• 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 Lukes 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 Lukes 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 Lukes 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

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