What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice RN Clinical Manager position at Career Strategies?
Job Summary:
- Oversees appropriate patient and personnel assignments
- Coordinate patient care
- Coordinate referrals
- Assure that patient needs are continually assessed
- Assure the development, implementation, and updates of the individualized plan of care
- Provides the Executive Director with data involving patients and health services to be rendered
- Develops, evaluates, reviews, revises, and implements policies and procedures; goals and objectives; and standards of care relevant to patient services and staff functions
- Increases or decreases staffing levels as applicable
- Conducts meetings and review patient care reports with appropriate personnel
- Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality practices as long as these practices do not harm the patient/family or interfere with the planned course of medical treatment
- Coordinates patients’ services by reviewing plans of treatment, assuring case conferences are conducted, reviewing clinical and progress notes, periodic patient evaluations, and determining frequency and/or staffing patterns
- Aids in the Agency’s goal of retaining quality staff by appropriately hiring, orienting, training, evaluating, and disciplining staff within established policy
- Schedules staff for proper coverage within authorized staffing levels
- Coordinates orientation and ongoing training
- Conducts performance evaluations in a timely, measurable, and objective manner
- Communicates this information to the Administrator
- Maintains a working knowledge of current Medicare, Medicaid, and third party payer requirements for home care reimbursement
- Communicates and coordinates with physician’s offices, payers, patients/families, outpatient services, and inpatient coordinator, regarding the care and status of the patient
- Keeps up-to-date on new methods, products, trends, etc., and communicates this information to staff
- Participates in the Agency’s information management and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs
- Possesses understanding of applicable state and federal regulations as applicable to home health and communicates updates to staff
- Possesses understanding of the OASIS data collection and reporting process
- Provides direct patient care as needed