RN Clinical Manager - Home Health

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Clinical Manager

General Summary : The Clinical Manager maintains the quality of client care in accordance with the Agency’s objectives and policies, through planning, coordination, and implementation and evaluation of the home health services provided. This position also directs and manages the field staff of the Agency while coordinating care with the interdisciplinary team, patient / family and referring Agency.

Patient Population : All patients assigned to the provider numbers in the employee’s area of responsibility.

Essential Functions :

• Plans, coordinates, manages, and evaluates the activities of an assigned team to ensure the delivery of quality assured home health services consistent with the organization’s standards of practice, policies and procedures, and in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
• Responsible for the supervision, instruction, support, and coaching of assigned field staff in providing quality assured home health services in an organized, cost-efficient manner.
• Monitors and ensures coordination and implementation of established patient care plans, recertifications, discharge planning, and related activities.
• Coordinates and conducts regularly scheduled multi-disciplinary case management conferences with assigned staff. Supervises and ensures the timeliness, quality and compliance standards of documentation of assigned staff.
• Is accountable for and continually evaluates the performance of assigned staff in meeting productivity and qualitative standards, include effective time management.
• Monitors staffing patterns and needs using performance indicators and maintains appropriate staffing levels to assure timeliness and quality of services provided.
• Supervises the patient visit scheduling process.
• Is a resource to staff in matters of policies, procedures, regulations, and coverage issues and directs staff to appropriate resources to resolve problems.
• Maintains an open line of communication with all levels of staff.
• Directs clinical staff toward appropriate and available internal and community resources.
• Performs in-home supervisory visits with assigned staff as needed and in preparation for annual performance evaluation. Performs annual performance evaluations on assigned staff in a timely and constructive manner.
• Assists in staff orientation and staff development / in-service program in conjunction with the Quality and Clinical Excellence Department
• Coordinates efforts with other member of the management team to ensure ongoing development and improvement of organization-wide activities, including participation in the Performance Improvement Plan.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including direct nursing care, if needed.

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