RN Clinical Manager Home Health
About The Position
Amedisys, part of the Optum family of businesses, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The Clinical Manager leads, supervises, and coordinates therapy services to support high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective patient care. The role also maintains fiscal responsibility and facilitates patient-care communication while supporting referrals, scheduling, patient visits, and documentation as needed. The position is responsible for clinical operations and staff performance, coordinating patient eligibility and admissions, overseeing scheduling and payor requirements, and ensuring documentation is complete and timely. The Clinical Manager collaborates with clinicians on patient goals and plans of care, reassesses patient needs, and revises plans as needed. The role may provide infrequent direct patient care during emergencies, participates in on-call coverage, assists with staff training, and helps resolve concerns raised by patients, families, and physicians.
Requirements
- Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing.
- Current RN license specific to the state or states where assigned to work.
- At least 1 year of clinical RN experience in home health or hospice.
- At least 1 year of RN management experience.
- Current CPR certification.
Responsibilities
- Recommend staff employment decisions to the director of operations, including hiring, termination, advancement, promotion, or status changes.
- Be responsible for the overall quality of patient care and the clinical performance of nurses and aides.
- Organize clinical operations for the care center.
- Review service requests 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 is resolved.
- Assist clinicians with establishing immediate and long-term patient goals, setting priorities, and developing plans of care.
- Regularly evaluate patient needs and collaborate with clinicians on necessary plan-of-care revisions.
- Provide direct patient care infrequently in emergencies, as needed.
- Participate in the on-call process.
- Assist with staff training to support 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.
- Equity stock purchase.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
