Registered Nurse Lead-Interim

Northwest Colorado Health Interim RN Team Lead General Statement of Duties: The Nursing Team Lead provides daily clinical leadership and supervision for RN and LPN staff within Home Services while continuing to provide direct nursing services.

The position supports safe, high-quality, timely, and compliant care through staff coordination, scheduling, training, clinical guidance, documentation oversight, and quality-improvement activities.

Supervision Received: Reports to the Director of Home Health and Hospice.

Supervision Exercised: Provides daily supervision, clinical direction, coaching, orientation, training, and work coordination for RN and LPN staff within delegated authority.

Essential Functions: Ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centered nursing services by RN and LPN staff in accordance with professional standards, organizational policies, plans of care, payer requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.Coordinates daily nursing operations and staffing schedules to support client needs, continuity of care, appropriate coverage, and efficient use of resources.Provides direct nursing services and maintains clinical competence sufficient to support patient care, staff coverage, and operational needs.Provides day-to-day supervision, clinical guidance, coaching, and problem-solving support to nursing staff.

Escalates significant clinical, employee, safety, compliance, or operational concerns to the Director of Home Services.Coordinates and supports orientation, training, competency validation, and ongoing development of nursing staff.Provides input regarding employee performance and service quality.

When delegated outside the interim assignment, may participate in formal performance-evaluation processes consistent with organizational policy.Develops, implements, reviews, and supports nursing objectives, workflows, policies, and procedures in collaboration with the Director of Home Services and appropriate organizational leaders.Maintains systems to promote accurate, complete, appropriate, and timely clinical documentation and delivery of services.

Identifies gaps and follows through on needed correction, education, or escalation.Monitors nursing practice and documentation for alignment with payer, licensing, accreditation, quality, privacy, and other applicable requirements.Serves as a clinical resource and professional role model for nursing staff, promoting accountability, respectful communication, teamwork, and sound clinical judgment.Participates in patient-care coordination, interdisciplinary communication, case review, and response to changes in condition or service needs as assigned.Participates in department performance improvement and quality assurance activities, including PIQA meetings, clinical review, corrective follow-up, and regulatory readiness.Participates in Leadership Team and other department or organizational meetings as assigned and communicates relevant information to nursing staff.Identifie...