Director of Post Acute Care

Overview
We are seeking a results-driven Director of Post-Acute Care to further develop the framework for clinical, operational, and leadership practice. Here, your leadership, coaching, and mentoring would further develop our robust, post-acute care community network. This leadership role is crucial in ensuring that we are providing the best care to our patients in the post acute setting. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in facilities management, and marketing with a focus on high level relationships that will demonstrate exceptional leadership abilities to supervise a team effectively.

This leadership role is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a post-acute care strategy and community network designed to support timely and seamless transitions to the appropriate level of care for CRV patients. This position will establish quality and performance standards, clinical workflows, systems, tools, and metrics to achieve organizational goals and value-based care contract outcomes related to post-acute care. The Director facilitates collaborative relationships between the various post-acute venues to ensure strong partnerships, and future interoperability to achieve the highest quality and experience across the CRV care continuum.

This includes the development/oversight of skilled nursing facility (SNF) preferred partnerships, management of Assisted Living Facility (ALF) relationships and responsibility for the evaluation, planning, and development of other post-acute programs that may be required to support the needs of patients discharged from hospitals. This role serves as the hospital’s primary contact for post-acute partners and is responsible for monitoring their performance and ensuring that desired outcomes are achieved. The Director of Post-Acute Care closely collaborates with members of the Case Management and Population Health leadership teams and works with a broad range of administrative and clinical stakeholders across the post acute setting.

Goals for this position include the achievement of clinical and quality measures, operational efficiency, and fiscal targets, building and maintenance of a robust post-acute network, and reducing hospital readmissions. The position is responsible for providing leadership, interventions, coordination, and facilitation of all activities and services across the system regarding the care continuum. Other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of facility staff, providing guidance and support to ensure high performance.
• Manage operations to ensure optimal functionality.
• Develop and implement schedules to maximize facility census.
• Collaborate with other departments to align facility needs with organizational goals.
• Works closely with CRV leaders and post-acute stakeholders to align care coordination activities across the care continuum.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with post-acute care providers, vendors, community agencies, health plans, etc. that support appropriate and necessary care coordination for CRV patients.
• Conducts regular meetings with community post-acute partners to review performance and outcomes metrics including admit rates, hospital ED and readmission rates, LOS, CMS quality ratings, etc.)
• Collaborates with post-acute partners to identify process improvement initiatives, learning collaboratives and clinical coordination to improve quality of care and care transitions.
• Develops relationships and ensures accountability for post-acute provider participants in the ACO.
• Manages complex interdepartmental and interdisciplinary relationships to assure collaboration within post-acute care services.
• Incorporates the use of evidence-based practice into post-acute care program development and improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties and attends committees as requested.

Experience

• Proven experience in facilities management or a related field is required.
• Home health experience is a plus.
• Strong background in marketing management with knowledge preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with experience supervising teams effectively.
• Familiarity with skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities is essential.
• Proficient in both written and verbal communication skills are necessary for effective collaboration.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
• Experience in case management and knowledge of the post-acute care continuum is preferred.
• At least 2 years of clinical experience
• 2 years of leadership and management experience within an acute and post-acute healthcare environment
• Experience leading large-scale change efforts and/or academic medicine
• Experience managing projects relevant to the delivery of mission-critical organizational programs and services
• Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels and in situations requiring instructing, persuading, negotiating, conflict resolution, consulting, and advising, as well as flawless written communication
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with widely diverse groups, including individuals at all levels both within and outside the organization and gain their cooperation
• Ability to plan, organize, motivate, mentor, direct, and evaluate the work of others
• Ability to resolve conflicts and/or negotiate with others to achieve positive results; establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships
• Ability to teach, coach as well as provide leadership, and influence others
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in interactions with physicians, payers, patients, and their families
• Ability to develop project measures of success, analyze progress and evaluate outcomes.
• Ability to cultivate relationships in the post-acute space, including community agencies
• Ability to plan, establish, direct, and execute the strategy to develop a network of aligned post-acute providers within a complex health system.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and value-based reimbursement models.
• Knowledge of Post-acute levels of care such as Home Health, Hospice, AIM, Palliative Care, SNF, LTAC, B&C, Sub-acute, Acute rehab
• Knowledge of admission criteria for all levels of care
• Knowledge of case management principles, processes, and their practical application preferred
• Knowledge of clinical documentation requirements
• Knowledge of clinical, quality, and administrative facets of the healthcare industry
• Knowledge of principles of process improvement methodology, business and management strategic planning, leadership development, and education techniques

Licenses and Certifications Preferred

• RN (Registered Nurse) license, or
• Physical Therapist Licensed Applicant – PTLA, or
• Occupational Therapy – AOTA, or
• MSW - Master of Social Work, or
• LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• ACM preferred, or
• CCM - Certified Case Manager preferred

We offer a wide array of career advancement opportunities, and access to the latest technologies and healthcare innovations, and boast a workplace culture that encourages personal growth and work-life balance while honoring its commitment to delivering evidence-based and patient-centered care.

Are you driven by health care innovation, partnerships, and measurable results to improve the continuity of care and lessen readmissions? Then, join us and make CardioRenal Vision your career home.

Key takeaways

• Schedule- M-F
• No holidays or weekends
• Flexible schedule
• Work from home on some days
• biweekly bonuses
• great work environment

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• When are you available to start?

Work Location: In person

Salary : $65,000