HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services - Special Medical Family Foster Care Program is dedicated to providing services of children ages 0-21 years old with a supportive, nurturing environment through foster care placement. The program is rooted in ensuring that service delivery is trauma informed, culturally appropriate, and tailored to the needs of each child while maintaining all program requirements of Administration of Children’s Services/Office of Children & Family Services.

The Child Advocate Supervisor, RN will be part of a Leadership Team, providing administrative direction, professional and medical standards/advocacy to the Specialized Family Foster Care (SFFC).  The Supervisor will implement quality and timely service delivery to families and children consistent with the Administrative of Children’s Services philosophy.  They will be responsible to review medically fragile referrals, placement capacity, oversee a team of up three staff, and conduct trainings/guidance for foster parents caring for Medically Fragile clients.   The Supervisor will work jointly with the HSVS’s team of Case Planners, Behavior Specialist, Mental Health Professionals, Education Specialists, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Other Staff.

 

Responsibilities:

Supervisor will provide oversight to the Medical Administrative Support Specialist, three fulltime/1-per-diem Child Advocate Nurses-LPN/RN to ensure program functioning. Collaborate with the VP of Home Finding as it relates to Medically Fragile bed development from the building referral resources, to screening intakes, to the matching process, to placement. Ensure compliance with the process for new intakes upon placement with HSVS, including: Required timely completion of Medical Necessity form in NextGen EHR Scheduling and follow-up for all required 30-day initial medical, dental, behavioral health assessments Obtain family medical history, and signed HIPAA and routine/emergency consents Provide weekly and once monthly group supervision, development and evaluation of Child Advocates.  Discuss trends in caseload and care management practices/issues. Establish time frames and set deadlines for to meet regulatory standards. Ensure Child Advocates complete the family medical history, assessments, proper consents (routine, mental health treatment, psychotropic medication, etc.), HIPAA authorizations, and all other required medical record documentation are entered in NextGen EHR Coordinate closely with HSVS’s 29-I clinic, Case Planning, and Children’s Health Homes teams, as applicable, in the provision of above services and to establish treatment goals. Coordinates and participates in audit preparations and execution. Review medical treatment summaries to determine whether further treatment is recommended, including referrals and medications. Provides training for foster children and staff on medical condition, health education, medication administration, safety precautions including response to side effects, universal precautions, age anticipatory guidance, and any other training based on the care plan. Approve and monitor vacations, absences, work schedules and attendance records for staff. Support in the completion of adolescent assessments, sexual/reproductive health, gender identity, sexual orientation, and family planning consultation. Provides orientation, training, supervision and support to assigned Child Advocates ensuring that assigned staff meet departmental documentation and service provision requirements. Attend/participate in trainings, case conferences, staff hiring, engage in ongoing review of departmental policies, procedures and practices to make recommendations for quality improvement. Work Collaboratively with external and internal key stakeholders to improve outcomes. Carry a small caseload when necessary to support coverage needs.   Must be flexible in the event of an emergency. Schedule can be subject to change based on program need;Five day work week (35 hours)