Nurse Manager: Portland, Oregon - Full-time

Description




Coram is a leading provider of specialty infusion and pharmacy distribution services with more than 80 branch locations, over 50 infusion suites and 2 specialty pharmacies throughout the country. Our employees, including infusion nurses, pharmacists and dietitians, are known in the industry for providing a high level of personalized care to thousands of home and infusion suite IV and specialty pharmacy patients every day. Please visit our website at http://www.coramhc.com/ and www.coramrx.com



Nurse Manager



We have an exciting opportunity to lead a team of home infusion nurses based in our Portland, Oregon. Practice in a specialty area of nursing, lead and support our nurses working in the field providing infusion patient care. You must be licensed in Oregon and Washington.

If you have solid management, logistics and infusion experience, we would like to speak with you!



Infusion Nurse Manager

• Provides nursing care and services in accordance with company policies and procedures, and all applicable accreditation, federal, state, and local regulations.
• Applies appropriate ethical, legal, confidentiality and advocacy principles to the planning and delivery of patient care.
• Reviews nursing service and billing reports to ensure accuracy, researches variances and develops appropriate action plans when indicated to reach budget/goals.
• Monitors all performance improvement indicators and any risk management activities as they relate to nursing and/or the overall branch operations.
• Collaborates with pharmacy leadership and branch manager to jointly manage daily branch operations including staffing and labor costs, budgetary and financial reporting, and other components of clinical and operation management.
• Develops and recommends changes as necessary to ensure effective and efficient communication among infusion team.
• Ensures quality efficient nursing operations through appropriate direction, guidance, and leadership.
• Works closely with pharmacy leadership and branch manager in rollout and implementation of new policies and programs, and is responsible for management and follow-up of all nursing programs within the branch.
• Assists in developing, interpreting and implementing new nursing policies.
• Responsible for hiring, coaching, evaluating, , supervising and discipline of all nursing personnel, and may delegate these tasks as appropriate to nursing supervisors or other branch nursing leadership.
• Manages nursing staffing through a territory management plan utilizing a flexible staffing ratio of full-time, per diem and agency nurses to maximize departmental efficiencies and effectiveness
• Assists with didactic and clinical hands-on training and education, competency assessments and related documentation, communication, and action planning provided to nursing staff. Prepares and presents in-services for entire infusion staff in conjunction with pharmacy and branch leadership.
• Provides clinical support to the sales team as needed as it pertains to the production of new clinical programs and/or marketing activities to physicians, nursing agencies, and referral sources. Collaborates with pharmacy staff to develop, monitor and evaluate goals of patient therapy.
• Responsible for the development and management of strategic agency relationships including educational assistance and management of the agency billing.
• Participates in on call as indicated by staffing and business needs.

Qualifications

• RN Diploma, Associates or Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or school of nursing.
• Minimum of three years of IV related experience and two years of supervisory or management experience.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in appropriate state of practice is required. Additional licensure may be required in multi state service areas.
• Must possess a valid and current driver's license and auto insurance.
• Must have and maintain a current CPR.
• CRNI preferred.
• Advanced computer skills.
• Excellent customer service skills (verbal and written).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Required to use hands to demonstrate equipment, administer medications and to drive.
• Required to stand, walk, sit and reach with hands and arms.
• Required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Vision requirements include close vision, color vision, night vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• May be occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals such as chemotherapy drugs.
• Regularly works in outside weather conditions when traveling to patients.
• Exposed to potentially infectious materials such as blood and/or body fluids.
• Occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock.

Coram is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law.
Because Coram believes in providing a safe work environment, we conduct drug and background checks in our recruiting/hiring processes. AA/EOE, M/F/D/V