Clinical Supervisor - LPN
Paramed
ParaMed - Halifax - 1475 Bedford Hwy, Suite 208, Bedford, NS
Job Description
In this valuable role, the Clinical Supervisor is accountable for the supervision of community care assistants (CCA) and community care assistants in training (CCAIT) who are caring and making a difference for clients within the community. The Clinical Supervisor will have the expertise to assess, implement and evaluate a wide range of clinical care interventions to ensure the delivery of safe, quality, and ethical care.
Why you’ll love working here:
- Be a part of a great supportive team of fellow nurses and supervisors
- Attractive scheduling
- Opportunity to develop long term therapeutic relationships with patients.
- Opportunity to practice and develop complex clinical skills
- Best in class training and development programs, including a comprehensive clinical orientation and hands-on skills labs
- Celebration and Recognition programs
- Comprehensive health and dental benefit plans
- Company paid mobile devices
- Mileage compensation
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Employee Assistance Program
What you’ll do:
- Supervise and support CCA’s and CAIT’s to ensure practices comply with all legislated standards of practice as well as company policies and procedures.
- Respond to and advise/resolve concerns from community staff, patients/families, and other team members.
- Provide ongoing leadership through regular huddles, face to face meetings and one-on-ones.
- Initiate patient safety incident investigations and documents to ensure timelines and action plans are met.
- Work collaboratively with nursing team members to support clinical documentation and submission requirements according to specific funder reporting guidelines.
- Engage patients in problem solving using a collaborative approach, offering health teaching, building rapport and trust to identify patient health care needs, strengths, capacities, and goals.
- Engage staff in problem solving, offering education, coaching, and mentoring in resolution of problems.
- Maintain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide safe, efficient, effective service in all areas of practice by keeping abreast of changes in practice setting that affect scope of practice.
What you bring:
- Registration as a Licensed Practical Nurse in good standing
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience as a practicing nurse
- Comprehensive patient health assessment skills are required
- Possess an understanding of the principles of community nursing practice
- Proven experience leading and managing a team
- Knowledge of clinical documentation standards and practice guidelines is required
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and teaching skills
- Commitment to professional development in clinical practice that is relevant to home health care
- Effective critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Must possess a valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation
- Able to provide a current, clear Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS)
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Time Type:
Full time
Join us as we continue our 40-year tradition to help people live better and provide the most compassionate care possible! Join a winning team and let’s succeed together!
ParaMed Home Health Care accommodates the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes upon request.
About the Company
Paramed
ParaMed has been providing home care and wellness solutions across Canada since 1974 and is a nationally accredited provider with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada. We ensure our care providers are fully trained, have access to ongoing training, have the necessary coordination and management support, are properly supervised and coached on best practices.
We have programs and specialty teams in place to support employees from recruitment throughout their careers at ParaMed to learn, grow, and provide excellent care. Our commitment to our employees and the work they do means that you can expect exceptional care providers who are well-trained, supported, and engaged.
When you choose ParaMed, you access our qualified personnel and gain from our 50-year history of providing medical and non-medical support services and a 10,000 member strong workforce. Our success and growth stem from everyone, at all levels of the organization, honoring every day our five core values of Show compassion, Invent opportunity, Be there, Strive for better, and Connect with others.
These values are the foundation of our company and set the standard for everything we do; they translate into high client satisfaction rates, superior client safety, and into a collaborative and focused working environment.
Show compassion: Naturally understanding another’s needs and wants. Having the ability to act appropriately without asking. Knowing that to be human is to care.
Invent opportunity: Taking advantage of insights and opportunities to create new ways of doing things. Naturally going beyond what is dictated. Rewarding invention.
Be there: Being able to count on each other, and making sure you’re there when your clients need you. Knowing you have each other’s back.
Strive for better: Having a positive and hopeful outlook and sharing it with clients and each other. Naturally striving for, and expecting, better outcomes.
Connect with others: Honest and frequent communication with each other and our clients. Using every opportunity to strengthen relationships. Leveraging technology to enhance care.