Nurse Manager - Inpatient and Outpatient Wound

Job Description​

Lead with Purpose. Lead with Impact. Join Saint Luke's as a Wound Care Nurse Manager serving Saint Luke's East and Saint Luke's South, where your leadership can make a lasting difference in patient care!

RN MO and KS required

BLS required

2 years applicable experience required

Wound care experience preferred

Wound and/or Ostomy certification preferred

Time will be split between locations at Lee's Summit and Overland Park

Around 20 direct reports between both locations

The Opportunity:

The Wound Care Nurse Manager provides support for the day to day operations including scheduling, outreach, and assignments. Working with the Director of Patient Care Services, this role is the main contact for the interdisciplinary team, responsible for training and oversight of new hires and ongoing staff, including Nurses, Medical Assistants and office staff. The Wound Care Nurse Manager, as part of the leadership team, facilitates relationships with providers, health plans, vendors, facilities and community organizations. Requires 5+ years of clinical practice in a hospital, clinic, home care, or nursing home setting and 2-3 years of increasing supervisory or management experience in a health care setting.

Provide operational support for the Director of Patient Care Services

Ensures an atmosphere of open communication, teamwork, and empowerment to make informed decisions

Collaborates with Director of Patient Care Services over the Wound Care Program in analyzing reviews, metric data, and chart audits and uses that information to identify opportunities for improvement

Collaborates with Director on overall budget for Care Management

Oversees Saint Luke’s Wound Care position control and hiring of new staff

Contributes to the clinical, quality and financial outcomes of Saint Luke's East and Saint Luke's South

Interface/collaborate with contracted health plan contacts on patients referred to Saint Luke’s Wound Care program

Assist with strategy and process development, and implementation, including measurement of outcomes

Assures proper documentation is completed by providers and staff

Monitor Daily Dashboard and other performance and operational reporting to take appropriate action based on the data

Assist Referral Specialist to schedule urgent visits for providers from on-call and during business hours

Represent Saint Luke’s East and South at provider, vendor, facility and health plan meetings as assigned/requested

Ensure ordering and maintenance of all medical supply needs

Maintain staff PTO to ensure adequate staffing

Maintain on-call schedules/calendars for Providers and NPs

Maintain Provider schedules for meetings, PTO etc.

Maintain quality of services through audits and education

Maintain HIPAA compliance as it relates to member care

Other duties as assigned

Why Saint Luke’s?

We believe in work/life balance.

We are dedicated to innovation and always looking for ways to improve.

We believe in creating a collaborative environment where all voices are heard.

We are here for you and will support you in achieving your goals.

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Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

2 years

Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Registered Nurse - Various

Associate Degree - Nursing

Job Details

Full Time

Day (United States of America)