Nurse Care Manager - Shelter & Residential at Water Street Mission

For Water Street Mission to fulfill its mission and purpose, it is critical for all staff to participate in the development and maintenance of a healthy Christian Community. By living out our faith with one another and creating a space where our guests are invited to experience that community with us, we participate in lives being restored. Even as some positions have minimal direct contact with guests, each staff member has an essential role in forming and maintaining Christian community. The love of Christ, evidenced in our Water Street community, is the real impetus for change with our guests.

Job Summary: Provide nurse care management services for Water Street Mission guests. Perform nursing and clinical administrative duties in collaboration with other health professionals to ensure safe and efficient patient care

FLSA: Full Time (32 hours), Non-exempt

All Water Street Mission staff must be:

- Willing to sign the Water Street Ministries' Statement of Faith

- A current and active member and/or regular attendee of a local church.

- Able to fully support the Water Street Mission's core values and ministry philosophy.

Essential Functions:

Culture and Values

- Share the Good News of Jesus Christ in words and actions with people we serve, communicating hope and dignity.

- Walk alongside fellow WSM staff in Christian community as we journey toward maturity.

- Encourage restoration in the lives of coworkers and guests, recognizing we are each restored by God to become restorers.

- Work in full coordination with other WSM staff at all times to identify, report and respond appropriately to any potential threats to the safety and wellbeing of guests.

Role Specific Responsibilities

Essential Clinic Duties:

- Focused nursing triage and assessment.

- Perform nursing procedures including phlebotomy and point of care lab tests.

- Administer medications, immunizations, and PPD tests.

- Clinical administrative duties related to, but not limited to EPIC work queues, quality assurance initiative, peer review process, chart reviews, and policy & procedure updates.

- Oversee and ensure proper process of medication fills form providers' orders in the pharmacy.

- Room patients for the providers.

- Accurate and complete chart documentation and form completion.

- Evaluate and meet patient social needs with available resources.

- Provide charge nurse oversight and ensure efficient flow of clinic sessions.

- Provide orientation and training for volunteer nurses.

- Supervise volunteer nurses during clinic sessions.

- Assist providers with scribing as needed.

- Teach or coordinate health related classes as assigned.

Essential Case Management Duties:

- One on one consultation with guests during Providence Day shelter hours.

- Assessment and triage of medical issues for Providence shelter guests.

- Provide nurse care management services for guests and patients with multiple, chronic medical issues.

- Make referrals to community health services and resources.

- Accurate and complete chart documentation and form completion.

- Attend medical appointments with guests as needed.

- Collaborate with WSM program staff on guest's health related issues.

- Attend appropriate multidisciplinary team meetings.

- Other duties pertaining to the essential functions.

Education and Experience: An Associate's degree accepted a Bachelor's degree preferred and a minimum of 2 years' experience in the nursing field. Unrestricted License to practice nursing in Pennsylvania. Experience working with patients that have a history of trauma.

Reports To: Director of Medical Services

Key Internal Relationships: Medical staff and volunteers, dental staff and volunteers, Access Center, Case management, Mission Directors, Key community medical providers

Physical Demands:

Occasionally = 1%-33%; Frequently = 34%-66%; Continuously = 67%-100%

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

- Stand, walk, or sit- Continuously

- Use of fine motor skills- Continuously

- Bend, squat, kneel, and reach- Occasionally

- Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds- Occasionally

- Weekend and evening availability- Occasionally

Christian Life:

Water Street Mission is a privately funded 501(c) 3 non-profit, evangelical Christian ministry. Our designated purpose is religious, and we are a Christ-centered ministry that is dedicated to sharing the Gospel and helping the homeless and impoverished. We consider every position to be essential in the fulfillment of our ministry and purpose statement. As such, each employee must have a relationship with Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord. All employees must:

Be able and willing to share the Gospel and participate in the ministry activities of Water Street Mission.

Subscribe to the Water Street Mission Statement of Faith and Qualifications of Employment upon hire and continuously while employed.

Adhere to the Water Street Mission Employee Handbook.