[saribeth]

Hi kids...our hospice is developing a team leader position...can anyone tell me what they do specifically? thanks and enjoy the final days of summer!

[Sabby_NC]

Hi Saribeth
I have not heard of this term Team leader.
The Structure in our organization does not include a team leader unless it is a position in regards to IDT meetings to have some one lead the meeting appropriately?
Or do you have Nursing Homes that you service? Maybe it is a Team Leader position for them?
Not sure but would like to know more.
We have HHA's, Case Managers, Pt Care Co-ordinators x2, Three managers(including Infection Control), Director of Clinical Services and then the Executive Director.

[aimeee]

We had a team leader position for a while but have changed our model again. The team leader did the assignments and daily scheduling to make sure all visit needs were covered. They also did a lot of daytime "triaging" with folks who called in while their nurses were out in the field. They were a resource for team members for consultation or assistance. They also carried a small patient load....like 2-3 patients, supervising an LPN who did most of the visits at a facility. They also might go attend a death or take care of an emergency visit now and then when the RN was too far afield or just too swamped to get there.

[AtlantaRN]

Originally Posted by saribeth

Hi kids...our hospice is developing a team leader position...can anyone tell me what they do specifically? thanks and enjoy the final days of summer!

Our team coordinator is essentially a secretary. she takes all the phone calls and calls the appropriate people to forward information.

linda

[ray2512]

I will soon be a team leader soon as they hire a nurse to take my case manager position, which takes a long time since our HR is so slow. I have the feeling that the new team leaders will help design the job some what, but I already know about somethings we will be doing.
Timesheet approval, but we have a new software for that.
Nursing competencies.
Productivity reports and making sure everyone is making enough visits.
Teaching new nurses and probably doing some inservices.
Attending leadership meetings and what we call Home Care Solutions, which is sort of a think tank to make improvements in customer service.
Probably will have to take customer complaints, and complaints from nursing homes and do the resulting teaching and perhaps disciplinary stuff just to name a few.
And oh yeh, carry 5 to 7 clients!