires frequent use of computers and phones.
Requires the ability to lift/carry up to 30 pounds using appropriate body mechanics.

Visual, Hearing and Communication Requirements

Requires corrected vision, including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Requires hearing to normal range and must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with co-workers, vendors, clients, and others for work-related purposes.

Work Environment

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Pressure Factor
May require working under stressful conditions.
May experience pressure to meet scheduled timelines.

Environmental Conditions

The employee normally works indoors in a typical, temperature-controlled office environment.
Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
There may be distractions such as phone calls, work interruptions, and communication from co-workers or participants.

I, the undersigned employee, acknowledge receipt and understanding of this job description. I realize that it reflects a general list of responsibilities of the position, as well as a general description of the working environment and physical demands of the position. I have notified Human Resources of any reasonable accommodation(s) I require, and should I require any reasonable accommodation in the future, I agree to request such accommodation by notifying Human Resources. I have accepted this position and represent that I am capable of performing such functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

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