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Job Title: Healthcare Supervisor

Job Description:

• Supervise healthcare and protect clients while in their care
• Represent the nursing office at assigned weekly team meetings
• Transcribe orders, receive verbal orders as needed, and send orders to pharmacy per department protocols
• Administer medications as directed according to agency policy
• Administer first aid as needed
• Review lab results with Nursing Supervisor and Psychiatrist
• Review, prepare, and distribute special menus in collaboration with Nursing Supervisor
• Visit and evaluate asthmatic clients on a monthly basis, or more frequently if necessary, and maintain spirometer readings
• Schedule individual and group asthma teaching sessions
• Participate in programs designed to help clients acquire socially acceptable habits of behavior
• Participate in programs designed to help clients accept their medical conditions and handle them appropriately
• Use appropriate authority to set limits for behavior while clients are in the nurse's office
• Maintain complete, accurate records of all medications administered outlined in agency policy
• Learn and become familiar with Hillsides pharmacy recordkeeping and legalities involved
• Provide office coverage in the absence of the Nursing Supervisor
• Prepare memos and letters as needed
• Maintain client charts as needed, filing pertinent doctor appointments and psychiatric notes
• Transport clients to doctor appointments as required or for other medical needs and prepare related paperwork in conjunction with Nursing Supervisor
• Weigh and measure clients and maintain monthly records
• Other duties as required

Requirements:

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clients, office personnel, other employees, and the general public
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret manuals and office documents
• Ability to define problems, gather, transcribe, and post data, analyze, synthesize and classify information, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to work independently and with others including other employees, clients, and members of the public in face-to-face and telephonic contexts
• Ability to multi-task, establish priorities and manage time, meet deadlines, and perform duties under time constraints
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing work demands
• Maintain a high level of concentration and attention to detail for extended periods of time
• Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints
• Maintain a high level of ethical and professional standards in accordance with agency and community policy
• Ability to talk or hear in order to give and receive information and instructions
• Ability to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Ability to reach with hands and arms
• Ability to use computer keyboard up to 25% of the day
• Visual acuity, ability to adjust focus and peripheral vision for work on a laptop or other computer equipment
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Equipment and Computer Skills:

• Computer literate (basic working knowledge of Microsoft WORD, Excel, and Outlook) and data/electronic records program currently in use
• Able to use telephone, office copier, calculator, fax machine, computer printer, and scanner, or other equipment as required

Work Environment:

• Regularly work indoors and outdoors in a variety of environments
• High level of exposure to bloodborne pathogens