What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Manager position at Seva Hospice?
Qualifications:
Join our growing team! Seva Hospice Inc. is locally owned and operated; we are always interested in talking with individuals who share our mission of serving our community by providing high-quality, compassionate care.
We are currently looking to add a Clinical Manager with Hospice experience to join our hospice team in our beautiful new offices in Salida, CA.
The Clinical Manager is responsible for ensuring that patient care is coordinated and managed appropriately. As well as ensuring that care and services are delivered appropriately and for the supervision of clinical personnel.
Benefits
- Competitive wages
- One to one patient care
- Medical benefits
- 401k matching
- Continued education
- Supportive and friendly work environment
Qualifications
- Registered nurse with current license to practice in the state of California
- A minimum of two (2) years experience as a professional nurse within the last three (3) years.
- Two (2) years management or leadership experience.
- Previous experience in hospice/home care setting
- Proven ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting.
- Complies with accepted professional standards and practice.
- Has excellent observation, good nursing judgment and communication skills. Understands hospice philosophy and issues of death/dying.
- Understands principles of pain/symptom management.
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
- Complies and maintains current CPR certification.
Responsibilities
- Receives case referrals. Reviews available patient information related to case, including home visits, to determine hospice/home care needs. Assigns appropriate hospice personnel to case as needed. Conferences with MEDICAL DIRECTOR regarding any questions about an individual's eligibility for services.
- Reviews and evaluates each case through a variety of means such as home visits, conferences, record review and the services provided by clinicians; discusses and verifies impressions, instructs and guides clinicians to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality home care services; and is available at all times during operating hours to assist clinicians as appropriate.
- Reviews patient's medical diagnosis, prognosis, medications, procedures and clinical course.
- Assists clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term therapeutic goals, in setting priorities, and in developing plan of care.
- Attends case conference meetings with hospice personnel to facilitate coordination of care and discussion of interdisciplinary group involvement.
- Conducts quarterly record reviews and communicates findings and recommendations to Clinical Director/Director of Patient Care Services and hospice personnel.
- Assists in the screening and interviewing process of new employees and makes recommendations for employment of individuals. Assists in the orientation of new employees.
- Assists Clinical Director/Director of Patient Care Services and other Managerial hospice personnel in the planning, implementation and evaluation of in-service and continuing education programs. Assists in the formulating, revising, implementing, and evaluating organization policies, procedures, goals and objectives, both short and long range.
- Complies with accepted professional standards and principles.
- Assesses health needs of community and assists in the development of plan(s)/ program(s) to meet needs. Participates in public relation and community activities that promote the organization's role as an effective member of the hospice and health care delivery system. Promotes customer service orientation to all hospice personnel.
- Participates actively in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
- Performs other duties and activities as delegated by the Clinical Director/Director of Patient Care Services.
Salary : $110,000 - $135,000