Registered Nurse Lead-Interim

Northwest Colorado Health

Interim RN Team Lead

General Statement of Duties: The Nursing Team Lead provides daily clinical leadership and supervision for RN and LPN staff within Home Services while continuing to provide direct nursing services. The position supports safe, high-quality, timely, and compliant care through staff coordination, scheduling, training, clinical guidance, documentation oversight, and quality-improvement activities.

Supervision Received: Reports to the Director of Home Health and Hospice.

Supervision Exercised: Provides daily supervision, clinical direction, coaching, orientation, training, and work coordination for RN and LPN staff within delegated authority.

Essential Functions:

1. Ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centered nursing services by RN and LPN staff in accordance with professional standards, organizational policies, plans of care, payer requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.
2. Coordinates daily nursing operations and staffing schedules to support client needs, continuity of care, appropriate coverage, and efficient use of resources.
3. Provides direct nursing services and maintains clinical competence sufficient to support patient care, staff coverage, and operational needs.
4. Provides day-to-day supervision, clinical guidance, coaching, and problem-solving support to nursing staff. Escalates significant clinical, employee, safety, compliance, or operational concerns to the Director of Home Services.
5. Coordinates and supports orientation, training, competency validation, and ongoing development of nursing staff.
6. Provides input regarding employee performance and service quality. When delegated outside the interim assignment, may participate in formal performance-evaluation processes consistent with organizational policy.
7. Develops, implements, reviews, and supports nursing objectives, workflows, policies, and procedures in collaboration with the Director of Home Services and appropriate organizational leaders.
8. Maintains systems to promote accurate, complete, appropriate, and timely clinical documentation and delivery of services. Identifies gaps and follows through on needed correction, education, or escalation.
9. Monitors nursing practice and documentation for alignment with payer, licensing, accreditation, quality, privacy, and other applicable requirements.
10. Serves as a clinical resource and professional role model for nursing staff, promoting accountability, respectful communication, teamwork, and sound clinical judgment.
11. Participates in patient-care coordination, interdisciplinary communication, case review, and response to changes in condition or service needs as assigned.
12. Participates in department performance improvement and quality assurance activities, including PIQA meetings, clinical review, corrective follow-up, and regulatory readiness.
13. Participates in Leadership Team and other department or organizational meetings as assigned and communicates relevant information to nursing staff.
14. Identifies and helps develop resources, tools, workflows, and education needed to support Home Services programs.
15. Promotes a culture of safety, service, inclusion, continuous improvement, and alignment with the mission and values of Northwest Colorado Health.
16. Performs other related duties as assigned. Management retains the right to modify responsibilities consistent with the essential purpose of the position.

Interim Role Limitation: The interim Nursing Team Lead does not approve timesheets or complete semiannual performance reviews. These responsibilities remain with the Director of Home Health and Hospice or other designated leader.

Education: Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.

Experience: A minimum of three years of professional nursing experience required. Home health, hospice, community-based care, or other relevant clinical experience preferred. Prior lead, preceptor, charge, supervisory, staff-development, or quality-improvement experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

1. Strong clinical assessment, care coordination, prioritization, delegation, and decision-making skills within the scope of registered nursing practice.
2. Knowledge of nursing standards, patient safety, documentation, quality improvement, and regulatory expectations applicable to assigned Home Services programs.
3. Ability to provide clear direction, coaching, feedback, training, and accountability while maintaining respectful working relationships.
4. Ability to organize staffing and workflow, respond to changing patient and operational needs, and escalate concerns appropriately.
5. Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, critical-thinking, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.
6. Ability to review clinical documentation for completeness, timeliness, accuracy, and compliance and to support corrective follow-through.
7. Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment, and handle sensitive patient and employee information appropriately.
8. Ability to work independently in variable home and community environments and collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams.
9. Ability to use electronic health records, scheduling systems, secure communications, and standard office technology.
10. Commitment to person-centered care, continuous improvement, and the mission and values of Northwest Colorado Health.

Requirements:

1. Active, unrestricted Colorado Registered Nurse license required.
2. Current CPR or Basic Life Support certification required.
3. Valid Colorado driver’s license and reliable transportation. If a personal vehicle is used for agency business, proof of automobile insurance meeting organizational requirements is required.
4. Satisfactory completion of required background checks, health screenings, immunizations, training, and competency validation.
5. Maintains all licenses, certifications, continuing education, and clinical competencies required for the position.
6. Ability to participate in after-hours, weekend, holiday, or on-call coverage based on program needs and assigned responsibilities.

Physical Requirements:

1. Ability to travel throughout the service area and enter homes and facilities with variable accessibility and environmental conditions.
2. Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach, and perform nursing duties for prolonged or intermittent periods.
3. Ability to carry clinical equipment and supplies and assist with patient positioning or mobility consistent with training, safety procedures, and available assistance.
4. Ability to communicate effectively in person, by telephone, and through electronic systems and respond to urgent clinical needs within assigned coverage expectations.

Working Conditions:

1. Work is performed in private homes, assisted living and skilled-nursing settings, clinics, offices, and other community locations. Lighting, acoustics, air quality, temperature, cleanliness, animals, tobacco smoke, road conditions, weather, and other environmental factors may be variable or unpredictable.

2. The schedule may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call or after-hours coverage based on program needs.

3. This position has been classified as Patient-Facing, a position in which the incumbent could reasonably be expected to routinely interact with patients and/or patient family members. Employees in Patient-Facing positions are exposed to healthcare conditions that may require additional training, immunizations, and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

This description is intended to describe the essential job functions and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time

Requirements:

1. Active, unrestricted Colorado Registered Nurse license required.
2. Current CPR or Basic Life Support certification required.
3. Valid Colorado driver’s license and reliable transportation. If a personal vehicle is used for agency business, proof of automobile insurance meeting organizational requirements is required.
4. Satisfactory completion of required background checks, health screenings, immunizations, training, and competency validation.
5. Maintains all licenses, certifications, continuing education, and clinical competencies required for the position.
6. Ability to participate in after-hours, weekend, holiday, or on-call coverage based on program needs and assigned responsibilities.

Physical Requirements:

1. Ability to travel throughout the service area and enter homes and facilities with variable accessibility and environmental conditions.
2. Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach, and perform nursing duties for prolonged or intermittent periods.
3. Ability to carry clinical equipment and supplies and assist with patient positioning or mobility consistent with training, safety procedures, and available assistance.
4. Ability to communicate effectively in person, by telephone, and through electronic systems and respond to urgent clinical needs within assigned coverage expectations.

Working Conditions:

1. Work is performed in private homes, assisted living and skilled-nursing settings, clinics, offices, and other community locations. Lighting, acoustics, air quality, temperature, cleanliness, animals, tobacco smoke, road conditions, weather, and other environmental factors may be variable or unpredictable.

2. The schedule may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call or after-hours coverage based on program needs.

3. This position has been classified as Patient-Facing, a position in which the incumbent could reasonably be expected to routinely interact with patients and/or patient family members. Employees in Patient-Facing positions are exposed to healthcare conditions that may require additional training, immunizations, and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

This description is intended to describe the essential job functions and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time