Clinical Manager

Frontier Home Health • Ft. Worth, TX

38d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Manager is responsible for ensuring that patient care is coordinated and managed appropriately. The Clinical Team Lead/Manager is responsible for ensuring that care and services are delivered appropriately and for the supervision of clinical personnel.

Requirements

• Graduate of National League of Nursing accredited school of nursing with a BSN degree is preferred.
• Previous experience in hospice/home care setting.
• Two years management or supervisory experience.
• Proven ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting.
• Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.
• Complies with accepted professional standards and practice.
• Excellent observation, good nursing judgment and communication skills.
• Understands hospice philosophy and issues of death/dying.
• Understands principles of pain/symptom management.
• Ability to drive and/or have access to transportation for agency related travel.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license, maintain automobile insurance coverage and have access to an automobile.
• Complies and maintains current CPR certification.
• Demonstrates excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day flow of clinical needs in the agency during all office hours.
• Coordinate and conduct education and training for new clinical staff (excluding therapy staff) and oversee their ongoing orientation.
• Provide direct oversight of all nurses, aides, social workers, and chaplains performing field work.
• Ensure the development, implementation, and updates of the individualized plan of care, including communication with physicians and integration of orders.
• Ensure the On-Call schedule is complete and on-call services are available.
• Conduct clinical review of new patient referrals and coordinate with the intake team.
• Consult with intake for clinical oversight regarding the appropriateness of cases and home health care needs.
• Ensure appropriate home care personnel are assigned to cases.
• Confer with the Attending Physician regarding eligibility for services.
• Review patient's medical diagnosis, procedures, medications, and clinical course.
• Assist clinicians in establishing therapeutic goals, setting priorities, and developing plans of care.
• Attend and run case conference meetings with organization personnel to facilitate care coordination.
• Participate in quarterly record reviews and communicate findings and recommendations.
• Assist in the screening and interviewing process of new organization personnel and make recommendations for employment.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate in-service and continuing education programs in conjunction with the Director of Nursing.
• Comply with accepted professional standards and principles.
• Actively participate in the quality assessment performance improvement program.
• Ensure infection control standards are implemented and followed.
• Perform other duties and activities as delegated by the Director of Nursing and/or Executive Director.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager