The Director of Nursing Services is responsible for leading the planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating clinical services at a Home Health Agency in Illinois.

• Manages day to day clinical operation of the company following the organization's mission, philosophy, and goals
• Participates in short- and long-range planning for the home care program and in measures for program growth
• Participates in the development of the department's budget
• Oversees and administers the execution of quality measures for value-based and MLTCs incentive programs in the delivery of patient care
• Oversees and analyzes key metrics and performance-to-target progress throughout contract measure year for quality measures of all VBP contracts and arrangements
• Provides oversight to ensure that the clinical aspects of home care programs including personnel and patient care services operate within the standards and are compliant with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations
• Oversees the execution of plans for the effective management of deficiencies in new case onboarding, service delivery, and relationship management with patients and their family
• Supports the company's various clinical initiatives in areas of new programs, employee on-boarding, orientation, in-service, training, and clinical oversight
• Provides oversight and monitors procedures associated with the supervision by the Agency of clients
• Develop programs to upskill nurses relative to the case management of patients, clinical procedures, and assessment of all physical, mental, nursing, and psychosocial patient needs
• Performs field visits to evaluate nurses and perform nursing visits in times of increased demands or scheduling issues
• Offers oversight to procedures to ensure prompt responses to workers' complaints regarding the provision of services
• Manages and tracks processes to ensure that environmental, social, and service problems are resolved timely
• Participates in some formal and informal discussions with CASA case managers, other social workers/clinical service providers, family members, etc. to resolve client care issues
• Participates in collaboration with the HR department planning, implementing, and evaluating the orientation and continuing education of all clinical staff
• Provides oversight to the clinic employee performance management
• Manages the hiring and training of new clinical employees
• Lead and provide oversight to the record management process for all patient records
• Oversees proactively and recommends updates to all policies and procedures in accordance with the needs and rights of clients and caregivers, and compliance with acceptable standards of practice

Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree Required and Master's Degree (Preferred) in Nursing Administration, Education, Clinical Specialty, or equivalent field and five years of satisfactory nursing experience, of which three years shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity; or a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing and six years of satisfying nursing experience, four years of which shall have been in a supervisory or teaching position.
• Valid IL RN License and fluency in DOH Rules and Regulations and in-depth working knowledge of the healthcare.
• Must be experienced working with OASAS- Clinical Assessment.
• Previous experience working with Medicare certified agency.

NorthShore Home Health is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Northshore Home Health is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact Yenise Peralta, Director of Human Resources at (845) 613-7838 Ext 1139.