Assistant Clinical Manager
About The Position
The Assistant Clinical Manager is a Registered Nurse leadership role supporting hospice services and partnering with the Hospice Clinical Manager and Administrator to ensure high-quality, individualized care for patients in their homes. The role involves clinical leadership, staff development, care coordination, and operational support, with a focus on mentoring caregivers, improving patient outcomes, supporting interdisciplinary collaboration, and maintaining regulatory and quality standards. The Assistant Clinical Manager is available during operating hours and participates in activities related to professional services when the Clinical Manager is unavailable. The role also supplements on-call coverage for direct patient care and administrator-on-call needs as required.
Requirements
- Must meet all qualifying standards of the Clinical Manager.
- Must be a Registered Nurse to supervise nursing staff.
- Accept the Agency's philosophy and goals.
- Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
- Ability to work with individuals to enlist cooperation toward common goals.
Responsibilities
- Make patient and personnel assignments.
- Coordinate patient care and referrals.
- Ensure patient needs are continually assessed.
- Ensure individualized plans of care are developed, implemented, and updated, including communication with all involved physicians and integration of their orders, including medication orders.
- Understand and adhere to applicable regulations, standards, federal, state, and local laws, and Agency policies and procedures.
- Participate in developing standards that ensure safe and therapeutically effective services to patients and families.
- Supervise, guide, and develop the skills and performance of patient care personnel.
- Consult with the Clinical Manager or Administrator on staffing patterns to meet objectives and maximize utilization of patient care personnel.
- Assist the Clinical Manager or Administrator with recruiting, hiring, evaluating, and terminating personnel.
- Assist with instituting, interpreting, and documenting disciplinary action.
- Participate in activities relevant to professional services when the Clinical Manager is unavailable.
- Supplement on-call coverage for direct patient care and administrator-on-call needs as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
