Manager Home Health RN- PAH

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Position Summary

The Manager Home Health RN coordinates the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient care in a compassionate and ethical manner according to recognized standards and care model. Focus is on daily operations and coordination of team activities to ensure high-quality patient care and cost-effective services. The Manager Home Health RN assists with business plans, and clinical and resource utilization. The Manager Home Health RN interfaces with other agency personnel, physicians, payers, and discharge planners to ensure effective teamwork and customer satisfaction.

Position Specific Responsibilities

• HUMAN RESOURCES: Responsible for human resource activities for assigned team including but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, orientation, scheduling, disciplinary actions, performance evaluations, transfers, terminations and employee complaints and concerns. Keep Director informed of clinical issues; triage problems, staffing issues, and risk management concerns. Manage team payroll activities. Collaborate with Nursing Union to address concerns and adhere to CBA.
• PRODUCTIVITY AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES: Assists the Director and Finance Manager in the preparation of annual operating and capitol budgets. Primary responsibility for scheduling and staffing of work team. Makes adjustments in daily schedules according to changes in staffing needs, due to patient census or acuity. Primary responsibility for daily analysis of performance against budget. Accountable to learn and use tools to assist with this analysis.
• PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: Assists with the development, modification, and implementation of patients care standards, policies, procedures, and protocols. Establishes clear clinical expectations for patient care using department and Providence philosophy. Ensures coordination and communications among team members and advises staff on clinical care and effectiveness of plan of care. Reviews the medical records and care plan for completion, quality of services offered and compliance with State/Federal Regulations. Ensures that services are appropriately scheduled according to clinical needs and staffing availability.
• CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: Initiates activities, which promote and support department, region and System Quality Improvement plans in compliance with State, Federal, and other regulatory guidelines. Effectively supports QI program and encourages staff and physician participation in development of expected outcomes. Accountable to learn and use tools to assist with analysis of QI data.
• TEAMWORK: Uses independent judgment to assign work and to responsibly direct team members. Creates supporting systems that enable and empower team members to jointly plan and deliver care. Role models collaboration and partnership with physicians, primary team members and other departments. Schedules regular meetings to provide supervision, interactive communication, accountability, collaboration, and to monitor team activities. Support and educates staff on tools and resources that foster patients’ safety and staff’s critical thinking/mentoring opportunities.
• PLANNING: Assists in the development, implementation and modification of programs and services needed to meet patient care and staff development needs. Exercises independent judgment to implement plans for operations in areas of responsibility.
• EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Reviews plans as provided by the Director or designee and assures all necessary information and updates are accessible, communicated, and posted per protocol.
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Role models and supports personal development and education. Maintains and uses managerial, organization and technical knowledge to advance area of responsibility. Stays current in professional clinical practices, information and expanding job knowledge.
• Implement care/services that recognize age/diversity specific needs/issues of customers served.
• Participates in rotation of after-hours administration call.
• Performs other work-related duties and special projects as assigned.
• Completes Competency Plan for position and department.

Education and/or Experience

• Required - Education sufficient for licensure.
• Preferred - Bachelor's Degree Nursing
• Required - 2 years Experience in area of clinical specialty
• Required - 1 year Home Health experience
• Preferred - 1 year Clinical supervisory, management or resource experience in the assigned technical or professional area

Skills

• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.
• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from leaders, team members, investors, and external parties. Strong written and verbal communications.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English. Articulates and embraces integrated healthcare at home philosophy.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Prioritizes work and manages time to meet job expectations.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Communicate effectively with Home Services and hospital administration, employees and medical staff.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Demonstrate effective problem solving skills.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Develop and implement strategic plans for department.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Concentrate and attend to detail amidst a variety of environmental distractions.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Interpret department fiscal reports in a timely manner to lend operations and to meet financial goals and objectives.
• Other Qualifications: Requires expert knowledge of nursing standards and practices, Medicare/Medicaid/JCAHO requirements, and management principles and practices.
• Other Qualifications: Knowledge of home health care philosophy, goals, regulatory guidelines, criteria and limitations.

Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations

• Required upon hire: Alaska Registered Nurse License (Vendor Managed)

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The demands of this role necessitate a team member to effectively perform essential functions. Adaptations can be made to accommodate team members with disabilities. Regular standing, walking, and manual dexterity are fundamental, along with the ability to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds. Visual acuity requirements include close and distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. In a healthcare setting, exposure to bodily fluids, infectious diseases, and conditions typical to the field is expected. Routine use of standard medical equipment and tools associated with clinical care is essential. This description provides a general overview and may vary by role and department, capturing the nuanced demands and conditions inherent to clinical positions in our organization.

At Compassus, including all Compassus affiliates, diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our Pillars of Success. We are committed to creating a fair work environment where our team members feel welcomed, highly valued, and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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