Hospice RN Clinical Manager
About The Position
The RN Clinical Manager Hospice provides leadership, supervision, and coordination of therapy services to ensure high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective patient care. The role maintains fiscal responsibility, facilitates patient care communication, and supports referrals, scheduling, patient visits, and documentation as needed. The manager is responsible for the overall quality of patient care and clinical performance of nurses and aides, and organizes clinical operations for the care center. The role reviews service requests and determines patient eligibility and suitability for home care, coordinating referrals and admissions with intake. It oversees scheduling, payor verification, and precertification, and reviews staff documentation to ensure missing, incomplete, or untimely issues are resolved. The manager assists clinicians with patient goals, priorities, and plans of care; reevaluates patient needs and revises plans in collaboration with clinicians; and may provide direct care infrequently in emergencies. The position also participates in on-call coverage, staff training, and investigation and resolution of patient, family, or physician concerns. Amedisys is part of the Optum family of businesses and provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The organization describes its culture as focused on caring, connecting, and growing, and states that it offers development opportunities. Compensation includes a salary range of $64,152 to $96,228 annually based on full-time employment, with a $5,000 sign-on bonus for external candidates. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- Current RN license specific to the state or states assigned.
- Current CPR certification.
- At least 1 year of clinical RN experience in home health or hospice.
- At least 1 year of RN management experience.
- Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and liability insurance.
Responsibilities
- Support, participate, and work cooperatively with the director of staffing.
- Ensure the overall quality of patient care and clinical performance of nurses and aides.
- Organize clinical operations for the care center.
- Review requests for services and determine patient eligibility and suitability for home care; coordinate referrals and admissions with intake.
- Oversee scheduling.
- Oversee payor verification and precertification requirements.
- Review staff documentation and ensure missing, incomplete, or untimely documentation issues are resolved.
- Assist clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term patient goals, setting priorities, and developing plans of care.
- Regularly evaluate patient needs and revise plans of care in collaboration with clinicians.
- Provide direct patient care infrequently in emergency situations, as needed.
- Participate in the on-call process.
- Assist with staff training to ensure quality care, compliance, and fiscal responsibility.
- Participate in investigating and resolving patient, family, and physician concerns.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- $5,000 sign-on bonus for external candidates.
- Development opportunities for other roles.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
