Home Health Nurse Consultant RN or PT

PruittHealth • Norcross, GA

113d

About The Position

The Home Health Consultant collaborates with the Home Health Agencies by evaluating and educating agencies/facility staff for compliance with all regulatory groups by making recommendations and suggestions for improvement. Track, trends and reports data needed to monitor compliance and agency standing in relation to national benchmarks, outcomes, policy implementation and other types of agency performance standards.

Requirements

• Must be a Registered Nurse, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Therapist in the states where the company operates.

Nice To Haves

• Must have at least 5 years in administrative supervisory roles in home health care.
• Ability to travel (up to 80%) and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of Home Health Care operations and federal and state regulations.
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to interact with agency/facility staff, corporate leaders and others.
• Have a working knowledge of PI principles and techniques.
• Know methods to comply with the regulations.
• Conduct mock surveys of assigned locations annually and as needed.
• Research and document medical record information, personnel files, committee reports, policies and procedures, and company manuals to assure compliance.
• Able to carry out the duties and responsibilities of this job without posing specific or current risk of substantial harm to the health and safety of self and others.
• Respond to change productively and handle additional projects as assigned.
• Support Home Health agencies in achieving high quality outcomes and patient satisfaction scores.
• Demonstrate honesty and integrity at all times.
• Maintain confidentiality of company information.
• Carry out all duties with a 'Commitment to Caring' and in accordance with the company's mission, vision, and philosophy.
• Follow all company policies and procedures, state and federal laws and regulations and report violations to the appropriate supervisor.
• Maintain timely, regular attendance.
• Get along with co-workers; maintain effective relationships with management staff, employees and the general public.
• Keep supervisor informed of daily activities, and issues. Propose solutions to all issues.
• Review and analyze the adverse outcome reports.
• Monitor and analyze information from Home Compare Indicators.
• Assist with development of plan of correction to survey deficiencies.
• Review additional information requests from Medicare and Medicaid as requested.
• Assist Operations with coordinating communication and correspondence with The Joint Commission.
• Disseminate appropriate information regarding agency statistics, tracking and trending to supervisor.
• Attend seminars and workshops related to Home Health Care to increase own knowledge.
• Perform focus review audits on specific topics of interest quarterly.
• Interpret and translate new agency policies and procedures and assess compliance.
• Develop and participate in educational programs throughout the company related to Home Health Care compliance.
• Maintain absolute confidentiality of agency/facility records.
• Participate in policy development and implementation.
• Assist to provide orientation to key positions on the working of the Clinical Teams.
• Collaborate with the agencies toward meeting the annual clinical objectives.
• Responsible for bringing forward issues of concern affecting quality of care in the agencies.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees