Home Hospice Clinical Nurse Manager (RN)

Stella Maris • Lutherville, MD

3d • Remote

About The Position

Stella Maris is growing its Home Hospice program and expanding its leadership team. This role is for a dedicated and compassionate Home Hospice Clinical Manager to play a key role in supporting the continued growth and development of the program while helping to reach and serve more patients and families in the community. This is a wonderful opportunity for an experienced clinical leader to lead, develop, mentor, and inspire a team of field nurses and clinicians while promoting clinical excellence and high-quality patient care. Join Stella Maris as they continue to expand their services and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those they serve.

Requirements

• RN license in Maryland (BSN preferred)
• Prior experience in hospice required (minimum 3-5 years)
• CHPN certification strongly preferred
• Leadership and prior home health experience preferred

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred
• CHPN certification strongly preferred
• Prior home health experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to the Home Hospice staff.
• Develop, coordinate, direct, and evaluate all clinical services to the Home Hospice program.
• Hires, supervises, evaluates, and mentors staff assigned to their team.
• Prepares and delivers staff evaluations in a timely manner.
• Conducts patient visits to offer support and expertise to the nursing staff, patients and families.
• Serves as a resource, ensuring that patient problems are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.
• Consults with the administrator in policy formulation and implementation ensuring consistency with standards of practice, industry best practices and State and Federal regulatory agencies.
• Oversees new intake referrals for the hospice program.
• Develop clinical care pathways using evidence based practice to achieve optimal clinical outcomes ensuring patient safety and improving efficiency.
• Participates in QAPI plans & processes and oversees all Q/A programs and utilization review.
• Responsible for measuring overall quality of care and developing initiatives for improvement in quality measures relative to STARS, HHCAHPS, HHC, HHVBP and other industry standards.
• Evaluates the program, services, and field personnel including scheduling.
• Monitors and evaluates employee performance, holding employees responsible for maintaining productivity and achieving established goals and objectives.
• Provides timely performance evaluation of personnel.
• Acts as liaison with Staff Development for program areas.
• Works closely with the department Educator to ensure smooth onboarding and appropriate orientation of new personnel and continued development of all staff through coaching, mentoring and regularly scheduled training and education.

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO) & company paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• 403(B) retirement plan with generous company match and “Catch Up” provision
• Competitive health, prescription, vision and dental benefits
• Discounts on auto & home insurance and Verizon plans
• Pet Wellness coverage, legal assistance and identity protection
• Mental Health resources and other employee related wellness opportunities through our Employee Assistance Program
• Perks at Work - savings on favorite brands, travel, tickets, dining and more!

What This Job Offers

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