About Path of Life Ministries

Path of Life Ministries is a 501c3 organization serving those experiencing homelessness in the greater Riverside area. Our strategy is to provide a holistic system of care in an integrated, seamless manner to individuals and families, leading them from a place of crisis to a life of stability and self-sufficiency. Our goal is to walk people home. We seek talented and compassionate individuals able to thrive in a high-capacity and complex landscape of providing human services in a non-profit setting.

Position Overview:

The Program Supervisor, Registered Nurse, leads an integrated care team to deliver excellent care management to POLM program participants who are IEHP members. With whole person care principles employed, the integrated care team works with IEHP members and their families, as well as health care and community partners, to coordinate seamless access to health services. This care management is broad, considering that the experience of homelessness is accompanied by urgent health liabilities. Care management can include engaging and assisting with IEHP membership, comprehensive health assessment, linkage to care partners and health organizations, appropriate behavioral health interventions, facilitating care transitions, health education and whole person care education.

The RN accomplishes their role through a respectful, compassionate and hopeful style, guided by the company’s values of integrity, excellence, dignity and accountability.

Essential Functions

• Carries a case load of IEHP Members with medical needs who are also enrolled in a POLM program.

• Assessment and interventions necessary to assist Members in attending to their own health needs

• Provide care coordination appropriate to each member, including but not limited to:

       a. Whole person assessment within the scope of the RN license

       b. Develop a member care plan and review/revise/update as needed

       c. Communicate care plan to member, approved family and all care partners

       d. Coordinate with health partners to support the members needs, including care transition plans

       e. Document care plan interactions and generate monthly reports

• Lead and supervise the on-site Enhanced Care Management Team in their respective roles

• Review and revise care planning on behalf of the team as needed and appropriate

• Coordinate with POLM team and external partners to support members care plan

• Documentation oversight for the Enhanced Care management Team, including medical needs documentation, partner documentation, and IEHP Care Platform documentation

• Safeguards documentation compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards

• Interfaces monthly with internal Medi-Cal billing specialist for invoice accuracy

• Interface with Emergency Shelter Management Team for coordination of Member care as it interfaces with ongoing case management and daily schedules

• Leads and/or participates in monthly mandatory meetings, including those with IEHP and internal POLM staff

• Embodies the highest ethic with members, including confidentiality, serving all persons in honoring ways, awareness of trauma informed care for those experiencing homelessness

Education and Qualifications:

• Possession of an active, unrestricted and unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by the California BRN

• Minimum two years clinical experience from a combination of settings,  including acute, skilled nursing, home health or clinic

• Minimum one year care management experience in a health care delivery setting preferred

• Medi-Cal Managed Care experience preferred

• Bilingual preferred

• Excellent relational skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills

• Thrives in a collaborative environment

• Ability to work with a diverse population of people experiencing homelessness

Requirements include:

• Current CA Driver’s License, proof of Automobile insurance and clean driving record

• Active RN license

Physical & Mental Demands:

• Ability to multi-task and stay focused with many interruptions

• Ability to stay composed in difficult situations

• Working at desk for extended periods of time

• Lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. for short distances