What are the responsibilities and job description for the DOPCS - Austin position at PHH+?
We are looking for a compassionate Director of Patient Care Services who is both career oriented and dedicated to making children healthy. You should be highly deadline- and detail-oriented, with strong clinical skills as well as a hands-on, lead-by-example management style. It is also important that you display excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to interact in a professional and empathetic manner with both caregiving staff and patients and their families.
Position Expectations:
The Director of Patient Care Services’ overall goal is to ensure the quality of patient home care, through oversight of a large team of field nurses as well as direct case management. You will be responsible for coordinating patient care with the interdisciplinary team, patients and their families, and referring agencies.
This is a great opportunity for you to transition from hospital work to a management position with a company that is dedicated to making children and their families our number one priority.
The Company:
Where children matter most! A provider of home healthcare services, Pediatric Home Healthcare, LLC is a Pediatric Skilled Private Duty Nursing and Therapy Agency. We value children’s well-being and are guided by our ethical and moral standards in every detail of our business. We demonstrate this through our continual transparent communication with the families of our patients and our commitment to hiring benevolent and hard-working employees in both the field and office.
Qualifications:
This is a great opportunity for you to transition from hospital work to a management position with a company that is dedicated to making children and their families our number one priority.
The Company:
Where children matter most! A provider of home healthcare services, Pediatric Home Healthcare, LLC is a Pediatric Skilled Private Duty Nursing and Therapy Agency. We value children’s well-being and are guided by our ethical and moral standards in every detail of our business. We demonstrate this through our continual transparent communication with the families of our patients and our commitment to hiring benevolent and hard-working employees in both the field and office.
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited Diploma, Associate, or Baccalaureate School of Nursing.
- Current and valid Registered Nurse license in the state of Texas.
- Minimum 3 years of experience as a Registered Nurse; management experience required.
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in home health care.
- Current and valid Texas driver’s license.
- Reliable vehicle with valid and current proof of liability insurance.
- Current CPR certificate.
- Ability to travel locally and work in patient homes as needed.
- Strong English language skills; bilingual in Spanish, a plus.
- Provides 24 hour/day, seven (7) days/week on-call coverage.
Duties:
- Perform evaluation tasks, including vital signs and medication review and complete SOC.
- Develops a Plan of Care based on the patient diagnosis and needs.
- Dress or redress open wounds and assess progress of healing.
- Administer injections and IV’s when appropriate.
- Educate patients and families on home health care strategies and procedures.
- Make recommendations for devices or tools that might improve the patient’s quality of life.
- Coordinate with Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Physicians and others involved in the patient’s care plan.
- Participates in Case Conference, in-service and meetings.
- Coordinates and establishes programs geared towards patient care.
- Helps hire and train staff as needed.
- Maintains all communication amongst field staff and office staff.
- Meet regularly with clinical and professional advisory community to provide written quarterly reports for the governing body.
- Meeting mandatory continuing education requirements.
- Promoting and educating regarding the concepts of infection control and standard precautions in coordinating and performing patient care activities to prevent contamination and transmission of disease.
- Providing in-home patient care as needed.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Referral program
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
Home Health
Schedule:
Day shift
Monday to Friday
Ability to Relocate:
Austin, TX: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
